Bulent Aliev wrote:

Bruce and all others,
In about 1992, My dad and I went down to Velocity to
pick up his Velocity RG kit and Danny has just been
testing a new 3 blade prop made of carbon fiber.  On
this test on "Big Orange" If you guys remember that
airplane that got in a main wing stall and went in to
the big pond.  While ground running the prop on that
airplane, at full throttle, 2 blades left and one held
on.  In a split moment, Danny had a hard time getting
his had back on the throttle to stop this disaster.
After less than thirty seconds, back to idle and then
shut off.  The one hanging blade cracked the glass that
holds the winglets on the wings, the ailerons were
barely hanging by the hinges, the engine mount was
twisted and the cowling was pretty damaged.  New wings,
engine mount and cowlings were made to fix this
airplane.  Danny swore that he would never use a
airplane as a test stand for a prop.

This is just to say that any plastic airplane could
shake apart.

My 2 cents....

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