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painting props?
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:12 am
by Slow_Poke
does anyone know if a copmposite prop can be painted and if so what would be the bets way going about it?
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:55 pm
by nickjaxe
Not sure if this will help you just had a look in my mainair manual as I have a warp drive fitted to my trike, it says if the tips are to be painted the use a laquer based or enamal based paint NOT CELLULOSE based, and goes on further about how to balence after painting.
Nick in the UK.
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:35 am
by Smiley
Mmmmm! Not to sure myself, but painting the whole prop should cause a balancing problem and also dirty your airfoil of the prop, causing it to be less efficient...?
My 2c!
Painting props
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:59 pm
by Leprachaun
I have a WARP drive on my Aquilla that has had its fair share of the sand at Rhino Park . Some time back I had a serious pebble strike and decided to revamp the prop , I wnt about with a 600 wet and dry sandpaper , fooloewd by an 800 and then a coat of matt black , thinned with Thinners , looks like new and flies just as well , no vibrationbs at all , hope this helps
Re: Painting props
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:57 am
by Smiley
Leprachaun wrote:I have a WARP drive on my Aquilla that has had its fair share of the sand at Rhino Park . Some time back I had a serious pebble strike and decided to revamp the prop , I wnt about with a 600 wet and dry sandpaper , fooloewd by an 800 and then a coat of matt black , thinned with Thinners , looks like new and flies just as well , no vibrationbs at all , hope this helps
Thanks for the info!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:29 am
by Slow_Poke
sent my prop to Piet De Necker, he repainted my prop, added stainless leading edge tips and rebalanced, i will post some before and after pics later today.
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:11 pm
by Slow_Poke
SOme pics of my "New Prop" - sory for quality, only had phone camera with me.
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:40 pm
by Biggles
slow poke: Any idea what type of paint he used?
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:46 pm
by Slow_Poke
BIGGLES, I dont know but you can phone him, i'm sure he wil tel you.
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:53 am
by Smiley
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:59 am
by Biggles
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:17 am
by Smiley
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:10 am
by Morph
Yeah and I really love that realistic reflection effect he put on it. Amazing
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:13 am
by Biggles
signal red... to be exact
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:16 am
by Biggles
Not realistic at all!! The perspectives all wrong and look how skew the horizon is...
