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1. 06:38 AM - vinyl letters for fuel type and quantity (Frazier, Vincent A)
2. 07:15 AM - Re: MT prop paint problem? (David Maib)
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| Subject: | vinyl letters for fuel type and quantity |
>>>>SNIP Does any one know a source for fuel filler placards that say "100LL only"
?<<<<<SNIP
If engraved caps aren't your thing, we can whip you up a set. We do these all
the time. Any color, any font.
Vince
www.flyboyaccessories.com
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| Subject: | Re: MT prop paint problem? |
I just took my prop over to MT USA in Deland, FL to get it repainted after 235
hours and a year and a half flying. Flying in rain is the culprit and is pretty
well known in the MT community. My prop is black with yellow tips, so the grey
primer shows up pretty clearly and your observation that it looks hideous is
correct. I flew it over to Deland a few months ago and had them look at it to
make sure the problem was only cosmetic. Juergen, at MT, confirmed this for
me. He suggested that I paint the prop grey so the erosion won't looks so bad!!!!!!!
Not my idea of a fix, but I think he was serious! Anyway, I love everything else
about the prop but I will avoid rain as much as possible and just live with
it. I am a 30 minute drive to Deland, so at least I don't have such a long turnaround
time.
David Maib
RV-10 N380DM
On Jun 13, 2010, at 12:33 AM, Randy Garrett wrote:
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> About a year ago, I had my MT prop overhauled. Amazingly, it had been
> 6 years. The prop life is time-limited, I believe because grease
> gradually seeps out and there are no grease fittings to replace it.
> Grease certainly has come out of my prop and sure enough some of the
> internal bearings were wearing and had to be replaced.
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> Now for the problem ... the paint keeps coming off. I have had the
> prop repainted 3 times and it needs a fourth. Each time the prop has
> to be pulled and shipped to the repair facility, resulting in 2 weeks
> or more downtime. This is far more practice than I wanted in removing
> and re-installing the prop!
>
> As best I can tell, flying through (very light) rain is what does it.
> The paint seems fine for a few months until I do a little IFR, then
> the paint on the tips are eroded. It looks hideous and I wonder if it
> does anything to the balance, though I can't detect any difference.
>
> Has anyone else had similar issues?
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