Geez Mark, Lighten up. When you said,? I find it interesting that
you're building your own composite airplane, with composite spars
which you apparently designed, and you're worried about the
spinner...? I was a bit surprised at your ire. I was just being
dramatic, tongue in cheek, when I said,
Scott Watts wrote:
> Are there any commercially available composite spinners that that
> would work for a rear starter application? I have found a few for
> commercial aircraft, but they are REALLY expensive. I can not get
> excited about making my own spinner. Mark, if you were to do it over,
>Are there any commercially available composite spinners that that
>would work for a rear starter application?
I use a UHS spinner on my rear starter set up. Of course it would work just
as well on a front starter too. The UHS uses a front bulkhead and no back
bulkhead plate. I really like
Are there any commercially available composite spinners that that
would work for a rear starter application? I have found a few for
commercial aircraft, but they are REALLY expensive. I can not get
excited about making my own spinner. Mark, if you were to do it over,
would you still fab your
June 2009 5:15 AM
To: KRnet
Subject: Re: KR> Center of Gravity and Prop Spinners
One more thing on fiberglass spinners...snip
>I see you do not lock wire your prop bolts Mark.
>Is that normal ?
Some do and some don't. Normal? Is anything normal in experimental aviation?
But to answer your question, no I don't and never have. I do use lock nuts
though. Never have a problem yet. But some day I guess I could. The
There was earlier mention of needing to put or
use a front bulkhead on a spinner. What is that ?
Scott
Mark Jones wrote:
>
> >One more thing on fiberglass spinners...I consider them to be safer than
> >aluminum ones. If the spinner comes off on climb out, the prop is much
> >less
> >likely
Sorry GUYS I did not have my ( do not include senders massage) turned on
when I sent the last post!!
Phil Matheson
SAAA Ch. 20 http://www.saaa20.org/
VH-PKR
Australia
EMAIL: phillipmathe...@bigpond.com
KR Web Page: www.philskr2.50megs.com
: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: KR> Center of Gravity and Prop Spinners
>One more thing on fiberglass spinners...I consider them to be safer than
>aluminum ones. If the spinner comes off on climb out, the prop is much
>less
>likely to suffer damage if it hits a com
>One more thing on fiberglass spinners...I consider them to be safer than
>aluminum ones. If the spinner comes off on climb out, the prop is much
>less
>likely to suffer damage if it hits a composite spinner than if it hits an
>aluminum one.
And here is a link to show you what happens when you
-- Forwarded Message --
From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net>
To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
Subject: Re: KR> Center of Gravity and Prop Spinners
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:05:08 -0500
Scott Watts wrote:
>
One more thing on fiberglass spinners...I consider them to be safer than
aluminum ones. If the spinner comes off on climb out, the prop is much less
likely to suffer damage if it hits a composite spinner than if it hits an
aluminum one. And as http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/spinner/
Scott Watts wrote:
> You reported an all up engine weight of about 250 lbs for the Corvair
> in your KR. What moment did you use? Say from the firewall? I assume
> this does not include the prop and spinner, cowl etc...???
>From the CorvAircraft archive:
I've always said 240 pounds was the
Mark L.,
You reported an all up engine weight of about 250 lbs for the Corvair
in your KR. What moment did you use? Say from the firewall? I assume
this does not include the prop and spinner, cowl etc...???
Also, I like your streamline spinner/cowl, but notice from your web
site that you
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