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Old 03-05-2013 | 07:42 PM
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Gray Beard
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Default RE: Prop Mounting


ORIGINAL: 757jonp

I don't see what difference it makes how you size the prop to the shaft, the only thing your doing is centering the prop on the shaft. Once tightened against the drive hub that turkey isn't going anywhere except around and around...

Greybeard... thanks for the tape tip, I can see how that'd work just fine.
I have been known to use tape on an over reamed prop when at the field but it wasn't me that said I did it. All my props that go into my flight box are balanced before they ever go into it. I do a lot of prop testing so I have a lot of different sizes of props that have been reamed for different engines. If I break a prop and want to keep flying a plane I often use tape to get it on the shaft tight but when I get home I put a correctly reamed prop on that engine. Tape works but I like things done correctly, just a me thing.
757, an improperly reamed prop will loosen up and create an imbalance. People that know how to correctly ream a prop with a tapered reamer are fine doing it but someone new to the hobby should use a stepped reamer to make sure it is done correctly.