About a year ago, I had my MT prop overhauled. Amazingly, it had been 6 years. The prop life is time-limited, I believe because grease gradually seeps out and there are no grease fittings to replace it. Grease certainly has come out of my prop and sure enough some of the internal bearings were wearing and had to be replaced.
Now for the problem ... the paint keeps coming off. I have had the prop repainted 3 times and it needs a fourth. Each time the prop has to be pulled and shipped to the repair facility, resulting in 2 weeks or more downtime. This is far more practice than I wanted in removing and re-installing the prop!
As best I can tell, flying through (very light) rain is what does it. The paint seems fine for a few months until I do a little IFR, then the paint on the tips are eroded. It looks hideous and I wonder if it does anything to the balance, though I can't detect any difference.
Has anyone else had similar issues?
Now for the problem ... the paint keeps coming off. I have had the prop repainted 3 times and it needs a fourth. Each time the prop has to be pulled and shipped to the repair facility, resulting in 2 weeks or more downtime. This is far more practice than I wanted in removing and re-installing the prop!
As best I can tell, flying through (very light) rain is what does it. The paint seems fine for a few months until I do a little IFR, then the paint on the tips are eroded. It looks hideous and I wonder if it does anything to the balance, though I can't detect any difference.
Has anyone else had similar issues?