RV8Squaz
Well Known Member
Hey Guys,
After 15 months of flying my airplane, I finally got around to fabricating and installing the spinner filler plates that go behind the prop blades. Any of you notice or feel a difference in the vibration or balance of the prop /spinner assembly? My feeling is that it's got to throw things off a little. I have a standard Hartzell constant speed and I'm sure the filler plates have to be heavier than one of those little weights on the prop. I haven't yet dynamically balanced my prop since I have yet to paint my airplane. My prop guy suggested I wait 'til the spinner is painted before I get it dynamically balanced. So if paint can make a difference, the filler plates must have some effect?! I was going to do an engine run today to see if I could feel a difference before I take it up in the air, but ran out of time.
Thanks for your help!
Jerry
N84JE RV-8 210 hrs of grinnin'
After 15 months of flying my airplane, I finally got around to fabricating and installing the spinner filler plates that go behind the prop blades. Any of you notice or feel a difference in the vibration or balance of the prop /spinner assembly? My feeling is that it's got to throw things off a little. I have a standard Hartzell constant speed and I'm sure the filler plates have to be heavier than one of those little weights on the prop. I haven't yet dynamically balanced my prop since I have yet to paint my airplane. My prop guy suggested I wait 'til the spinner is painted before I get it dynamically balanced. So if paint can make a difference, the filler plates must have some effect?! I was going to do an engine run today to see if I could feel a difference before I take it up in the air, but ran out of time.
Thanks for your help!
Jerry
N84JE RV-8 210 hrs of grinnin'