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Old 05-26-2006, 05:24 PM
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Default Aluminum spinner EXPLODES!!

This is what is left after a prop strike with a cast spinner.
The plane is fine with very minor cosmetic damage.
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Old 05-26-2006, 05:55 PM
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Default RE: Aluminum spinner EXPLODES!!

Who the hell makes cast spinners?

Bad idea, bad idea.
Old 05-26-2006, 05:56 PM
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Default RE: Aluminum spinner EXPLODES!!

BTW, yours looks like a regular "turned" spinner, not a casting. But the way it fragmented, it had to be a casting.
Old 05-26-2006, 06:48 PM
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Default RE: Aluminum spinner EXPLODES!!

looks like the TRU TURN sitting on my bench. What brand is it?
Old 05-26-2006, 07:16 PM
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Default RE: Aluminum spinner EXPLODES!!

This was some no name brand that I picked up in one of those "deals that you can't refuse." Seriously, out of the the three spinners in the deal two of them were Tru-Turn spinners in the original package. This one looked like a Spin Right, but there was no packaging, and no markings. But the backplate did come with a brass bushing. I should have never used it but, well you know.
Old 05-26-2006, 08:38 PM
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Default RE: Aluminum spinner EXPLODES!!

From this post, I will share my experience.
Out of all the spinners that I have had, the Vortec and TruTurn bend, all the others seem to break.
Also, the vortec and TruTurn flex under pressure, but the others do not.
I guess cast is stiffer but when damaged can come apart.
Old 05-28-2006, 10:24 PM
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Default RE: Aluminum spinner EXPLODES!!

From the looks of your prop, it looks like it was QUITE a PROP HIT, better check your crank.
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