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06-01-2007, 01:42 AM
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| Merry Christmas   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Age: 34
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Don't even mess with flying again.......Pack it up with the prop/spinner you plan to fly and let DA (the engine brand experts) look at it. Your going to lose your plane or worse have the prop shear on the ground and someone is going to lose some blood.
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06-01-2007, 09:05 AM
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| Super Contributer   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
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07-02-2007, 11:48 AM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vineland, New Jersey Age: 52
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What ever happened with this?
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07-02-2007, 02:06 PM
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| I had it, but then I lost it.  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Highland Village Texas Age: 16
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01-17-2008, 01:38 PM
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| Gettin' Lower!  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Olathe, KS Age: 47
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| Re: DA 100 throwing props/spinners
I saw a couple of people post about torquing the prop bolts and there were a couple of different numbers involved....does anyone know what DA recommends for torquing the prop bolts?
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01-17-2008, 03:23 PM
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| Lesebergs pit bitch   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tucson Age: 35
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| Re: DA 100 throwing props/spinners
70 inch pounds.If you are using a wood prop then you need to check them more reguarly.
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01-17-2008, 05:25 PM
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| Uber Contributer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA
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| Re: DA 100 throwing props/spinners
Tony, How often (after how many flights) would you recommend checking the prop bolts with a wood Menz? With my DA-100, I have about 20 flights on my Menz and I use an "L" shape allen wrench to tighten the bolts. Even with me tightening so tight I expect something to break, at least one or two bolts will be slightly loose after 4 flights. |
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01-17-2008, 05:38 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tucson, baby! Age: 33
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| Re: DA 100 throwing props/spinners
Once after the first flight or two, then every dozen flights or so should suffice. I do my CF (excluding PT models - they are as soft as wood!)stuff after the first two flights and then whenever I get bored or need to take the cowl off I will do it again.
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01-17-2008, 06:24 PM
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| Love my job!! Xmas everyday!   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 50
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| Re: DA 100 throwing props/spinners If you dont want to loose your prop in flight, I suggest you check your prop bolts on a regular basis, regardless if it's wood or carbon. I check mine every couple of flights, it doesn't take long and I have never lost a prop since I started doing this. Before that I was pretty complacent, and only check after the first couple of flights after fitting the prop. After I spat off the prop and spinner, my pocket quickly reminded me that I was wrong. Also as a matter of safety, you should check regularly!
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01-18-2008, 01:54 PM
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| Turbine Hucker  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Silicon Valley
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I had this happen to me on a zdz engine about a month ago. I'd ended up being the prop bolts bottoming out in the hub. I have heard of people using loc-tite on prop bolts, but never oil. What is the benefit of oil? |
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01-18-2008, 03:06 PM
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| All I need is more talent  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
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Also make sure you use the 12.9 hardness grade cap screws. People have different ideas of the grade of bolt to use, I asked Dave Johnson about it when he was downunder.
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