REFLECTOR:Help me buy a house...on an airport

Ronnie Brown reflector@tvbf.org
Sat, 31 May 2003 07:53:19 -0400


I only have to taxi through the grass - about 300 feet - to get to the paved
runway.  The wheels roll through the grass and stirs up the bugs just in
time for the prop to scoop them up.  Every time I fly, I come back with a
badly stained, black and red coating on my beautiful white Catto prop.  Now
I mow the taxi path every time I go flying, helps a little.

Ronnie



----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Jensen" <cjensen@dts9000.com>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:26 AM
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Help me buy a house...on an airport


> I second the idea that anything less than a "most excellent" grass strip
is
> hard on props. I have a MT prop on an XL RG that has been flow off a grass
> strip (better than average but less than perfect) and, with only 100 hours
> on it, it looks like it had been used to bludgeon Saddam...when he was
> hiding behind a rock.
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of Tstockmn@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 8:43 AM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Help me buy a house...on an airport
>
>
> I've flown my 173FGE with a fixed pitch prop off of grass strips and you
> need a lot of runway with clear areas off the end.  nlike a spam can, you
> can't haul back on the yoke to keep the nose wheel off or else you risk
> hitting the prop.
>
> The velocity specs are for a hard surface runway.   You also need to worry
> about prop damage.   Its amazing what a pusher sucks into the prop, they
> make great runway-wacuum cleaners.
>
> Bill
> _______________________________________________
> To change your email address, visit
> http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector
>
> Visit the gallery!  tvbf:jamaicangoose
> _______________________________________________
> To change your email address, visit
http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector
>
> Visit the gallery!  tvbf:jamaicangoose