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I had old props on my '66. Front prop started to leak red dye, sent for overhaul. Corrosion internally scrapped the prop due to nil parts.
Replaced both with new McCauley's.
Old ones: Front-D2AF34C59-NP Rear-D2AF34C61-NO
New ones: Front - D2AF34C306/78CAA-0 Rear - D2AF34C307/L78CBA-2
Price was similar to getting MTs, but went with metal props based on these two reasons:
- lead time for MTs was long (6-8 weeks) versus about 2 weeks on McCauley
- robustness of metal props in rain and environment I live in; talked with people with MTs and problems with erosion due to flying through rain.
For me, weight and new spinners were not an issue. Vibration not a big deal either as I have my props dynamically balanced.
Jeff
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