Neville:
A good explanation indeed.. I thought it would be something like that.
Though I did not consider sealing with the epoxy. Part of burnout is
having people state the seemingly obvious and not having a clue on why you
didn't you didn't consider that yourself. Thanks for getting me on the
straight and narrow.
Steve
Steve Hagar
hagargs@earthlink.net
> [Original Message]
> From: Neville Eyre <neville@europa-aircraft.com>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Date: 3/10/04 1:44:55 AM
> Subject: RE: Europa-List: Warp Drive blades
>
<neville@europa-aircraft.com>
>
> Hi All,
> Been there, done that, got the tee shirt !
> Sand the other blades to match,[ I normally round off the trailing edge,
in ''plan view'', and put a 1/16'' radius on the end] check with your
thumbnail to see if there is a crack in ''the endgrain''. Finnish with W&D
paper of about 800 grit, and then seal the raw end with a lick of epoxy.
> Use a digital scale to check individual blade weights, Warp Drive supply
them within 0.5 gram, no reason not to get to 0.2 if your scales read that
small ?
> Mask off the last 3'' or so of the blade, and paint the tips a nice
colour , with more coats on the lighter ones to get the weights even.
> Hope this will help ?
> Cheers,
> Nev.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Steve Hagar
> To: Europa-ListMatronics. Com
> Subject: Europa-List: Warp Drive blades
>
>
> Due to a ground handling boo boo I got an ouch on one of my warp drive
blades. I roughed up the trailing edge of one of the blade tips. As a
consequence about a 1/4" x 3/8" of that corner is now gone. I dresesed it
and smoothed it with some sandpaper. The question now is : Is this
significant? Do I make the other blades look like this? Do I not worry
about it till I balance the prop and take care of it with prop hub weights?
>
> Steve (Starting to get burned out) Hagar
> A143
> Mesa, AZ
>
>
> Steve Hagar
> hagargs@earthlink.net
>
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