"Bryan Wilkinson jr." wrote:

 Hi All-

 I was just thinking about the short - lived Cessna 175 with the reduction
 gear on it . What was the ratio on the gears , and was it just the
 market rejecting the arrangement or more functional reasons ?

 Anyone looked at  using the unit en mass or its internals ?

 Fly good - Build good - Bryan

   The problem with gear was that you could not let the gears slap at
all or it will take them out so you to keep a load on them all the
time and on landing you had to dial full pitch on the prop and that
is not a good place to be in for a go around.
  I fly an Aero Commander that is the same way but it has super
chargers and has so much power that you can do a go around at full
pitch.

  Ken

 
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