Wooden Propellers

"Dave Kearton" wrote in message
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john hawkins wrote:
Besides beauty there is another benefit to a wood propellor.
No sudden stoppages. The prop just turns into splinters.
Don't ask



If such a situation were ever to occur cough where a wooden prop was
aaah converted to components, via lets say, nosing over too far and
encountering dirt, would you still require an engine rebuild ?


Purely hypothetical - of course.

I believe that Lycoming and Continental both recommend teardown inspections
for all of their opposed cylinder engines.

The only engines that _may_ be exempt are some of the large radials, under
certain guidelines of how rapidly the prop was slowed.
--
Jim in NC