REFLECTOR: Prop down time (was MT prop diameter)

[Scott Baker]

Interesting idea.  We'll look into it.
SB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Shea" <xl340hp at yahoo.com>
To: "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:10 AM
Subject: REFLECTOR: Prop down time (was MT prop diameter)


> Yikes, 10 weeks AND a lot of money besides the actual
> prop repair AND a lot of frustration...
>
> Hey Scott B., any chance the Factory would be
> interested in offering a "rental" fixed pitch prop
> service? It would probably only take 3-4 models to
> cover most installations.
>
> I suspect that The Factory is the first call 90% of
> the time after a prop goes down, so you guys probably
> have a pretty good sense of the frequency of these
> events based on size of the flying Velocity fleet -
> use full info to run the numbers with.
>
> Individuals having spare fixed pitch props lying
> around in hangars in case something happens seems
> collectively expensive - $7K in spare MT blades even
> more so... Not to mention you need to find someone to
> ship your spare prop from your hangar to your
> (stranded) location.
>
> I'm not suggesting the factory SHOULD offer this
> service as there may be lots of good reasons why they
> wouldn't want to, but maybe there's a service here
> that makes both good business sense and happy
> customers (us).
>
> If liability is a deal breaker at the Factory level,
> maybe one of the prop shops would be interested. They
> obviously deal with this issue every day on
> new/used/repaired props. Their fabrication/repair
> costs would be lower and there would also be some
> sales generation.
>
> Just thinking out load, Pat
>
> --- Kent Murley <kent at orbital.aero> wrote:
>
> My plane was stranded three states away from home for
> 10 weeks waiting for a prop overhaul. Very expensive
> when you factor in extra hangar fees, labor, making a
> big box to ship it in (what are the chances your away
> airport has an MT dealer that can take the blades out
> of the hub to reduce the shipping cost?) shipping to
> and from Florida (shipping to Germany for the overhaul
> is included in price) and a last minute airfare to get
> you home and then back to the away airport at some
> random time in the future. So I now have 3 OHC blades
> on the plane and three OHC blades in my hangar on
> standby.
>
> About six months ago:
>
> Buying three new blades outright (no hub) was quoted
> at US$ 8900.
>
> Buying three OHC blades outright (no hub) was quoted
> at US$ 6682.
>
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