Talking about Catto Prop, I have one ( 3 Bladded ) on my RV-4 ( 2002 vintage ) and I will need to fix a little ding on one of the blade and I'm wondering what are you guys who have done it used to fill the ding.
Epoxy, fiberglass ????
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Bruno
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Hope this helpsYou can do the repair easily with a standard epoxy fiberglass resin. You want to make sure the damaged area is a bit warm, perhaps like with a hair dryer, then apply the epoxy resin to the damaged area. With the area being warm, the epoxy will ?wick? or ?saturate? into the damaged area like a sponge.
Once the resin has saturated the damaged area. Mix a filler (here we call it ?flox?) this is a chopped cotton fiber material to make the resin into a paste. Apply this over the damaged area. Many times you can apply some clear tape over this to kind of form the resin/flox to the airfoil shape. This will save a little time in finish.
Then once it is dry, you can sand to shape. We use standard automotive finishes, so anything you have there will work just fine.
I hope this helps you.
Regards,
Craig Catto
That's interesting... I ordered a Catto prop last August and was told about 10 weeks. Well I"m still waiting and I'm beginning to think I've been taken in on some sort of ponzi scheme! I know Catto is a reputable company but has anyone else had to wait over 6 months for a prop?? I guess I'm just looking for reassurance that this will be worth the wait.
Both times I returned home from work to find a propeller on the ground in front of my door. No heads up, phone call, e-mail, tracking info to let me know it was on its way.