Right on Brother! There are occasions when a 2-stroke throws a prop. It happened to me 3 years ago. I once had a Evolution 61NX in my Hanger 9 Fokker, but soon after I took out that junk motor and swapped it out for the O.S. 61FX.

Anyway I was flying along during a club picnic then I heard a high pitched whine, and saw my prop come flying off, then my engine quit. ( It all happened in a blink of an eye) I managed to "deadstick" the plane in the tall grass, and when I took the plane home that day my engine was toast! I lost all compression after that, so my wife had no problem with me buying another engine. My O.S. that have in it now, has not given me one problem. (knock on wood, spin around 3x's) Thank God, taking the cowl off my DVII is quite a pain.

So yes CGr, it does happen but it is rare. I think it was because I didn't tighten down the prop bolt enough? [:-] Still to this day I haven't found my prop! [:@]

Below is the happy pic of me and my plane just after the incident. No damage to the plane- not even a scratch!


Pete