Propstrike?

[RyanShort1]

Does this look to you what it looked like to me?

I was at a nearby airport yesterday and thought I saw clear evidence of a likely propstrike (maybe a gear up approach to a go-around)...

Ryan

 

[flyingmoose]

Sure does look like it.

 

[dell30rb]

i concur

 

[bnt83]

Tank tracks

 

[Stevel]

Nah!

Those are just hash-marks to allow the marching band to get the length of their paces just right. Someone will be around after the parade to scoop up the elephant poop and erase those marks.

 

[thezoolityre]

Now they own a prop with winglets... much more efficient than a regular prop

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[Velocity173]

Yep, they've got themselves a Q-Tip prop now. Much quieter.

 

[Garthur]

It's hard to see in the photo, but yeas it does look like a prop strike!

 

[RV10flyer]

At 2700 rpm and 65 kts, a 6' diameter 2-blade prop will leave a mark every 14-15". This was just for fun and not exact.

 

[ChrisK]

At 2700 rpm and 65 kts, a 6' diameter 2-blade prop will leave a mark every 14-15". This was just for fun and not exact.

Really?

 

[Sac Arrow]

Naaah, they wanted to get from here....

To here......

 

[Jaybird180]

At 2700 rpm and 65 kts, a 6' diameter 2-blade prop will leave a mark every 14-15". This was just for fun and not exact.

What blade pitch did you use in your calculation?

 

[Skylane81E]

What blade pitch did you use in your calculation?

Irrelevant

 

[JeffW]

Irrelevant

So is the diameter of the prop.

 

[bluerooster]

I remember when the first Qtip prop was seen 'round here. And some of the old guys thought he'd landed gear-up somewhere. But could find no other evidence on the airplane.

 

[Geico266]

Does this look to you what it looked like to me?

I was at a nearby airport yesterday and thought I saw clear evidence of a likely propstrike (maybe a gear up approach to a go-around)...

Ryan

A great reason for a fixed gear.

 

[Jaybird180]

A great reason for a fixed gear.

Or an RV




Sorry ... Couldn't resist the setup.

 

[jesse]

Or an RV




Sorry ... Couldn't resist the setup.

FWIW the only prop strike I've witnessed was a RV nosewheel collapse.

 

[DavidWhite]

I just couldn't put up with the shame of having my gear hanging down all the time

 

[bbchien]

ting ting ting ting ting....

 

[hindsight2020]

Another great reason for a fixed gear.

FIFY.

 

[Silvaire]

I witnessed a prop strike on a Mooney - the gear was down and locked.

We once met an old guy in Northway Alaska with a Maule that had what "looked" like a 'Q'-tip prop - but it wasn't

 

[DavidWhite]

Mooneys have very little prop clearance and the third bounce is a prop strike. Always.

 

[bluerooster]

Only propstrike I ever witnessed was a VariEzE, main gear collapse, splintered th' wood prop. Happened at Cracker fly-in at GVL.

 

[Fearless Tower]

I witnessed a prop strike on a Mooney - the gear was down and locked.

We once met an old guy in Northway Alaska with a Maule that had what "looked" like a 'Q'-tip prop - but it wasn't

I know of at least 3 prop strikes in Duchesses and they were all taxiing at slow speed on uneven pavement. Very little prop clearance.

 

[Steve Foley]

So is the diameter of the prop.

Not if it's on a treadmill