First of all......Happy New Year to all the Hatz people! Got a question on prop balancing. Got a wood prop here that was balanced at purchase via the single pin technique. I set up a couple knife edges supporting a 3/4” shaft on which the prop was mounted. It appears that there’s a heavy area in the hub at 90 degrees from either blade. The blades are fine but it takes about 50 grams in the top bolt hole to balance. 50 grams isn’t much at 2.5” but it would seem to me that it should be addressed. Sarpy Sam
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Prop balancing
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