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--> Stratus-List message posted by: "Bill Morelli" <billvt@together.net>
Fellow Stratusites,
I have noticed that if I grab the tip of any of the three warp drive prop
blades and move them in a for and aft motion, I can feel and see probably
about a 1/32 or so of movement. Looking closer, it appears that this
movement is coming from the prop bearings.
I put a scale down by the prop bearing center race and made the above
movement. There is movement there of probably less than .005" - Obviously
that slop is amplified at the blade tips.
Looking at the prop bearings that I pulled out two years ago, the inner
races of both bearings also had this slight slop.
This movement at the prop tips may have always been there but I had not
noticed it until now (417 flight hours) and it has me a bit concerned.
Anyway, does anyone have this issue? Could any of you move your prop tips
for and aft next time you get to your aircraft and see if you feel anything?
Regards,
Bill (N812BM - 601HDS - Tri - Stratus (RAM Heads) - Vermont - 417.0
flight hrs. - 559 landings
web site -> http://homepages.together.net/~billvt/
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