REFLECTOR: Tractor vs Pusher props

[Scott Derrick]

Yes there is the dinging.... 

Composites are a breeze to repair dings in...

Scott

Scott Baker wrote:

> But not "ding" proof.  We are testing a Hartzell metal 3-blade on the 
> Velo XL demo aircraft - got a good dent from a stone "or something" - 
> it took a lot of dressing to get rid of the nick.  There is debate 
> regarding whether to add JB Weld "or something" to re-contour the 
> blade back to original.  One side says the JB is good to get the shape 
> back and to add back metal that was filed away (for weight purposes) 
> ... the other side says, "That's true, but it's hard to be on the 
> lookout for cracks if JB is hiding the affected area."  We welcome 
> thoughts on this.
> Score one for the wood/composite propeller - add filler, sand, seal, 
> paint.
> Scott B.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Derrick" <scott at tnstaafl.net>
> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 6:28 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Tractor vs Pusher props
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>> There probably aren't that many out there.
>>
>> You can get a Hartzel prop for half the price that is pretty much 
>> bullet proof.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> Brian Michalk wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to pose this question again.
>>>
>>> Assume an IO-360 with MT prop.  Several people flying Velocities 
>>> have had
>>> problems with this combination.
>>>
>>> Are there any examples at all of an MT prop on a IO-360, in a tractor
>>> configuration?
>>>
>>> If there are examples of this configuration, do they suffer the same
>>> problems that us Velocity folks are having?
>>>
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