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Engines => 2 Cylinder => 1/2 vw => Topic started by: 914pete on May 22, 2020, 08:35:39 AM

Title: Prop Tracking
Post by: 914pete on May 22, 2020, 08:35:39 AM
Is this considered acceptable?
Title: Re: Prop Tracking
Post by: Dan_ on May 22, 2020, 12:52:21 PM
Is this considered acceptable?

This guy makes sense...  https://aeropp.co.nz/index.php/how-to-articles  (https://aeropp.co.nz/index.php/how-to-articles)  Scroll down to "prop tracking".

He recommends 1/8" max but 1/16" is much mo better.  He mentions to either sand away some of the wood under the hub on one side or add extra varnish to the other.  So you can keep even torque on the bolts.
Title: Re: Prop Tracking
Post by: 914pete on May 22, 2020, 01:05:41 PM
This guy makes sense...  https://aeropp.co.nz/index.php/how-to-articles  (https://aeropp.co.nz/index.php/how-to-articles)  Scroll down to "prop tracking".

He recommends 1/8" max but 1/16" is much mo better.  He mentions to either sand away some of the wood under the hub on one side or add extra varnish to the other.  So you can keep even torque on the bolts.
Great Resource Dan. Thanks! I re-torqued the prop nuts and now it is tracking perfectly. Frank Johnson makes a great prop.
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