TRUTURN FAI 3-1/2' SPINNER

[Jerry Budd]

I really don't know, Frackowiak would be the better person to ask.  I 
know when I flew his ePartner last summer he had a TruTurn spinner on 
it and he had gone on a pretty relentless search to get weight out of 
the airplane.  He saved quite a bit of weight changing out most of 
the steel screws in the plane with aluminum, and a big chunk of that 
was he found a source for an aluminum prop nut/adaptor to replace the 
steel one that TruTurn makes.  I know he considered switching to a 
composite spinner but the aluminum spinner cone is already pretty 
light, really not much to save there.  The real problem is the 
backplate.  A "lightened" backplate for a glow motor is still way 
overkill for an electric.  That's where I'd focus my efforts.

Thx, Jerry


>Jerry,
>           I thought about the electrics. I have that prop. Can you 
>confirm that the typical electric guy would use a TT spinner. I was 
>thinking that they might go for a lightweight alternative because 
>there is no need to support a starter motor?
>
>Regards,
>
>Eric.

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