>Vance W Jaqua wrote:
> >
> > Thought you might like to add this wake up call on Ivo props
> > Aircraft a Kolp not so light - powerplant Revmaster VW
> > direct drive, Ivo 3 blade (not Magnum) - loafing along about
> > 2400 rpm THUMP wappity wop - silence. Fortunately
> > something cut the engine before it departed the airframe
> > Tho the engine mount has a crack. One of the steel rods is
> > missing - first guess - probably the steel rod failed, releasing
> > torsional control of one blade which likely fluttered and
> > excited the other blades. Revmaster reccomenfed the ground
> > adjustible Ivo to the builder. (the telltale metal tapes are still
> > intact) - Vance
> >
>
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