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But you might want to check with IVO about the requirement to inspect 
the 'witness tapes' before each flight. Unless they've found a way to 
radically improve their blade clamping, it's gonna get really old 
removing the spinner before each flight...

Charlie
(Been there, done that with a couple of IVO's; caution is advised.)

Tracy Crook wrote:
> Spinner choice is a function of the airplane and prop hub (for backing 
> plate hole pattern).  It has nothing to do with the reduction drive per 
> se.   The hub on all RD1x drives is an SAE 2 , same as all Lycoming 
> engines.
>  
>  Van's Aircraft would be happy to sell you a spinner with all the 
> necessary backing plates. 
>  
> Tracy
>  
> On 8/28/07, *Scott* <squiggles@yahoo.com <mailto:squiggles@yahoo.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Hello...
> 
>     I need a spinner for my 105mph airplane which has a ground
>     adjustable ivo with tracys rd1b.  i've tried to contact uhs spinners
>     but they have not returned email or phone messages.
> 
>     For other tractor airplanes using tracys reduction drives, what
>     spinner did you choose?  Did you need aback plate as well?
> 
>     Any thoughts are appreciated.
> 
>     Thank you.
>     -Scott
>