Re: Prop question
Going down in pitch increases engine RPM but would provide better hole shot and would move a heavier load but with a corresponding decrease in speed. Increasing pitch reduces engine RPM and has the opposite effect. Think of less pitch as selecting a lower gear in your car (more power but less speed). Conversely, more pitch is a higher gear (less power but more speed -- but only if the engine has the power to reach max RPM using a prop with that pitch). Without any idea what your engines WOT RPM is with the current prop, effect of prop changes is only a guess.