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On 4 Jul 2004 19:26:44 -0700, (Jim Harper) wrote:

Van's says a 200 horsepower RV8A will cruise at 210mph at 75% power at
8000 feet. Book says it will climb at 2500 fpm at 1500 pounds.

Mine cruises at 182mph and climbs at 1800 fpm. Now, nothing wrong with
that performance, but still and all...The airplane is straight and
slick. No unusual drag makers.

Is the prop pitch adjustable?

In the original post, he says he has on the aircraft an "Aero Composites CS
prop." One can only infer his pitch is adjustable by a cockpit-controlled
(usually by a red knob) governor which produces pressure to increase pitch
and releases pressure to reduce pitch.