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tmakibbin
Joined: 24 Feb 2009
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Location: Enola, PA
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 Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:47 pm Post subject: Spinner Fitting |
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I have the fiberglass spinner from USAJabiru. It is basically a cone with no cutout for the propeller (Understandable). But my question for anyone is, "how did you go about marking and making the cutouts for the propeller blades on the spinner?"
Thanks,
Tom
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jaybannist(at)cs.com
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:08 pm Post subject: Spinner Fitting |
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Tom,
I have a Van's spinner, but the process would be the same. I made a band out of Bristol board to simulate the lower portion of the spinner. I made rough cutouts for the prop blades then fine tuned the cutouts by applying pieces of masking tape to the edges of the rough cutout, until I got a close fit to the prop blades. That will then serve as a template for cutting the fiberglass cone. I used a fine toothed coping saw to make the actual cuts. I used part of the cutout fiberglass to make a filler for the opening behind the prop blades.
Jay Bannister
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DaveG601XL
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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Location: Cincinnati, Oh
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:57 am Post subject: Re: Spinner Fitting |
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Tom,
Like Jay said, templates are the way here. A few pictures attached show my template from cardboard. Start a little smaller than you think you need for the initial cut and then fit it to the prop. Make sure to mask the prop from scratches. Don't trim too close since the fiberglass will deflect in operation. Jabiru recommended at least a 1/8" gap in their literature. I did not think of a filler behind the prop as Jay did.
Good luck,
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