I finally decided to upgrade my fibre glass spinner to an aluminium spinner from Cummins Spinners (Allan is an advertiser on this site).
Last Easter Monday I flew into Bendigo airport Allan’s home base, his workshop is also located at the airport and makes flying in really convenient.
I went through the steps of fitting my new spinner with Allan’s help which sped things up a little even though the installation process is very straight forward.
The spinner is sold as a kit that you install yourself; all up it takes about 4 hours and starts with removing your prop, drilling the spinner to match new front and back plates, installing nut plates and finally reinstalling your new spinner onto your aircraft.
I also wanted to have a highly polished finish, so Allan gave me a quick lesson in polishing, the end result is just amazing, but for the uninitiated takes about 2 hours.
Me polishing;
The finished result;
Fitted to my RV7;
Head on shot;
Heading home, I need to invest in a straight prop next
Cheers
Last Easter Monday I flew into Bendigo airport Allan’s home base, his workshop is also located at the airport and makes flying in really convenient.
I went through the steps of fitting my new spinner with Allan’s help which sped things up a little even though the installation process is very straight forward.
The spinner is sold as a kit that you install yourself; all up it takes about 4 hours and starts with removing your prop, drilling the spinner to match new front and back plates, installing nut plates and finally reinstalling your new spinner onto your aircraft.
I also wanted to have a highly polished finish, so Allan gave me a quick lesson in polishing, the end result is just amazing, but for the uninitiated takes about 2 hours.
Me polishing;
The finished result;
Fitted to my RV7;
Head on shot;
Heading home, I need to invest in a straight prop next
Cheers
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