Comments on: Balancing a Wooden Propeller

By: Mphjens

Mphjens — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:34:03 +0000

I didn’t get it @ all
i mean the guy on the vid the commentary is fine

By: murrayjonasson

murrayjonasson — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:32:43 +0000

i’d be a little worried to just start drilling like that

By: JANDURCAL

JANDURCAL — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:12:06 +0000

He visto varias formas de equilibrar hélices y pienso que el sistema empleado con el metro no es muy ortodoxo; creo que es mejor con un taco de plastilina. La hélice marcará cada una de sus palas y si estan bien equilibradas, dejará la misma marca.Esto en cuanto al plano longitudinal.

By: bhupinderparamotor

bhupinderparamotor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:58:15 +0000

very nice way to teach….i learn some thing new ..thax for this video…dont u think after once balancing it with led u put extra weight of apoxy and wooden plug..?

By: startazz

startazz — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:46:51 +0000

I just read your comment and i was thinking the same thing about the extra weight,would of been nice to get a reply don’t you think

By: startazz

startazz — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:10:37 +0000

Very well put and i get what you saying and doing but what bhupinderparamotor said in his comment is bang on have a look and please reply to him or me please great video by the way 5*

By: Bigfurry1975

Bigfurry1975 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:09:59 +0000

I was wondering that too, maybe the wood plug and epoxy are light enough not to effect it. Either that, or he made the lead plug light enough to account for the weight of the wood plug and epoxy. Could be wrong though.

By: djw0076

djw0076 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:22:46 +0000

What about the weight of the 5 min epoxy and the wooden plug ?? Is this an issue ?

By: jacktharipper3

jacktharipper3 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:24:45 +0000

wouldent the wood at the end add more weight on the prop???

By: tommyfree505

tommyfree505 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:37:53 +0000

Guys, this isn’t that hard. Just take into account the weight of the wood plug, the epoxy and the varnish when you make the lead plug.

It won’t be much, because Lead is 16 times more dense than maple, and the lead plug is 3x as long as the wood plug. That makes the lead almost 50 times heavier than the wood. Go easy on the epoxy, though.

I didn’t hear them mention that the hole needs to be deep enough to reach center so the lead is centered front to back.