Hi Carl,
There were scimitar blades on mine.
The prop had been repaired at the factory, and arrived assembled.
I never checked the fine pitch again, which nearly cost me my life,
because it must have been too fine to stay airborne.
So once more, please be very careful and never fly in rain with one of
those, because that too fine pitch, combined with a short circuiting
microswitch will bite you.
Apart of mine, in the small circle i am aware of, i know of 2 cases of
shorting microswitches, one loose gearwheel on the motor (rendering the
blades to roam on their own.) and now pitch inaccuracy confirmed.
Wish you luck, you will need it!
Regards,
Jos Okhuijsen
Carl Pattinson <carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk> kirjoitti Mon, 26 Jul 2010
> <carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk>
>
> Hi,
>
> Anyone have the scimitar blade version of the SR3000.
>
> We have just assembled ours back from the factory and the microswitch
> cams appear to be set incorrectly - we were told by Woodcomp that they
> had been set by the factory and all that would be needed was to
> reassemble the prop.
>
> The adjustment instruction sheet says the fine pitch should cut out at
> 18 degrees (safety backup cut out at 17 degrees). Ours is tripping at
> 12.5 degrees so significantly less than the reccomended figure. I am
> wondering if the angle settings are different for the scimitar blades as
> opposed to the normal straight ones.
>
> The coarse pitch switch trips at 27 degrees.
>
> Does anyone have experience of setting up one of these props?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Carl Pattinson
> G-LABS
>
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