ORIGINAL: mustangman177
Just came across this thread...... Have I been doing something wrong ?
I've been flying for some 22 years now, and not once bothered to check for the "tracking" of a prop, although I do spend alot of time balancing each and every prop that comes in before it goes on the plane.
So how critical is this ????? I fly only sport-for fun only, no competition. I do want the most out of my planes and equipment though. Guess I'll go home and track all my propellers now. Great googly-gock !!! Something more to worry about !!
OK So now I want a tapered prop reamer. Cannot find one listed-Only step reamers. Where can I get one ?
Ditto on the tracking. Props have a slight tendancy to distort while turning anyway. And the aerodynamic characteristics change dramatically from the center to the tip.
I have never seriously considered a tapered prop reamer due to the very large probablity of error. And wearing open the hole. I have two stepped reamers, one standard and one metric. That way my hole is the correct size through the entire hub - and if I screw up I throw it away.