I covered this on the blog, but we’re going to be installing a new MT hydraulically-actuated propeller this weekend with help from the airport’s maintenance shop. The constant-speed propeller will allow us a lot of utility that we didn’t have with the Catto, though the plane performed pretty well on the fixed-pitch Catto. We have a […]
Read MoreVelocity N44VF – The (likely) final flight on our Catto propeller! We’ve gotten our MT constant speed propeller, and will be installing it this week, so the Catto fixed pitch that has served us well for 4 years will become our backup prop.
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Marc shared an accident report regarding his loss-of-prop incident over California. He lost his 3-blade Catto prop, spinner, crush plate and all, and experienced copilot wing and lower winglet damage. (pictures removed at Marc’s insistence). | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | News1 |
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We’ve begun to fit the prop and spinner. We have to put the propeller on and take it off several times to get the spinner installed. First we have to mark where the blades intersect the spinner bulkhead, and then make templates of the blade so we can cut the openings for the blades to stick […]
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Our propeller has arrived! The Propeller arrives Catto Propeller For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur. Quis aute iure reprehenderit in voluptate […]
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Our Catto prop is on order with Craig Catto, though we still need to give him final horsepower figures from our test runs with the engine. We believe that this will give us the best overall performance, although we may switch to a constant speed prop later if we find the takeoff performance unacceptable. The folks flying […]
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