Re: monitoring pusher props

Re: monitoring pusher props

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monitoring pusher props Ernest Christley 05-14-2006
Ernest Christley asks:

> Some guys on the flyrotary list have be batting around ideas on how to
> determine if the prop on a pusher is windmilling.

On my COZY MKIV, I look at my tachometer. I have had the engine quit on
me in a test, but it was still spinning, and the tach was registering.
Assuming the prop bolts have not come off, the prop will be spinning if
the tach is indicating RPM.

Everybody's got a tach, right? Is that not sufficient?

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