Dynamic Propeller Balancing

[guynoir]

Can a stroboscopic wheel balancer be adapted to balance aircraft
propellers?

TIA

--
J Kimmel

www.metalinnovations.com

"Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum." - When you have
their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.

[Fly]

> Can a stroboscopic wheel balancer be adapted to balance aircraft
> propellers?
>

Almost Anything is possible.
But why haven't Hartzell or McCauley done it yet? Or Bell or Sikorsky for
that matter?

Kent Felkins
Tulsa

[Franklin Newton]

"guynoir" > wrote in message
. 97.142...
> Can a stroboscopic wheel balancer be adapted to balance aircraft
> propellers?
>
> TIA
>
> --
> J Kimmel
>
> www.metalinnovations.com
>
> "Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum." - When you have
> their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.

Sure it could be adapted, but after you removed your propeller and put it on
your balancing machine it wouldn't be dynamic balancing anymore. (Think on
car balancing)

[mick]

> Can a stroboscopic wheel balancer be adapted to balance aircraft
> propellers?

For a relatively inexpensive prop balancer, try these guys:

http://www.smartavionics.com/

BR,
Mickey

[Fly]

The unit is a little clunky. Hard to tell how big the accelerometer
actually is in the photos. Appears someone would need to fabricate brackets
to set up on Lyc. and Cont. engines and the sensor cable doesn't look
durable. The manual doesn't give much explanation of weight method
correction.

However for only 1300 Euros its not a bad deal at all for simple prop
balancing.
Probably just as accurate as C&H or ACES or DSS.

Kent Felkins
Tulsa
> For a relatively inexpensive prop balancer, try these guys:
>
> http://www.smartavionics.com/