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| Subject: | Re: Fw: RV4-List: Fixed Prop Balancing |
--> Engines-List message posted by: "dave thomas" <sat@mikes.net>
Depends on the techs doing the job .You can check around and find people
that will "dynamic"balance the prop and,if required,will drill an
appropriate size,shallow hole in the prop and insert a plug that is made of
a heavier material than your prop.
Dave Thomas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Smith" <esmith6@satx.rr.com>
Subject: Engines-List: Fw: RV4-List: Fixed Prop Balancing
> --> Engines-List message posted by: "Gene Smith" <esmith6@satx.rr.com>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Smith" <esmith6@satx.rr.com>
> To: "rv4-list" <rv4-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: RV4-List: Fixed Prop Balancing
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> > --> RV4-List message posted by: "Gene Smith" <esmith6@satx.rr.com>
> >
> > Educate me someone.........Getting some increased vibration on my RV-4,
> and I am concerned......This is a Sensenich fixed with no damage or
strikes,
> and hasn't been re-pitched or worked on since new...... Not even a rock
pock
> mark......Bolts are tight and torqued......It is installed on a Lycoming
160
> HP engine with about 400 hours on the prop, and 1300 hours on the engine.
> >
> > If I hire "prop men" to come out and check it, what is their
> procedure?......Do they balance it on the aircraft with the engine
> running?......Pull it and rotate it on some machine like for auto
> wheels?......How do they check the crankshaft to see if it is the
> problem?......Do they install weights, and if so, how and where do they
> mount them?
> >
> > Would appreciate any info from you folks that have experience in this
>
area..........................CHEERS!!!!.................................Gen
> e Smith.
> >
> >
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