It’s Saturday, and a good day to go to the airport. I had received delivery of the propeller from Ultraprop the previous week and was anxious to get it installed on the JW. The installation instructions were straight-forward; I measured the blades to ensure they had been properly pre-trimmed to the correct length, which was the case. I laid out the prop on the trailer with the most important thing being to ensure the pitch matched the direction of travel, which for the Kawasaki is counter-clockwise as viewed from the rear. That makes the pitch blocks consistent with the direction of travel. With the blades mounted on the hub, the finished propeller mounted on the redrive shaft without problem. I’m pleased with the results.
Richard arrived about 1PM and we began working on miscellaneous items. We re-worked the foot feed cable attachment, replaced the fan belt, only to discover that the bolts holding on the housing needed to be replaced, so we left the housing off until I can get the proper bolts and lock washers. We ran the engine, testing the hand throttle control, which seemed to work well.
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