wrote in message
oups.com...
Anyone else here ever experience one? How did yours happen?
Mine have been ag related and hit ground, rocks, birds, and ?
Ever throw off a piece of the prop blade? I lost a piece during
climbout of a jungle strip in the Amazon in a C-185. Managed to dead
stick it back without any further damage but it took nearly two months
to get a replacement. IN the meantime, I used a field expedient and
cut
off an equal amount from the other blade. We were about 200 miles from
civilization on the Rio Curaray.
Ah the fun old days....
Ol S&B


My prop strike was in an ultralight, an Sorrell SNS-8, in Billings. I
was practicing short field landings (for going into rancher friends'
strips) and braked too hard. Slowly...over it went. Cost about $500 in
(2-cycle) engine repairs, plus a new prop.

John Lowry
Flight Physics