Thanks. I get that part. But I have heard it presented as "bullets traveling at Mach 1" hitting the tips of the prop. That sounded a bit different to me! Marc Lee Winnig mlwin...@hotmail.com (815) 301-5011 Cell and Vonage (801) 749-9460 FAX
> From: mfreem...@indy.rr.com> To: kr...@mylist.net> Subject: Re: KR> RE: Wood > Prop Question> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 15:13:51 -0500> > Have you ever seen or > can you imagine a wood deck on your patio that has > been harshly pressure > washed by someone who doesn't know what there doing or > how to do it? That's > what happens to the unprotected prop. The rain starts > to tear away the > little fibres on the leading edge and that degrades the > prop airflow as it > wears away.> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marc Lee Winnig" > <mlwin...@hotmail.com>> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>> Sent: Friday, > December 08, 2006 1:27 PM> Subject: KR> RE: Wood Prop Question> > > By > "OBLITERATING" do you mean that you wouldn't want to fly with it again, > or > that you were lucky to be able to land with the thing in the first place > > (or something in between)??? Marc Lee Winnig mlwin...@hotmail.com > (815) > 301-5011 Cell and Vonage (801) 749-9460 FAX> > > From: n5...@hiwaay.net> To: > kr...@mylist.net> Subject: Re: KR> My Purchase > > of KR-2 in Iowa! - Wood > Prop Question> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 > > 10:51:28 -0600> > Marc Lee Winnig > wrote:> > > One wood prop question... I > > hear they don't like running in > the rain. > > Just how serious is that > > limitation? (Are we talking > anything above a > > mist, heavy downpour, or > > what?).> > You'll probably > hear some good stories on this thread, but I > > can tell you > that my > Sensenich with urethane leading edge has seen a few > > hours of light > and > moderate rain with no noticeable effect. But on the > > other hand I've > > heard stories of folks flying into heavy rain and > > obliterating the prop > in a > matter of minutes.> > Mark Langford, > > Huntsville, Alabama> see KR2S > project N56ML at > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford> email to N56ML "at" > hiwaay.net> > > > > _______________________________________> Search the KRnet > Archives at > > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp> to UNsubscribe > from KRnet, send > > a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net> please see other > KRnet info at > > http://www.krnet.org/info.html> > _________________________________________________________________> All-in-one > security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial!> > http://www.windowsonecare.com/purchase/trial.aspx?sc_cid=wl_wlmail> > _______________________________________> Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a > message to krnet-le...@mylist.net> please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > _______________________________________> > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp> to > UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net> please see > other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with gadgets on Windows Live Spaces http://discoverspaces.live.com?source=hmtag1&loc=us
