REFLECTOR: failed Prop over Texas (from Last Year)

[KMis178813 at aol.com]

Three times breakout force is a great test. BUT throw in the vibrations  that 
occur from the turbulent air around the fuselage along with low and high  
pressure air over and under the wings. There is a lot of stuff going on  there. I 
would not fly in a Velo without them doing a vibration survey to  it on the 
plane, and see if the blades can withstand the beating. When one blade  departs 
in flight the outcome is usually not good.
    Ken
 
 
In a message dated 4/26/2008 4:15:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
velocity_pilot at verizon.net writes:

 
Ah yes, Props  inc.  Reason I ask, is that I saw the Vari-Prop at SNF- looks 
like a  really well designed unit- constant speed- reasonable price- and they 
are  going to get Craig Catto to make blades for it- just wanted to make sure 
that  it was not the same company as the one that lost the blade- I saw the 
hub on  that one, blade pulled right out-just levt a bunch of spinters in there- 
 the Vari prop also uses 2 cross pins, but in addition have  bolts  like MT. 
they said that they tested the blades to something like 3 times  breakout 
force with no failure- just wanted to make sure that they were not  the same folks 
that made that junky blade that departed that  Velo. 
 
  
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Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:59  PM
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Subject:  Re: REFLECTOR: failed Prop over Texas (from Last  Year)
 
Props  Inc.   Junk
 

 
 
In a message dated  4/26/2008 9:27:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
velocity_pilot at verizon.net  writes:

 
Does anyone  remember the brand of the prop that failed last year and left 
the pilot  stranded in Texas for a while? I thought I had that  archived here, 
but can’t seem to find it- I remember that it was a ground  adjustable unit, 
lost a blade over West Texas, pilot tried a fixed Catto,  but it was too much 
for his Jabaru he left the plane there fro a while until  he could find a new 
prop……… 
 
  
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