Hi All,
Been there, done that, got the tee shirt !
Sand the other blades to match,[ I normally round off the trailing edge, in
''plan
view'', and put a 1/16'' radius on the end] check with your thumbnail to
see if there is a crack in ''the endgrain''. Finnish with W&D paper of about 800
grit, and then seal the raw end with a lick of epoxy.
Use a digital scale to check individual blade weights, Warp Drive supply them
within
0.5 gram, no reason not to get to 0.2 if your scales read that small ?
Mask off the last 3'' or so of the blade, and paint the tips a nice colour ,
with
more coats on the lighter ones to get the weights even.
Hope this will help ?
Cheers,
Nev.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Steve Hagar
Subject: Europa-List: Warp Drive blades
Due to a ground handling boo boo I got an ouch on one of my warp drive blades.
I roughed up the trailing edge of one of the blade tips. As a consequence about
a 1/4" x 3/8" of that corner is now gone. I dresesed it and smoothed it
with some sandpaper. The question now is : Is this significant? Do I make
the other blades look like this? Do I not worry about it till I balance the
prop and take care of it with prop hub weights?
Steve (Starting to get burned out) Hagar
A143
Mesa, AZ
Steve Hagar
hagargs@earthlink.net
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