Installing A New Spinner

Geico266 · #1 04-05-2009, 07:42 PM

After I installed a new Catto 2 blade prop I need to build a new spinner. I think I can use the same forward and main spinner bulk heads as the prop thickness is the same as the Catto, in fact I used the same bolts.

How do I locate the existing screw holes in the new spinner? Can I do this by leaving the prop on the plane? I'm trying to wrap my mind around how to cut the new spinner. Any advice / tips would be greatly appreciated.

L.Adamson · #2 04-05-2009, 09:16 PM

I used a screw sharpened to a point, and put it backwards through the nut plate into the spinner for marks.

L.Adamson

Geico266 · #3 04-05-2009, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by L.Adamson

I used a screw sharpened to a point, and put it backwards through the nut plate into the spinner for marks.

L.Adamson

That is a great idea! Any advice on the forward spinner? This has got me baffeled. How about taping a small flash light to the forward spinner to shine through the screw hole?

L.Adamson · #4 04-05-2009, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Geico266

That is a great idea! Any advice on the forward spinner? This has got me baffeled. How about taping a small flash light to the forward spinner to shine through the screw hole?

I replaced the semi see through fiberglass spinner with an aluminum one. My forward plate ( or what ever it's called) was replaced. The flashlight would most likely work.

L.Adamson