Been there done that!!!🤦🏼♂️ They don’t work quite right when backwards! Had to spin mine 180 degrees too! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Don’t know what I was thinking the day I put them on! Must have had the brain in the neutral or off position? The flat part of the prop goes on the side you want your thrust going/blowing. I’m now testing my prop at 10.5 degrees pitch, adding .5 degrees from the last time I flew it, attempting to lower cruise RPM.
Wow, how easy is that! Just loosen the prop, make the hub vertical and then tighten the prop. Don't even have to put the protractor on the prop blades. WOW
Thanks for the critique. We all learn from any new experiences we encounter, right? Which is why I started the channel in the first place. Keep watching. Everything worked out fine. I told y'all in the beginning I was a novice so be nice or I'll ban ya. Thx for watching. :)
Does Aerolite give you the specs for the prop torque and tightening sequence or the propeller manufacturer? Also this is such a critical part attachment is there any mention of dry or wet torque? You can hear a couple of the nuts squeeking while tightening. Some of your applied torque is used for over coming friction that is why I'm asking. Great vids, love your honesty. I heard you can make all the errors you want, just don't make any mistakes.
Warp Drive prop and yes, Warp drive specs. "No", no mention of wet or dry torque, though. That's the first I've personally ever heard of those terms. Can you explain the differences so I can be edified? Those 'nylok' type nylon lined nuts, at least in my limited experiences tend to do that 'squeak' once in a while. But usually when over-torquing/tighting. I think you heard my mistake due to not adjusting my torque wrench correctly. I just bought it and learning how to adjust it properly. Re-did them all because of it, too. But now I may have to check all 3 blades pitch again because of some vibration at idle and what appears to be tip dancing - as in not tracking right. Gotta set up the blades one more time. Can't be too careful with aircraft. Thanks for your concerns and comment.
@@aerolite103buildersvlog8 Thanks for the quick answer. I don't think its unique in the aircraft building process to call for wet torque or dry but sometimes it is specified in certain applications in engine building. I'm no expect on this but logically it makes sense. The engeneering formulas used by designers to determine the "Clamping force required" are translated into "torque values" that can fairly accurately be duplicated using a torque wrench. Some of that torque force is needed to overcome the friction between the threads and the nut and the nut turning against a static surface. It's akin to having a 100 hp car that gets 60 hp to the rear wheels. The rest is lost getting to the rear wheels. Same holds true with torquing a nut and bolt together. Because nowadays we can build things (via cnc machining) almost perfectly torque specs are to the point that some manufactures give you a length spec as opposed to a torque spec where you use a micrometer to check the length of the bolt you're tightening because the tighter you tighten them the longer the bolt becomes because basically you're stretching it apart when tightening and that streching can be measured. This method assures that "the clamping force" is correct. If you have a bolt and a lock nut can you screw them together while just holding them in your hand? No because they fit together too good but how much torque is required just to screw the nut onto the bolt? Your not tightening anything but torque is required just to get the nut on the bolt. That's not clamping force, that's over coming friction. That's why i was asking, bucause the last thing you want is your prop coming loose or having varialbe clamping forces applied to different nuts and bolt assembly's around the perimeter of the propeller and hearing the squeeking on some nuts and not others made me wonder if you are getting equal clamping force to all fasteners. Your videos are real, that's what i like about them. Beautiful background music does nothing except make it hard to hear what your saying. I'm a new fan, but I'm a fan.
Thanks for the info, @@smogbusters3443 . Much appreciated. If I may say, the concerns you bring up are all valid ones. But I must tell you that there's no one more concerned than me about that lil bird. It's my life on the line, literally, so it's very important she's all good. That's one of the benefits of putting your own plane together. I will have eyes to see things wrong - if there's anything wrong with her - with each 'pre-flight' I do. Even the prop nuts. "Blue skies & Tailwinds", sir.
@@aerolite103buildersvlog8 i have been trying to play catch up with your videos and you have a lot. You are correct when you say there's not much out there for the nuts and bolts on ultralights. I want to order a kit if i cannot find something like you've got. I left California about a year ago after having lived there my entire life. It's just too crazy there. I was in Sacramento just up the road from you. I now live in Minnisota where we get frozen in our homes 6 months out of the year. A perfect time to assemble a spring bird. Its a bucket list thing for me too. I take it you want to get licensed so you can fly with a passenger? I just want to get into the air and start this adventure as i believe there is no end to it. I can actually see myself wearing one of these things out. Great service your doing, sharing and showing others. Good luck with what you do. David.
