In a message dated 2/13/2003 12:16:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
nigelcharles@tiscali.co.uk writes:
>
> Have you had your prop dynamically balanced as this may be the cause of
> your
> vibration?
> I think it is, however it "feels" like there is too much coming through
> into the airframe for what little vibration there is. The standard mounts
> feel as hard as a rubber mallet and the new ones are much softer. I figure
> on doing both - the prop and the mounts. One problem is I have to fly to
> another airport to get the prop balanced and I'd like to have more time on
> the airplane before I do that and I would not like it to be exposed to this
> vibration level more than I have to. I'll run it this morning and see how
> it goes......
> The Europa pitot and static sources were originally mounted on the fin tip
> and fuselage sides respectively. Both were moved to the wing due to errors
> and variation between individual aircraft. The helical airflow due to the
> prop makes the use of a fuselage static unpredictable. The factory had
> tried
> many setups before resorting to wing mounted static so probably best to
> stay
> with that.
> Sounds like a plan to me. I eventually would like to try a Piper heated
pitot static probe - maybe that will work even better. Thanks, Dave A227
Mini U2
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