Dan Heath wrote: >Another concern that I have is will the prop fit where the Sensenich was?
Your Sensenich is 3.25" thick if it's like the two trashed ones that I had (good stories for both, but everybody knows the "crank break #3" story). I was going to send Dan my 52x60 Sterba, which is one of my favorites, but it's 3.5" thick, meaning he will likely have to alter his spinner, and would have to get a new front bulkhead, which is usually something of a custom part based on prop thickness. I didn't have this problem swapping back and forth, because I started with the thicker Sterba then migrated to a Sensenich, so I just spaced it out with a .25" aluminum spacer and it worked fine. It should be noted that I flew for several hundred hours with no spinner at all, and I never noticed a problem other than it slowed me down perhaps 1 mph on the top end. I can send mine tomorrow, but if somebody has one that's 3.25" or less in thickness, sized for a 2700cc Corvair (SAE 1 pattern), it would be a better match for him. So I think Dan's offer still stands...he needs a prop, but if nothing can be shipped by Wednesday, he'd likely take mine and go spinnerless. I'd say it would be prudent to send matching prop bolts too, or a set a little too long and shim to fit, and even the crush plate for use as a spacer, if the prop is thinner than 3.25". Another option is to use the old spinner as a mold to make a new one out of fiberglass, such as what I did at http://www.n56ml.com/spinner/ . I just came from the airport and couldn't find mine, and I'm somewhat baffled as to where it is. It's been two years since I needed it on N56ML. It's somewhere, but a half hour search didn't turn it up, nor the crush plate and the aluminum spacer. Please cc me on any other prop offers so I'll know if I need to ship this one on Wednesday... Thanks, Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
