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Old 07-13-2007 | 10:01 PM
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Default Paint on propeller and balance

I have a Nexstaar select and the last time I was with an instructor on a buddy box, he was trying tp teach me to fly at idle about 2 ft from the ground and I had trouble keeping the aillerons level to have a glide in to slide across the feild. The fuselage tiped forward and broke the prop. A storm was just going north of us and I had quite a bit of wind affect and I had to land quickly before rain. Anyways, I put on a new prop and checked balance by taking a srew driving and inserting the propeller on it and looked at it at eye level it was balanced well.

I bought some red-orange paint and painted the tips of the propeller until I thought the prop was balanced horizontally but one end keeps dipping down. Could I assume that the prop is still balanced? Does the prop always dip a little bit until it acheives weight equilibrium? I am not sure if I have a balanced prop.

Thanks.