He's not going with 16 pitch...he's going with 16" diameter and 14 pitch.
Sounds right. I'd also have iot cupped.




"jamesgangnc" wrote in message
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You can figure that each inch in pitch dropped will bring you about 200
rpm. A 16 from a 17 may not be enough. Imho, if you tested alone you want
to shoot for the higher end of the range so that when you are loaded up
with an extra thousand lbs of friends and gear you're still in the ball
park. Dropping pitch will definately help with the hole shot. A cupped
prop may provide more lift but when comparing props consider that cupping
is roughly like an extra inch of pitch. So a cupped 16 is about the same
as a non-cupped 17.