> > > Here are the specs on the prop:
     > > >
     > > >  MTV-18 (.pdf,  59k)
     > >
     > > >  192 cm / 75.6 in    260 HP     2800
     > > >
     > > > I like your helicopter analogy! If I go the supercharger route, maybe
     > > > I'll have to install a tail rotor for the vertical stuff.
     > > > I really appreciate this dialogue, Paul, thanks!
     > > > Gordon, I can't find you in the Starduster Registry. Are you listed?
     > > > Ben

     > >Wow that is a big prop to go 2800 RPM.
     > >
     > >Paul Lamar

     Michael McGee wrote:
     >
     > Kinda like a Harley with after-market pipes setting off car alarms for blocks.
     > Cool.
     > ..of course the NIMBY's would scream..
     >
     > Mike McGee, RV-4 N996RV, O320-E2G, Hillsboro, OR
     > 13B in gestation mode

Ben Baltrusaitis wrote:

Those prop specs are from the MT web site and only match the 
airplane/engine combination by horsepower. I contacted MT and they
will make a custom prop for my plane and the rotary engine so 
diameter may be adjusted. However, I will be getting a composite
prop so rpm limits of 2800 are fine.

Ben

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