Alan, it would be worth contacting Mark Burton, a long
time Europa owner with an Arplast, who knows all about
prop balancing. As proprietor of Smart Avionics he
manufactures an inexpensive prop balancer, as well as the
prop controller and the SmartASS airspeed
speaker/director. His email attached.
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
"Alan Carter" <alancarteresq@onetel.net> wrote:
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> Hello All.
> 1. I have a Arplast PV50, if a prop can be called a
>wobbly prop the PV 50 fits the bill.
> Is there a PV 50 owner out there who can give me some
>information on this prop.??
> There is no UK agent.
> 2.I have been filling the chips in the leading edge with
>Araldite and repainting the tips.
> The prop is about 10 years old and done about 400
>hours,?? i have no idear when it was last balanced, but
>it seems OK in flight.
> "Some say" it will need re balancing, in an ideal world
>i would go along with that, but its not an ideal
>world,and the use of common sence needed.
> However i stand to be corrected if needed.
> I now nothing about balancing props,but think the prop
>could now be slightly more or slightly less inbalance,but
>with intolerance.
> The only way to really know is to check the balance
>before then after the repairs, and see the effect. We are
>talking about small repairs not big dobs of paint.
> Has anyone done this, and can give an answer.
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> Alan
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