ORIGINAL: blvdbuzzard
Speaking of throwing propr and prop blades, how many remember the white nylon props???? Those were the worst props ever made. At the field I belonged to back then, late 70's we had so many fail that the club banned them. One guy got a blade through th shoulder. He hit the prop on landing, looked at itand it appeared fine until he started up again and it through it like a missle.
Well... I liked the wite nylon... loved to boil them well, then when flying C/L you could watch the prop change pitch with the plane's airspeed. VERY interesting. Never did shed a blade in flight... (plenty broke hitting the ground though...)
Someone is making a white nylon again now... but its not the same type nylon... Boiling this is a big "no-no"
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The only way to really learn propeller safety... go to the field and have it demonstrated. You can read tips all day, and turn around and find a way to stick a hand in the prop that wasn't covered. (you can find a new way after getting it demonstrated too...)