{"id":12950,"date":"2017-07-08T19:16:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12950"},"modified":"2017-07-08T19:20:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T18:20:18","slug":"going-ukrainian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/going-ukrainian\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Ukrainian"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was confined to the house yesterday afternoon with an electric fan blasting away because of the high temperature. I dropped into Intermarch\u00e9 on my way back from getting my hair cropped off and saw 40 degrees Celsius showing on my car temperature gauge for a short time after it had been parked in the direct sunlight, a temperature which in my current state of health I find totally debilitating.<\/p>\n

But it meant that I was able to spend my time profitably assembling the Savannah’s new Ukrainian prop. Kean-eyed readers will note from the pictures that follow that it’s a total knock-off of a Kiev model and even the pitching tool that came with it, which I found to be a doddle to use, is similar, but not identical to, the Kiev version.<\/p>\n

First a shot of the assembled prop with its blade covers on.<\/p>\n

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Now a shot with the blade covers removed.<\/p>\n

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The blade edges are all protected with stainless steel strips, yet again just like the Kiev. Time will tell how good the quality is but I hope that the strips will remain firmly attached and do the job that they are intended to do.<\/p>\n

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When the blades were delivered, I found that the quality of the finish was not up to the level that I expected and desired. In particular, where the blade tips had been worked to give a nice sharp edge, the tool had been allowed to penetrate the surface, resulting in a small hole in each tip exposing the construction gap between the front and rear faces of each blade.<\/p>\n

This wasn’t difficult to deal with as the following picture shows, because all I did was drop some epoxy resin into the hole in each tip and then apply a dab of white paint to maintain each blade’s appearance. Job done and nice solid blade tips that should last the life of the propeller.<\/p>\n

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And finally the spinner.<\/p>\n

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So all in all a nice looking prop that I hope will give the desired level of performance and all for around half the price of a replacement Duc Swirl and spinner. I’ll be happy with that if it meets the performance figures I’ve seen for a similar Kiev \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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