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[Bill Glaze]

Interesting, Bob.  I've had 2 of them blow up on me.  (I'm a slow 
learner.)  Bill Glaze

Bob Richards wrote:

> Along those same lines....
>  
> I remember flying at the '95 Nats, and a discussion started with a 
> (well known) FAI flyer that was using a Goldberg plastic spinner. 
> Several of us commented that we would never use one of those spinners 
> because we had seen too many of them fly apart on sport planes, much 
> less hold up to the torque of a 1.20. This guy (who had financial 
> interest in Goldberg) claimed he NEVER had a problem with one coming 
> apart. He just liked the P51 look of the spinner, and it had NOTHING 
> to do with the well known fact he had financial interests in Goldberg.
>  
> The very next flight, the spinner exploded shortly after the wheels 
> left the ground. Flight zeroed.
>  
> IMHO, if you want to know what is the best equipment to use, ASK 
> SOMEONE WHO HAS TO PAY FOR IT WITH THEIR OWN MONEY!
>  
> Bob Richards.
>
>
> Mike Hester <kerlock at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>      
>     Nobody is perfect, but a few people go to great lengths to ignore
>     and dismiss problems. I dunno, it sucks, but I think when you have
>     a problem and are told nothing is wrong or it's your fault,
>     something is obviously amiss. Then to hear you aren't alone, well
>     that does change things.
>      
>     -Mike
>      
>
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