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Old 05-19-2015 | 08:00 PM
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Default Spinner question

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I remember somewhere in the thread a discussion on not using the supplied spinner. As we had our clubs static display at the Pima Air Museum this last weekend I had an opportunity to talk to several guys who had flown the TF P-51 and one of the horror stories was the failing spinner and tearing the engine out of the front of the plane. He said do not use the supplied spinner, and to find a non alum. one as he also had a failure with the True Turn spinner. He recommended carbon fiber as they are much lighter and need little or no balancing. I am looking for thoughts and information on where to get a true scale spinner as I recall the supplied one is not scale. I have a carbon fiber spinner on my Giant Stik and it works well, but I don't know of any scale carbon fiber ones for the P-51. I am finally over the flu bug and feeling human again, so back to work to get this bird in the air.

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