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?

 

Does anyone have any bright ideas as to a substitute prop which might cost less?

Ian,

 

Don't feel bad, My experiences are as follows:

 

Strike 1 : Hub 1, Blade 1 and 2.  Towbar cleared away upon landing, 1/2 inch x 2 inch curl out of one blade, Replace blade only.

 

Strike 2:  Hub 1, Blade 2 and 3.  "Heavy Nose" experimental landing, bent nose wheel fork and curled both blade tips, Replace entire propeller and check engine.

 

Strike 3: Hub 2, Blade 4 and 5.  Taxiway shortcut, removed one runway end light and took a semi-hole chunk out of one blade, Replace blade only.

 

Strike 4: Hub 2, Blade 5 and 6.  Wheel-less sled like landing shortly after peculiar "ticking" sound, Replace blades only and finally replace crankshaft.

 

Waiting for strike 5 on Hub 2 and Blades 7 and 8.  I now utilize "in motion" insurance to stop these events from happening to me.  "Not in motion" insurance has surely protected me from hangar collapse, tornadoes, hail damage, floods etc.

 

Oh ye that venture from the hearth 

into the aeronautical fray,

must eventually pay

for no landing checklist,

no AOA chanting "Pssst"

as fuselage caresses the earth.