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Old 8th Nov 2013, 15:08
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Qoute... Does that mean they have found the missing blade, I wonder?

They may still be looking for it in Germany...

The photo of the fracture seems to reveal the start of a stress fracture at the 10 or 11 o/clock position, in the position of the black marks. Then the fine tree-ring like lines in the 12 o/c position show the repeated cyclic stress failures. Either these occurred every rev of the prop, or it could have been once every-time the prop exceeded a certain amount of torque. (maybe only once per flight.. who knows?)
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