I see you do not lock wire your prop bolts Mark. Is that normal ?
Phil Matheson SAAA Ch. 20 http://www.saaa20.org/ VH-PKR Australia EMAIL: phillipmathe...@bigpond.com KR Web Page: www.philskr2.50megs.com ------------------------------------------- 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Jones" <flyk...@charter.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:50 AM Subject: Re: KR> Center of Gravity and Prop Spinners >One more thing on fiberglass spinners...I consider them to be safer than >aluminum ones. If the spinner comes off on climb out, the prop is much >less >likely to suffer damage if it hits a composite spinner than if it hits an >aluminum one. And here is a link to show you what happens when you lose an aluminum spinner in flight. http://www.flykr2s.com/lostspinner.html and I consider myself very lucky once again as this one caused minor damage. It did not hit the plane at all. Joe Weber was my wingman when it came apart. I thought I had hit a bird but he knew better and watched the spinner fly over the top of my plane. Mark Jones (N886MJ) Stevens Point, WI E-mail: flyk...@charter.net Web: www.flykr2s.com _______________________________________ 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
