Larry said,
If you will be running a wood prop you IFR will be limited to popping through a cloud bank or two. Rain could destroy the prop in a matter of minutes. ************ Unless you have a Prince or other wooden prop without leading edge protection, that's absolutely not true. Sterba has carried me through much rain without damage. Sensensich like Joe has I would guess this to be also true. I destroyed the leading edges of my gorgeous Prince prop going through rain however, so it depends on the prop. Mike KSEE ----------------------- Like Mike said above, I have flown in rain quite a bit with wood props wihtout damage. If you get one with a loaded Epoxy or a Urethane leading edge (which Ed Sterba offers)and a high quality epoxy finish, it will hold up to rain better than a metal prop. But also like Mike, I creamed the leading edge on my Prince prop in the rain. However, it was a simple home repair to rebuilt the leading edges. Prince does now sell a hardened leading edge that can be flown in the rain. While I don't have an instrument rating and have no intentions of getting one, it is my opinion that the KR really isn't a stable enough platform to be doing any kind of hard IFR work. No doubt others will disagree, so take it for what it's worth, just my opinion. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
