At 08:51 AM 1/17/04 -0600, you wrote: >I have installed my new Ed Sterba 56x64 prop. Here is the link to a photo. >http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/photo.html >Mark Jones (N886MJ) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Mark, Nice looking prop. Two things: Is Ed no longer putting his stickers on the prop face? I notice you have a rear spinner plate but no front plate. I'd recommend to everyone that whatever spinner you install that it include a front support plate complete with screws. I had installed a front support but no screws and when removed after several hours of running I was amazed at how much "chaffing" there was inside the spinner from movement between the spinner and the front plate. I then mounted blind nuts and screws on the front support also. The spinner on the Tripacer is mounted with front and rear support plate screws and it has been trouble free for 500+ hours for me and many more before I purchased it. O.K., three things. For those that haven't ordered a prop yet and have your landing lights inside or very near the prop arc, have the back side of the prop finished in black. If you don't your lights will create a prop sized, wood colored arc when they are turned on. Live and learn. :-) Larry Flesner Carterville, Illinois
