Allow me to add my 2 cents.
After electrical and mechanical failures on my woodcomp, and a
botched repair job by their Canadian rep, I took my prop out of service.
A big write off of dollars, made more painful as I sold my absolutely
as new 1967 Triumph Tiger Cub, in order to pay for the prop,
Dave A061
On 18-Mar-09, at 3:36 PM, josok wrote:
>
> Just for the record: 1: The blades did not go in reverse but in
> superfine pitch. 2: This is the first time that a mechanical stop
> is ever mentioned. Woodcomp certainly never even pointed at the
> possibility. IMHO, if you power the motor directly, you can spin
> the blades all around on ANY Woodcomp. Until the motor burns out,
> which will be very quickly. As far as i know only MT manufactures
> electrical variable speed propellers with mechanical endstops. 3:
> The problems i encountered were because of non suitable
> microswitches, diode and motor. The same hardware can be found in
> any Woodcomp in flight adjustables, wether those are straight,
> reverseble or sail.
>
> It's everybodies (and in the UK the LAA's) choice of how much risk
> you want to take. I can imagine it's difficult to scrap something
> you layed out your money for. I realize it's bad news for many
> happy pilots. I also would not forgive myself if i would not take
> this stand. Now everybody may continue to throw stones at the bad
> news prophet :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Jos Okhuijsen
>
>
> Visit - www.EuropaOwners.org
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