X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:28:08 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with ESMTP id 4428360 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:11:17 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.30.64; envelope-from=j.hafen@comcast.net Received: from omta23.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.90]) by qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id tST81e0021wfjNsA7VAiqQ; Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:10:42 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.4] ([24.17.111.171]) by omta23.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id tVAh1e0063hvfg88jVAiu7; Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:10:42 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Prop Balance From: John Hafen In-Reply-To: X-Original-Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:10:41 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Message-Id: <3C9C7DF9-E1C1-404E-8763-96543AD17196@comcast.net> References: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) I can't do it but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express once. Essentially, reflective tape is stuck to the back side of the props = about 9 or 10 inches from the prop root. A timing light looking device = "watches" the props turn and vibrate and the computer determines where = balancing weight needs to be placed. In my case, we bolted some washers to the inside of the spinner plate as = recommended by the computer. Vibration went away and I'm living happily = ever after. John Hafen IVP 413AJ On Aug 12, 2010, at 5:20 AM, Greenbacks, UnLtd. wrote: > Could one of you describe the process of dynamically balancing a = typical prop? > My old brain cannot visualize how weights are attached. >=20 > Angier Ames > N4ZQ >=20 > -- > For archives and unsub = http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html