Hi all,
I'll be honest and up front: I don't want to have to read loads of other threads as I'm in a hurry so I'll ask all the questions here and hope to be told "the answer".
Picture the scene...
I've already got an RV6 fitted with an older narrow deck O-320 (160HP). Flies quite nicely, well built, appallingly finished (paint, panel fit-out, instruments etc). She's improving all the time as I work through her. It's much easier to work on something you love than to try to love something you have to work on!
She has a Warnke prop which I think may have the beginnings of a delamination problem at one tip.
Any idea if this can be fixed? I'm guessing probably not, and I'm not sure I'd trust it if it was.
I'm considering an aluminium Sensenich prop, ordered from Van's. I know I need to check the bolt size, spacer length (aircraft was built in 1994) and pick the right pitch (80" according to the Van's web site).
Anything else I need to take into account?
What options for a spinner are out there? Do I have to order up, cut and fashion, then paint and fit, a fibreglass spinner from Vans? Are there any 'ready made', maybe metal, options.
Where would I find what length prop bolts I'm likely to require for a selected combination so I can order them up to arrive about the same time?
Hope you don't all take me for a lazy so-and-so. I just want to keep flying with as little interruption as possible. Builders get the chance to think about these things for months or years in advance - I want/need it all in a couple of days!
I'll be honest and up front: I don't want to have to read loads of other threads as I'm in a hurry so I'll ask all the questions here and hope to be told "the answer".
Picture the scene...
I've already got an RV6 fitted with an older narrow deck O-320 (160HP). Flies quite nicely, well built, appallingly finished (paint, panel fit-out, instruments etc). She's improving all the time as I work through her. It's much easier to work on something you love than to try to love something you have to work on!
She has a Warnke prop which I think may have the beginnings of a delamination problem at one tip.
Any idea if this can be fixed? I'm guessing probably not, and I'm not sure I'd trust it if it was.
I'm considering an aluminium Sensenich prop, ordered from Van's. I know I need to check the bolt size, spacer length (aircraft was built in 1994) and pick the right pitch (80" according to the Van's web site).
Anything else I need to take into account?
What options for a spinner are out there? Do I have to order up, cut and fashion, then paint and fit, a fibreglass spinner from Vans? Are there any 'ready made', maybe metal, options.
Where would I find what length prop bolts I'm likely to require for a selected combination so I can order them up to arrive about the same time?
Hope you don't all take me for a lazy so-and-so. I just want to keep flying with as little interruption as possible. Builders get the chance to think about these things for months or years in advance - I want/need it all in a couple of days!