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Old 1st Oct 2013, 20:48
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Like a lot of people in this industry you are critical of a technology that you only have a passing knowlage of.

Most composite propellers are a wooden core with a carbon of glass re enforced plastic outer shell with a metal leading edge.

Damage to a metal prop is usually limited to blending the damage ( removal of metal) down to a manufactures limit.

Damage to composite blades is a more complicated issue but damage to a blade of a depth that would write off a metal prop is more than likely to be able to be repaired on a composite prop.

The composite Hartzell prop is a very different item being almost totaly carbon reenforced plastic, I am told with a metal spar. This is so new that I have no idea what the manufactures have mandated in the way of repaires but it looks like a very efficient areofoil and I am sure will out perform most other props.
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