X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:19:10 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mta13.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.44] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.1) with ESMTP id 2848580 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:55:10 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.168.78.44; envelope-from=glcasey@adelphia.net Received: from web30 ([68.168.75.78]) by mta13.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20080415125402.ZZBE22170.mta13.adelphia.net@web30> for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:54:02 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <29912035.1208264049558.JavaMail.root@web30> X-Original-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 5:54:09 -0700 From: X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Aerocomposites props MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Sensitivity: Normal I think there are quite a few Lancairs with the Aerocomposites prop. I wonder if any have had a blade "sticking" problem like I have. On a hot day after a flight and sitting for maybe an hour, one blade seems to tighten up in the hub, preventing it from going to flat pitch. During the runup it will pull the engine speed down (go to coarse pitch), but will sometimes not come back. After sitting for enough time to thoroughly cool it will work normally. It has never been a problem in flight. This happened once when the prop was relatively new and Aerocomposites took it back for repair. Now a year later it has happened again. Anyone else had a similar problem? Aerocomposites said my prop was the first one with that problem. Gary Casey ES, Lycoming engine