Thanks for the reminder Mark about re-torqueing the prop bolts. Since I put my Prince on I haven't re-torqued it yet & I'm ashamed to count up how many hours it's been. Although it has a maple core, maybe the carbon fibre doesn't creep as much . . . hope, hope. I better tend to that.
Steve Bennett has a fiberglass spinner which he's testing. He sent it to me and I wasted several months not doing anything with it and have sent it back for him so he can proceed with the testing. It was very well made - needed some minor finish work on the inside. The outside was flawless. I don't know what his price will be but as with all of his prices, it'll be very reasonable. I built a fiberglass spinner myself. Two actually, when going from the Sterba to the Prince. Spent a lot of time and money for materials and had a lot of fun and they looked quite nice. My best attempt though had a small deformation noticable in rotation at the tip which ruined it for me and I ended up buying another metal one from Steve and having it anodyzed. I did the doublers inside the cut-outs and it has held up perfectly and looks quite nice in gold with the black Prince. Mark makes things look easy. Just coincidentally I was in touch just now with Mike Fox of DynaVibe in Perry, OK. I happened to mention that the group was considering some new places for the Gathering this year and that Perry had been a great place in the past. I mentioned Don Betchan's name but Mike didn't mention him in his reply. For the group's interest, here is Mike's email to me just now: "Well, I just happen to be on the advisory board for the Perry airport and we had a meeting tonight. One of the topics for discussion this evening was a possible fly-in but we don't have the time at the moment to coordinate it. We would be very interested in hosting the KR gathering though and we would have an 'open house' that weekend. We would probably invite some other experimentals to join us as well. September 5th was one date that we discussed and it just so happens to be about when you are considering your meeting. There's a pancake fly-in at Ponca City on the 5th and people would probably come to Perry and grab some lunch and visit with you guys. Anyway, let me know if the group is really interested in meeting in Perry. If so, I can take the next step on this end. Cheers, Mike Fox" Mike's email is m...@rpxtech.com in case anyone wants to continue this discussion with him. I'm really too far away out here in the west to do more than just facilitate communications. I've never been to Perry, but watching the videos of the Gatherings there it looked like a great place and great times. Mike ____________________________________________________________ Click for top financial advice. Reduce debt & save for retirement. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTIlffgAQxtrygUmtKXYJfIYmy9MgoxO2qNYu5uUlUScY9h2r1zZVu/
