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Old 12-07-2009, 09:59 PM
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Tom,

Congratulations on the new airplane; it looks beautiful. I'm sorry to hear about the prop. I wish I had known you were picking it up on Friday as I flew north; I would have given you a lift. When I came back, the ceiling were ~450; I got in the soup north of Ocala and never saw the ground again until I broke out on the ILS. Were you able to get the airplane home?

A good IFR day; I hope we have another soon so that I can log a couple more approaches.

P.S. Bob Spry, an EAA chapter member, is looking for a RV-7, preferably a A model. Slider is a must, and a VFR panel is preferred. Did you find one while you searched for your bird?
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Old 12-08-2009, 03:57 AM
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Thx for the thought Paul, there were several Buckingham neighbors that offered a ride for pick up. Yup, the weather was no bargain and worse than forecast. Started out VFR and had to file IFR south of Ocala. Was 300 ovc at Buckingham, went to Page and let it sit overnight..Tom
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Old 12-08-2009, 02:05 PM
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First flight in a new to you homebuuilt into 2+ hours of mod to heavy rain?
Seriously?

Sorry but that needs to be said.
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Old 12-08-2009, 02:55 PM
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..... Sanding alone was OK for repair. The blade in the photo though was fairly rough and it seems split and delam looking straight down. Possible there was a prior tip repair which let go in the rain. I debated repairing or sending back to Craig Catto. Emailed him and he answered on the weekend. He said he can easily repair, repaint and add prop tape all for a very reasonable price and only needs about a week to complete. Why risk a marginal job on my own with service like that from a professional. Kudos to Craig!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flybuddy/
This prop needs more than just a file and repaint! I want to STRONGLY reinforce Pierre's advise that you send this prop to Craig.
The minor downtime and expense will be well worth it!
Good Luck!
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Old 12-08-2009, 03:52 PM
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For a Catto 3-blade prop, what width would you recommend cutting the tape?
Regards,
The "Prop guard" tape comes already cut in width. Just get a 2-blade kit and cut it into thirds. That will give you 21.6" for each blade.
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Old 12-08-2009, 06:14 PM
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The factory applied tape by Catto is less than an inch from leading edge, so fairly thin.
YES...Craig Catto already has the prop--shipped Fedex yesterday.
YES...IFR on first flight--that wasn't the plan, the forecast was for 1500' plus ceilings and scattered light rain. Plane is in great shape and capable. PIC had 5000 hours and right seater was a CFI RV6 owner so we were up to the task. Still, a lousy way to start out.
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Old 12-08-2009, 06:38 PM
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you don't mind me asking, what was the Fed-Ex Cost? How did you box it up?


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The factory applied tape by Catto is less than an inch from leading edge, so fairly thin.
YES...Craig Catto already has the prop--shipped Fedex yesterday.
YES...IFR on first flight--that wasn't the plan, the forecast was for 1500' plus ceilings and scattered light rain. Plane is in great shape and capable. PIC had 5000 hours and right seater was a CFI RV6 owner so we were up to the task. Still, a lousy way to start out.
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Old 12-09-2009, 04:51 AM
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you don't mind me asking, what was the Fed-Ex Cost? How did you box it up?
Here's a cost chart with Fedex and UPS (PO won't take due to size)
I pulled prices off of shipping sidekick website.
Next Day
$306.51 - Fedex $493.19 - UPS

$399.23 - UPS (2nd day)
$202.45 - Fedex

$284.92 - UPS (3rd day)
$165.98 - Fedex

$129.40 - UPS (4th day)
$87.72 - Fedex

A lot is going to depend on how you're packing it since they both do dimensional pricing (the weight alone would be a heck of a lot cheaper)

Packing wise, I used a lot of bubble wrap over the entire prop. I used a large box where only about 12 in of each blade stuck out (It's a 3 blade). I put more wrap over the tips covered with cardboard and then a tube type box over each blade.
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Old 12-09-2009, 09:58 AM
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I fly a DA-20 with a composite covered wood prop. I've also had issues when flying in rain. My RV-7A is going to be full IFR. I didn't want to build a plastic airplane (Lancair) nor do I want a plastic prop. I've heard good things about MT and Catto, but it just makes no sense why an IFR flyer would want something other than metal.
The Beech 1900 has full composite blades and it operates commercially in IFR weather conditions. "Plastic" props offer allot more then you can imagine. Heck, even the Boeing 777 with the GE-90 engine has composite fan blades...

Here's a Hartzell propeller with nickel leading edge erosion shield. It will go through rain as well as any aluminium prop yet it has less rotating weight then the former.

http://www.hartzellprop.com/pressroo...r_06_07_95.htm
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Old 12-09-2009, 11:06 AM
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...YES...IFR on first flight--that wasn't the plan, the forecast was for 1500' plus ceilings and scattered light rain. Plane is in great shape and capable. PIC had 5000 hours and right seater was a CFI RV6 owner so we were up to the task. Still, a lousy way to start out.
Let us get this straight. On the first flight of this aircraft you not only went IFR but you also had a passenger with you?

The third strike must have gone foul.
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