Blain

Blain

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Bought a salvage RV-7A. Nosed over with engine stopped. Sensenich aluminum. Barely a scratch except for a shallow gouge about 1/2 way of the span. Haven't put a mic to it yet but I'm going to estimate +-.050" deep and 2" long. Haven't mic'ed runout yet either.

Junk or repairable?
 
I'd have the prop inspected and repaired as necessary (not "overhauled") at a prop shop.

In addition to checking the runout, you should probably look at the Lycoming bulletin on prop strikes relative to the work necessary on the engine - within their definition I'm pretty sure this qualifies.

Dan
 
Let a prop shop evaluate it and they can tell you if it is repairable and how much that would cost. Usually an inspection and repair and repaint is only a little less than an overhaul ($475 vs $575 on a recent Sensenich I sent in).

The engine will have to have a prop strike inspection. There are different "levels" of the inspections. How much time was on it at the time of strike?
 
I don't have log books in my hand but told mid 200 hrs. Solid crank IO-360. Most of spinner intact.
 
see the field repair & overhaul guides

Sensi has specific specs on this.

http://www.sensenich.com/support/documents

field repair guide says max 1/16" deep, can be blended out to 1" along the length. They appear to say that chordwise 'cracks' are a game-changer, but yours is a gouge, and sounds like your damage is larger than 1" long anyway, but you be the judge.
 
flyboy1963 said:
Sensi has specific specs on this.

http://www.sensenich.com/support/documents

field repair guide says max 1/16" deep, can be blended out to 1" along the length. They appear to say that chordwise 'cracks' are a game-changer, but yours is a gouge, and sounds like your damage is larger than 1" long anyway, but you be the judge.
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Great link. Mic'ed the gouge tonight. Looks to be about .006". That makes it repairable per their guidelines.
 
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