christian Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Two of were set up to take off from a field last Saturday. The field had been recently sown and was still wet after the recent snow. It’s heavy clay around here, so a certain amount of the mud stuck to our shoes, but seemingly nothing undue. My friend was the first to take off. I was standing behind him, slightly off to one side. When he started his take-off run I noticed some clods of earth being thrown off his shoes as he ran. Anyway, after a few meters there was a sharp crack and he lost thrust and aborted the take-off. When we inspected his prop the tips had been trashed. It’s obvious in hind-site that flying mud can trash a prop, but it was something overlooked by these two relative newbies to the sport. Don’t make the same mistake. Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquatix Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 We've had the same thing from sand at the beach. Not as dramatic but after a few launches there was visible pitting and stripped lacquer from the leading edge of the prop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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