DennisRhodes
Well Known Member
Propellers , spacers and long bolts question for A&P
I have a 0320 RV9 that has 500+ hours on an arrangement where the Prince P tip "wood " prop is thru bolted to the LYC crank flange . It has a 1/8 spacer and 1/2" AL spacer to make up for the spinner front bulkhd. It also has the 2 1/4 thru bolt spacer between the rear spinner bulkhd and the LYC starter ring flywheel.
Have been toying with the idea of removing the 1/2 inch Al front crush plate and replacing with a Saber steel 1 inch thick crush plate. Effectively adding 10 Lbs weight to the 13FS and improving the rear CG loading issue. My Concerns are primarily the additional 1/2 Inch of prop bolt length needed and the 10 Lb wt with that arrangement. Present Prop bolt length are AN7 X 8 5/16 in Would have to go to an AN7 X 8 3/4 in to get my required 3/4 in threads into the inserts.
Do the longer bolts raise a concern for this new arrangement? Only other option would be to replace the spacer with a new Prop Extension with separate bolting to flange.
I have a 0320 RV9 that has 500+ hours on an arrangement where the Prince P tip "wood " prop is thru bolted to the LYC crank flange . It has a 1/8 spacer and 1/2" AL spacer to make up for the spinner front bulkhd. It also has the 2 1/4 thru bolt spacer between the rear spinner bulkhd and the LYC starter ring flywheel.
Have been toying with the idea of removing the 1/2 inch Al front crush plate and replacing with a Saber steel 1 inch thick crush plate. Effectively adding 10 Lbs weight to the 13FS and improving the rear CG loading issue. My Concerns are primarily the additional 1/2 Inch of prop bolt length needed and the 10 Lb wt with that arrangement. Present Prop bolt length are AN7 X 8 5/16 in Would have to go to an AN7 X 8 3/4 in to get my required 3/4 in threads into the inserts.
Do the longer bolts raise a concern for this new arrangement? Only other option would be to replace the spacer with a new Prop Extension with separate bolting to flange.
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