CRP5...faulty model?
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CRP5...faulty model?
Hi all,
I just bought Pooley's CRP5 online but the rotating window is stubbornly hard to rotate, it turns but with considerable force. Was just wondering if there was something wrong with it or maybe I'm just too accustomed to the E6B?
I just bought Pooley's CRP5 online but the rotating window is stubbornly hard to rotate, it turns but with considerable force. Was just wondering if there was something wrong with it or maybe I'm just too accustomed to the E6B?
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No, looked through instructions for any reference to screws but there wasn't any, had also emailed customer support asking them if that's what I need to do but they kind of ignored my question & just told me to send it in for a replacement.
I suppose it's worth a try.
I suppose it's worth a try.
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I had one like that years ago. A very wise old grissled ground instructor told me to raid my girlfriends cosmetics drawer and nick some talc powder. I just shook a bit on.........(The CRP5 that is)
and it worked a treat.
No joke apart from every body thought I had a drug problem in the class room the next day as every time I spun the wheel there was a cloud of white dust
It really does work 
and it worked a treat. No joke apart from every body thought I had a drug problem in the class room the next day as every time I spun the wheel there was a cloud of white dust
It really does work
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its not you - the crp 5 is poorly built. Most of the ones i've seen have been gash for one reason or another. I don’t think pooleys have any quality control despite the 70 quid asking price - my old aluminium one cost a fraction of that and worked perfectly.
you can try a bit of talcum power to free it up. don’t be tempted to put grease on it - if you do, it will work like a dream for about two days until it gets caked in fluff!
or just send it back with a snotty letter!
you can try a bit of talcum power to free it up. don’t be tempted to put grease on it - if you do, it will work like a dream for about two days until it gets caked in fluff!
or just send it back with a snotty letter!
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To be fair to Bob his replys from his customer services are short and sweet but they never seem to argue about replacing stuff.
I lost a screw from mine and emailed them asking about a replacement.
The reply was along the lines of
Dear Sir
Whats your address?
Two days later 4 screws turned up in the post free of charge. With no reply to the returned email with my address. I have heard of people managing to snap the board scraping the ice off the car window and getting a free replacement and a wind screen scrapper as well as a cheeky note.
I lost a screw from mine and emailed them asking about a replacement.
The reply was along the lines of
Dear Sir
Whats your address?
Two days later 4 screws turned up in the post free of charge. With no reply to the returned email with my address. I have heard of people managing to snap the board scraping the ice off the car window and getting a free replacement and a wind screen scrapper as well as a cheeky note.
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No, looked through instructions for any reference to screws but there wasn't any
Believe it or not. I got through all my exams with a CRP-1.
