Rough River State Park, KY had a Fly-in Saturday and I did a Dynamic Prop Balancing Demo. Mike Norton had contacted me earlier and wanted his RV6 done so we agreed to meet at the Rough River Fly-in and do it there. The Vine Grove, KY EAA chapter organized the Fly-in and wanted us to do the prop balance as a demo so everyone could see what it was all about and how it worked. On the initial run up we found that Mike's plane had a 0.42 ips vibration reading. I made the first weight correction and got it down to 0.33 ips. After the second weight correction, I got it down to 0.04 ips, and we were done! While we were doing the run ups we had two people holding the tail. After each weight correction they both said that they could tell that there was less vibration each time as did Mike while sitting in the plane. There were a lot of pilots from Vine Grove there and they ask me if I would schedule a date to come to their airport and do some more planes. We will be having a prop balancing day at their airport some time soon. The weekend before I flew to Lewisburg, TN and did Bill Kyzer's RV9A went from 0.57 ips to 0.08 ips and Mike Kellems RV3 went from 0.57 ips to 0.03 ips. Anyone within an hour's flight from KHVC - Hopkinsville Christian County Airport who's interested in getting their plane done can contact me to schedule an appointment. My Prop Balancing Web site is:
http://home.newwavecomm.net/bobbyhester/dynamic_prop_balancing.htm
http://home.newwavecomm.net/bobbyhester/dynamic_prop_balancing.htm
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