Sent a bank check for his asking price (overnight courier) BEFORE actually
seeing pictures of her! (Pretty sure she is mine!).Got some pictures from his
daughter, and she looks like a fine plane. Probably not too much to do, though
he has already mentioned the prop needs to go. Perhaps I can
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 Sensenic
The trouble with rain is that rain at ground level may be hail at 5000
ft, and that will shotblast the prop to a lolly stick in a couple of
minutes.
Pete
> One wood prop question... I hear they don't like running in the rain. Just
> how serious is that limitation? (Are we talking anything ab
ect: Re: KR> My Purchase of KR-2 in Iowa! - Wood Prop
> Question> > The trouble with rain is that rain at ground level may be hail at
> 5000 > ft, and that will shotblast the prop to a lolly stick in a couple of >
> minutes.> > Pete> > One wood prop question...
Marc Lee Winnig wrote:
> THAT sounds like a BAD THING, but I thought even rain was supposed to be bad
> for it.
Yep you are probably right, I would not like to find out by personal
experience.
Pete
I ran through rain about 10 yrs ago in my KR headed to
Osh Kosh. About 5 min. after that I felt a vibration
about 2 minutes later my prop left the plane with the
front part of the crank. The KR became a nice glider
to a pasture in Osceola Mo. The prop did not have a
leading edge protector. When I w
m: crz...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re:
> KR> My Purchase of KR-2 in Iowa! - Wood Prop Question> To: kr...@mylist.net>
> > I ran through rain about 10 yrs ago in my KR headed to> Osh Kosh. About 5
> min. after that I felt a vibration> about 2 minutes later my prop left
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