Spinner for McCauley Kliptip TM 7653
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:52 pm
I have a McCauley Kliptip TM7653 re-pitched to 50" on FOKM. The spinner
was a McCauley and IMHO a very poor design. It is now trash due to
cracking and I do not want to replace it with an expensive certified
piece of similar junk. There seem to be two paths open for me - one
quite expensive.
I can sell the McCauley and buy a new prop and matched spinner. I am
familiar with the various opinions on this for the rebel on floats. It
has been well hashed over on this site. This will run into a fair bit of
money.
I can find a homebuilt spinner and adapt it to the McCauley. The prop
performs fairly well but probably not quite as well as a new one. Static
rpm reaches the permissible limit (2360) for the prop and WOT gets to
about 2620 which isn't too bad on an O320 limited to 2700 rpm.
Does anyone have any experience putting a spinner on a McCauley that is
not a McCauley spinner. What success/problems/spinner? If no direct
experience with this prop what traps, hitches, glitches, recommendations
can I find?
Garry
FOKM
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was a McCauley and IMHO a very poor design. It is now trash due to
cracking and I do not want to replace it with an expensive certified
piece of similar junk. There seem to be two paths open for me - one
quite expensive.
I can sell the McCauley and buy a new prop and matched spinner. I am
familiar with the various opinions on this for the rebel on floats. It
has been well hashed over on this site. This will run into a fair bit of
money.
I can find a homebuilt spinner and adapt it to the McCauley. The prop
performs fairly well but probably not quite as well as a new one. Static
rpm reaches the permissible limit (2360) for the prop and WOT gets to
about 2620 which isn't too bad on an O320 limited to 2700 rpm.
Does anyone have any experience putting a spinner on a McCauley that is
not a McCauley spinner. What success/problems/spinner? If no direct
experience with this prop what traps, hitches, glitches, recommendations
can I find?
Garry
FOKM
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