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 Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times 
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Change your prerotator belt @50 hours!!
@54 hours mine let go after takeoff and what was left of it wrapped around the prop hub. No damage, just turned around and landed, put on the spare, re torqued and safetied the prop, back up and flying after 20 minutes. Lots of rubber powder everywhere. _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:07 pm |
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 Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:24 am Posts: 673 Location: In your mind Has thanked: 822 times Been thanked: 1000 times
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Wix belts seem to be the toughest ones I've used.
Outlast Gates and Dura belt all day long _________________ The laws of physics dictate not negotiate. A madman uses his genius to be destructive. A genius uses his madness to be constructive. |
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| Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:58 pm |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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Thanks Jake !!
 _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:38 pm |
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 Site Admin  Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:45 am Posts: 10129 Location: Poona, Qld, OZZY Has thanked: 21868 times Been thanked: 6221 times
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Was there any sign it was going to go? Like, did the belt have any cracking or look really 'used'? or did it just let go out of the blue?
Did you notice any indications in your preflight? Glad you are ok...     _________________ I do all of my own stunts..... most of them are even planned! Ok, Ok.... some of them are planned.. If electricity comes from ELECTRONS, then surely morality comes from MORONS?? |
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| Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:52 pm |
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That seems like an awfully short lifespan, is there a way to lessen the tension and still achieve pre-rotation?
I can't think of any belt on any piece of equipment I have ever used that had that short a life. Was the belt new when you started using it? any chance it was defective/dmaged? and lastly, can you switch out the drive pulley to accept a wider/flatter belt? I'm not a belt expert, but I HAVE been watching my own belt expand since my trip to the states... |
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| Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:32 pm |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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I have alot of flights on that belt, it was showing some wear, no cracking or anything, but I had been watching it and already had a spare. I figured it would not just explode..
_________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:12 am |
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Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:39 am Posts: 1056 Location: France Has thanked: 649 times Been thanked: 1735 times
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my standard trapzeoidal belts have 300 flight hours , they show no signs of degradation ..mabye should I change them
I hope I'll never need any belt pulley shaft etc in the future if my electric pre-rotator works |
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| Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:16 pm |
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 Joined: Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:01 am Posts: 291 Location: Middle of the Baltic Sea (Denmark) Has thanked: 263 times Been thanked: 328 times
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Henry Bowman wrote: I'm not a belt expert, but I HAVE been watching my own belt expand since my trip to the states... That's a good one   Cheers Erik _________________ Paused building - bought a "flying GoldWing" to learn on |
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| Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:06 am |
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Wish I was joking.....I have put back on almost all the weight I lost
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| Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:47 pm |
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Joined: Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am Posts: 7151 Location: Lost Has thanked: 115 times Been thanked: 8645 times
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So we shouldn't be happy for you that you "found" what was lost?
Time to lay off the cheeseburgers, or shrimp burgers or whatever they have in Guam and get back to flying weight! Easy to say I know... _________________ It's never too late to be a bad example. I spent all my money on Bikes, Broads, and Booze, the rest I wasted. |
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| Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:21 am |
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I always said regarding engines, "if you wanna be fat you gotta be rich"
And this time I got a 582. So I'm not out of flying weight yet, but yeah I gotta get motivated. This has been such a fucked up year! Real highs and lows. I lost my pops recently and just 2 weeks ago my mom was in a head on crash. Kat had to fly back to the states to be there when she got out of the trauma unit. She will fully recover but now is going to move out to Guam with us. So....I've been eating garbage....but I'm still swimming 4 to 5 times a week. Maybe when I get to be back with wifey I'll lose it again. But for right now its comfort food....even if it makes me feel guilty! |
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| Tue Jul 21, 2020 6:08 am |
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