Prop pitch?

[riverrat66]

What do the different pitches on a prop mean? Is there an advantage between a 4 blade prop over a 3 blade prop?

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Prop pitch?

You might repost this question in the prop forum.

Pitch means the amount of travel a prop does in one revolution. An 18" pitch prop would move 18" forward with each revolution. 4 blade props generally have more surface area than 3 blade props. More blades are generally used for slower, heavier loads. However, there are five blade high performance props.

 

[bowman316]

Re: Prop pitch?

the higher the pitch, the harder to turn, so the lower your RPM's are going to be.

every inch in pitch you go up, you lose 200 rpms.

 

[junior1113]

Re: Prop pitch?

its all about finding a prop that gives you the right wide open throttle rpms that means so much