T-6 landing on Hwy 41 at OSH
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
		
 
"RST Engineering"  wrote in message  
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 Every chance, Bob.  Back in the '60s when I did my primary training it was  
 quite common for the instructor to pull the plug over the airport and have  
 you "make" the field.  The prop on the 0-200 150 stopped at best glide  
 speed. 
 
 In the O-300 172 I took into the bridge at Grass Valley with dual mag  
 failure, the prop stopped at best glide speed. 
 
 In the O-470 182 I put onto the dragstrip at Hanna with a blown jug, the  
 prop stopped at best glide speed. 
 
 Sorry, them's the facts. 
 
 Jim 
 
My experience is different. When I did prop stopped glide testing in the  
RV-6, I had to go well under 60 knots indicated to get the prop to stop. And  
I fly behind a wood prop which has very little inertia. A metal prop would  
have probably windmilled at an even slower speed. 
 
KB  
 
 
 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		 
		
	
	
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