Propeller windmilling with engine off in strong wind

[crimplene 631]

34 minutes ago, in2tech said:

Wait, people steal propellers? Did I read that right? So next time ( like I have seen one before ) I see a guy dressed in Black next to a GA plane, call the police 🙂

For some reason this made me laugh out loud! I'm picturing a guy walking down the street with a big ole prop 🙂 Wait for it, there will be a video or article next!

Of course a guy did steal a tank one time. So anything is possible 🙂

Well, people steal drainpipes and fences. A good propeller is much more expensive.

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

1 hour ago, in2tech said:

Wait, people steal propellers? Did I read that right? So next time ( like I have seen one before ) I see a guy dressed in Black next to a GA plane, call the police 🙂

For some reason this made me laugh out loud! I'm picturing a guy walking down the street with a big ole prop 🙂 Wait for it, there will be a video or article next!

Of course a guy did steal a tank one time. So anything is possible 🙂

 

 

Edited May 12, 2021 by Glenn Fitzpatrick

[in2tech 588]

Still funny, unless you own a plane that someone stole the propeller. Then not so much! Reminds me of that bar people used to put in their steering wheel back in the day 🙂 Forget the name of it?

[snglecoil 1,828]

22 minutes ago, in2tech said:

Still funny, unless you own a plane that someone stole the propeller. Then not so much! Reminds me of that bar people used to put in their steering wheel back in the day 🙂 Forget the name of it?

It’s not to stop them from stealing the prop, it’s to stop them from stealing the whole plane. 

[honanhal 1,420]

1 hour ago, in2tech said:

Still funny, unless you own a plane that someone stole the propeller. Then not so much! Reminds me of that bar people used to put in their steering wheel back in the day 🙂 Forget the name of it?

"THE CLUB"

Funny now to think about how absolutely ubiquitous TV ads for anti-crime everything were when I was growing up. Certainly drives home just how much crime in a good chunk of the world has precipitously declined since then.

[eslader 1,774]

2 hours ago, honanhal said:

Funny now to think about how absolutely ubiquitous TV ads for anti-crime everything were when I was growing up. Certainly drives home just how much crime in a good chunk of the world has precipitously declined since then.

Oh I dunno. I live in a pretty nice neighborhood but I'm seeing a lot more petty property crime now than I ever have before, including in the 80's and 90's when The Club was big. It got so bad that I ended up installing security cameras to catch the stupid high school kids who keep breaking into my truck and tagging people's houses.

I think we don't see ads for The Club anymore because it took thieves about 5 minutes to figure out that you just take the steering wheel off and clamp a vise-grips to the steering column and drive the car that way (which was pretty trivial in the pre-airbag days). And because modern chipped keys have pretty much eliminated being able to steal a car by hotwiring it.

Or because the serious car thieves now have their own quick-pick tow trucks and just word not allowed the car in 30 seconds no matter what gimmicky anti-theft devices you stick on them.

 

On the windmilling effect, I bet they set it up so that it would make the fans spin in the wind on the big jets, and then didn't consider that props behave differently than fans.

 

[Mace 1,896]

14 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

The Top Solo has a clutch that disconnects the Propeller whenever the throttle is retarded.

I know it does.  But he asked why the Top Solo prop was windmilling, and I can only assume the real-life one windmills even though it's de-coupled, because it is a light prop/spinner etc.