| Analysis Pitch | How To | |||||||||
| Formula | ||||||||||
| P (feet) = (101.33 x Va) / Na | ||||||||||
| Va = speed in knots through wake at zero thrust | ||||||||||
| Na = shaft RPM at zero thrust | ||||||||||
| zero thrust means knots and RPM at which thrust = zero | ||||||||||
| Almost NEVER quoted by manufacturers as blade thickness, pattern and width all have | ||||||||||
| a marked effect, so two props that appear identical but have different blade thicknesses | ||||||||||
| actually have different pitch. | ||||||||||
| Face pitch is measured 70% of the radius out from the axis of rotation. | ||||||||||