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Earthstar Folks,

I'm wondering how much maintenance needs to be done to keep the propeller of choice running true and safely on an Odyssey with the HKS? How many hours before an inspection, adjustment or overhaul needs to be done? I'm used to the standard metal fixed pitch prop on my Continental powered high wing, which mostly only needs inspections for leading edge damage with minor filing to relieve stress and avoid cracking. As long as there is not a prop strike the fixed metal prop runs a long time (usually to TBO of the engine).

Thanks, Skot

I'm in the if it looks good and not beat up crowd, your good to go. If it's an electric in-flight adjust, that's another story. I had rebuild ( Ivo did it) the electric drive in my prop at 275 hours, so now that will be an annual condition inspection item.

kb

Hi Skot
I run a Kiev prop, DUC, Aerolux, Powerfin, All these props are composite
and will last for thousands of hrs. I have 2200 hrs on a DUC and over 1000
on my Kiev. I think they are as tough as the aluminum propellers I have run
on GA airplanes. But that is not a far comparison since the GA airplanes are
tractors and the propeller is close to the ground and sucks up rocks and
gravel and the Odyssey prop is much higher from the ground and the tail boom
is directly below the propeller and blocks the little tornado that
develops under the prop that rings up the rocks in to the propeller.
In the 2200 hrs I have not had to do any maintained other than checking the
torque every 100 hrs and adjusting the pitch, or at least checking it if I
feel vibration.
Happy Flying
Mark


In a message dated 4/23/2011 6:57:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
SWeidemann@aol.com writes:




Earthstar Folks,

I'm wondering how much maintenance needs to be done to keep the propeller
of choice running true and safely on an Odyssey with the HKS? How many
hours before an inspection, adjustment or overhaul needs to be done? I'm used
to the standard metal fixed pitch prop on my Continental powered high wing,
which mostly only needs inspections for leading edge damage with minor
filing to relieve stress and avoid cracking. As long as there is not a prop
strike the fixed metal prop runs a long time (usually to TBO of the engine).

Thanks, Skot