"Go read up on constant-speed props tonight"

Hobobiker

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While helping my friend/CFI split some wood tonight, that's what he says to me. I gave him a quizzical "okay...", and he explains that he put his Dakota on the market for $125k and immediately received an offer slightly less on day one, so he thought it might go quick. Before it goes, he wants me to get my high-performance rating in it.

How do you say "No" to an offer like that?!? :yesnod:
 
Well, that's pretty cool.

Except the CS prop has nothing to do with a high perf rating. I presume you need to get read up on the prop to handle the plane properly.
 
docmirror said:
Well, that's pretty cool.

Except the CS prop has nothing to do with a high perf rating. I presume you need to get read up on the prop to handle the plane properly.
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Yep, I'm sure you're right. I've flown the plane with him on several occasions, but always with him in the right seat and walking me through some of the things I don't deal with in the Archer (Manifold Pressure, Prop Pitch, etc). Always looking forward to learning something new and, lucky for me, he has a love for flight and teaching and he's overly generous with his time (and plane).
 
Hobobiker said:
While helping my friend/CFI split some wood tonight, that's what he says to me. I gave him a quizzical "okay...", and he explains that he put his Dakota on the market for $125k and immediately received an offer slightly less on day one, so he thought it might go quick. Before it goes, he wants me to get my high-performance rating in it.

How do you say "No" to an offer like that?!? :yesnod:
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A Dakota for 125k! Go Mr. CFI!

Honestly the CS prop is just like a manual transmission, no biggie.

Just understand how to deal with it on decent, the rest is by the book paint by numbers.
 
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