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I once saw a Tri-Pacer which had just taken off and
returned more or less immediately, his spinner has split and half of it departed
the airplane and went through the right wing around the position of the wing
supporting strut. He said there was a lot of vibration most likely due to only
half the spinner breaking away, it shook him up with the vibration and convinced
him to land quickly.
Some years ago when I had my Mooney Cadet I heard a
rattling noise as I turned the prop by hand during my walk round check, I
consulted an A & P friend who was with me and we removed the spinner to find
one of the four front plate lugs broken and rattling around inside. We took the
plate off and I flew it from Hawthorne CA to Virginia where I got a new item and
fitted it with a new spinner, costly exercise from Univair. They fly just as
well spinnerless I can assure all.
Dave Vernon
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