As most of you know , if I recently bent our Rebel - trying a little
bit too hard to win a spot landing competition :o( .... But with the
help of Walter and Julius I am on the road to repairs and recovery
I have a question for Wayne and any others with helpful ideas
when the left leg collapsed the propeller hit the deck - shearing off
the tips of both ends
(the propeller was wooden , and the engine was at idle when it hit )
I found enough pieces of the propeller to glue it back to gether - and
this was good enough to use as a template to carve another propeller
from it
some people say that I must bulk strip the engine as it has had a
propeller strike .... others say this is not necessary as the propeller
was wooden
I asked a friend (aircraft engineer ) - who knows many of the Lycoming
people for his opinion and he said that Lycoming would "sit on the
fence" if pushed for something in writing
using common sense , I have put I a run out gauge on the crankshaft and
it has absolutely no deviation at the flange - so, to me, I consider
that there is no need to bulk strip the engine
Now, here is my question :
how many of you out there have had a similar situation .... and what
was the outcome of your dilemma
(I have been asked to write an article for our national sport aircraft
magazine on how I dealt with the aftermath of the accident and the steps
I took to put the plane back in the air - keeping everything to legal
and above board )
under the rules of the experimental category , as the builder of the
aircraft , I am allowed to repair and modifying the plane as I see fit
.... but the engine becomes a bit of a grey area !?!
any ideas / and suggestions would be gratefully received
Rick Harper
541R
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