Hope Steven can find a prop and get up and running again.
I would be interested in the cause if it is known, and what upgrades had been incorporated into that scissors (ie SS bushings? bronze?) Just wondering if there could be yet another explanation for a nosegear collapse. Thanks.

Thanks J.C. - a topic that will always interest me.

Poking around, found
This chat on bearhawk forums
And a Hartzell mention (search the document for “inertia”)

https://hartzellprop.com/EXP-AIRCRAFT/M ... Vol-02.pdf

Thanks Chris, zackly what the concern is. (If they have a number does it have a large enough safety margin…. And how did they come up with it - seems to me they had to test engines to failure, to get real world numbers. I have to wonder how those engines failed. The major overhauler I mentioned earl...

Thanks for your thoughts, J.C. To prove that the problem was a Munson build error, I would love to hear an hypothesis or see photos of what was done in his shop to the case or crank that could cause this type of failure. I still have mine and might just send it off to a metallurgist some day. My und...

While at the Pecan Plantation fly-in yesterday, quite by happenstance I was seated next to a gentleman L-IV owner who told the group a story about having a crankshaft failure in his airplane last year over the Panhandle followed by a successful landing to a dirt road. Because the exact same thing ha...

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I had some photos to share about the event from yesterday, so I'm starting this thread. Feel free to add corrections, additions, or move the post to a different forum. Huge thanks to Bob and Judy Pastusek, to the 0TX1 EAA chapter for their hangar, to Will the awesome tech dude, and all who made the ...

I don't see this gauge in the LOBO rental test equipment. Does anyone know if it is part of the package or not? https://www.lancairowners.com/continental-engine-test-equipment The PortaTest is wildly pricey so that's not happening. Even a differential gauge is expensive for an annual use. Attached i...