Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 18:30:31 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [63.150.227.63] (HELO admsmxs2usr10.ad.jocoks.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b3) with ESMTP id 99816 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:44:08 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C44821.7EA1C78E" Subject: [LML] Re: Hartzell propellors X-Original-Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 16:43:36 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <4B9B1B1833408C40AE2F14A881F276F602474DBF@admsmxs2usr10.ad.jocoks.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Re: Hartzell propellors Thread-Index: AcRIFwLYDL3Novx6T1GlMVHjZUMurAACPRlA From: "Metcalfe, Lee, AIR" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C44821.7EA1C78E Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ian: =20 When I had my prop strike (no sudden stoppage) the prop shop inspected the hub and pronounced it good to go. But, they could not find any existing replacement blades. Hartzell wanted more money to make two new blades than a whole new prop listed for in the Lancair catalog, so I opted for a new prop, which the insurance company (AIG) paid for. The insurance company took salvage on the prop hub, and for all I know, it is flying on someone else's plane now! =20 Lee Metcalfe N320WH - Kansas City _____ =20 From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ian Crowe Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:28 PM To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: [LML] Hartzell propellors I am having difficulty with the prop shops up here in Canada, who are telling me that in the event of a prop strikeyou cannot just replace the blades but must also replace the hub. This is a new prop! =20 Can anyone shed some personal light on this and tell me what you did when the prop was damaged for whatever reason? Did you get replacement blades? Did you have to replace the hub? =20 Does anyone have any bright ideas as to a substitute prop which might cost less? =20 Regards =20 Ian Crowe ------_=_NextPart_001_01C44821.7EA1C78E Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ian:
 
When I had my prop strike (no sudden = stoppage) the prop=20 shop inspected the hub and pronounced it good to go.  But, they = could not=20 find any existing replacement blades.  Hartzell wanted more money = to make=20 two new blades than a whole new prop listed for in the Lancair = catalog, so=20 I opted for a new prop, which the insurance company (AIG) paid = for.  The=20 insurance company took salvage on the prop hub, and for all I know, it = is flying=20 on someone else's plane now!
 
Lee Metcalfe
N320WH - Kansas City

From: Lancair Mailing List=20 [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ian = Crowe
Sent:=20 Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:28 PM
To: Lancair Mailing=20 List
Subject: [LML] Hartzell propellors

I am having difficulty with the prop = shops up here=20 in Canada, who are telling me that in the event of  a prop = strikeyou cannot=20 just replace the blades but must also replace the hub.  This is a = new=20 prop!
 
Can anyone shed some personal light on = this and=20 tell me what you did when the prop was damaged for whatever = reason?  Did=20 you get replacement blades?  Did you have to replace the = hub?
 
Does anyone have any bright ideas as to = a=20 substitute prop which might cost less?
 
Regards
 
Ian Crowe
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