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To: backwoods-engineer
Any knowledge on the incidence of maintenance for these monstrosities?
16 posted on 11/17/2012 11:17:41 AM PST by Parmy
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To: Parmy
Any knowledge on the incidence of maintenance for these monstrosities?

The mere fact that these things are 200-300 ft above the ground drives the cost up significantly.

24 posted on 11/17/2012 11:38:37 AM PST by NYFreeper
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One maintenance item reported by a farmer friend is a result of the fact that the blades get hit by lightning. The necessary repairs are done by person going up to the blade on a rope system while the whole prop is held stable by two other individuals with ropes. After the fiberglass repair sets up, the repair guy goes up again to sand it down.


57 posted on 11/17/2012 8:26:32 PM PST by Western Phil
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