My new airplane has a weird propeller. What's the deal?

[SixPapaCharlie]

Assuming winds in KY are the same as IL/IN today, that thing is damn fast. I'm planning a flight going east this afternoon and expecting a 30+ knot tailwind.

It's fast.

 

[Tantalum]

The 400 had a larger horizontal stab, I want to say borrowed from the Aztec

Yes! At least that's what the guy at OSH said who had a pretty -400 there this past summer

 

[Dry Creek]

Yup

Nice folks there. I dropped in to visit with them while trying to find a CFI closer to me. I like how clean their shop is, and everybody working there seemed to be happy and kept their work area tidy!

Too bad 7F7 isn't better utilized. It looks like the runway has just been resurfaced, and there are not a bunch of obstacles at either end.

 

[masloki]

Can confirm your plane is loud…

WHAT??

 

[midwestpa24]

Yup!

So when do we get the full review?

 

[Mxfarm]

So when do we get the full review?

If that's a motion, I second it.

 

[Zeldman]

Yes! At least that's what the guy at OSH said who had a pretty -400 there this past summer

Oh man I would love to have a 400.!!

(key word....HAVE)

 

[NHWannabe]

We got her home.
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Congrats!

 

[Rgbeard]

Didn't he just pass his instrument? He should be holding altitude better than that!

The dude flies with a flask and posts photos about it. I am surprised he made it at all.

 

[masloki]

The dude flies with a flask and posts photos about it. I am surprised he made it at all.

Lightweight, amiright?

 

[Mxfarm]

Oh man I would love to have a 400.!!

(key word....HAVE)

I'd settle for a ride, just to watch the VSI....

Isn't the Vne also higher on the 400 due to the stabilator change?

 

[Tantalum]

Oh man I would love to have a 400.!!

(key word....HAVE)

This thing was one of the best looking planes at OSH, some pics I snapped below. Nice owner tool, definitely loves his plane, understandably so!!

There are some Aztec-esq aspects about the plane, namely the cabin windows, and on at least the -400 the horizontal stabilizer







Speaking of huge

 

[Tantalum]

Vne also higher on the 400 due to the stabilator change

Now that you mention it.. I believe the owner did mention something about that. But I can't say for sure

 

[Zeldman]

720 cubic inches.....I love it.!!

I have only seen one in real life.

And man.... that thing sounded sweet as it taxied by.!!

 

[kaiser]

There was one for sale not too long ago, and I thought about it. Wouldn’t have fit the mission at all, but would have been epic.

I think someone landed without gear down.

 

[eman1200]

….Wouldn’t have fit the mission at all, but would have been epic…..

Comanche 400.


Doesn’t.

Fit.

The.

Mission.



I may have to re-evaluate our friendship sir.

 

[Sierra_Hotel]

He's one of them thar Texans. I've heard he's all hat and no cattle if you catch my drift.

Not sure how I've gone 37 years and never heard that one.

 

[Half Fast]

Not sure how I've gone 37 years and never heard that one.

Never been to Texas, maybe? It’s hard to be there for more than twenty minutes without hearing that expression.

 

[Sierra_Hotel]

From south of Houston. Must be a northern Texas thing

 

[SoonerAviator]

Not sure how I've gone 37 years and never heard that one.

Need to watch more westerns, lol

 

[Half Fast]

From south of Houston. Must be a northern Texas thing

Well, I confess that most of my time in Texas has been in the Dallas area.

 

[midwestpa24]

From south of Houston. Must be a northern Texas thing

South of Houston? Cancun?

 

[NealRomeoGolf]

Never been to Texas, maybe? It’s hard to be there for more than twenty minutes without hearing that expression.

I lived in Texas more than a decade. Never heard it. North or South. People blessed my heart a lot though.

 

[kaiser]

I lived in Texas more than a decade. Never heard it. North or South. People blessed my heart a lot though.

That’s just wonderful. My wife is from Texas and she blesses my heart all of the time!

 

[TCABM]

From south of Houston. Must be a northern Texas thing

All derrick no drill rod.

 

[SkyDog58]

I have spent very little time in Texas but I have heard the phrase “all hat and no cattle” numerous times in my life. I have heard it in movies, on tv shows, and in real life. In real life it was usually when someone who had likely never herded cattle in his life dressed like a cowboy with hat, boots, etc.

The funniest use of the phrase was when a friend at work used it to describe another mechanic who had the largest possible Snap On toolbox there was stuffed full of shiny new tools but did not possess an ounce of mechanical aptitude. Cracked me up.

 

[MauleSkinner]

Comanche 400.


Doesn’t.

Fit.

The.

Mission.



I may have to re-evaluate our friendship sir.

Maybe that’s the goal.

 

[RudyP]

We got her home.
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Very nice! But did you park on the runway hold short line?