Bryan Wood
Well Known Member
Sitting here watching the weather channel trying to learn trends for the trek to OSH next weekend and the thunderstorm activity covering much of the country got me thinking about parking outside in this kind of weather.
The point of this post is just a reminder to leave your props horizontal if your parking outside and if there is a chance of storms. We kicked this around on this forum a while back, but it might be a good idea to refresh our memories before the big show.
For those who don't remember, a couple of years ago there was a Bellanca Fly Inn in Texas and several planes were struck by lightening on their propellers. The ones with the props horizontal did not take strikes and were not affected by the storms. A strike on the prop likely means an engine teardown and prop hub damage so be careful out there. For those with three bladed props, ???
Good deed completed, see you at OSH, (weather permitting)
The point of this post is just a reminder to leave your props horizontal if your parking outside and if there is a chance of storms. We kicked this around on this forum a while back, but it might be a good idea to refresh our memories before the big show.
For those who don't remember, a couple of years ago there was a Bellanca Fly Inn in Texas and several planes were struck by lightening on their propellers. The ones with the props horizontal did not take strikes and were not affected by the storms. A strike on the prop likely means an engine teardown and prop hub damage so be careful out there. For those with three bladed props, ???
Good deed completed, see you at OSH, (weather permitting)