Catto prop, gold box cap | 10.14.2020

Received a very exciting package today from Catto Propellers. Typically, Catto has a very long backlog where you place an order, wait 3-6 months, then receive your prop. They're popular people, and they apparently make a very in-demand product. We managed to skip this line. Basically, someone with another Velocity SE-RG had ordered a prop, Catto had made it, and then they needed to back out or sell their plane or something; I never got the full story.

I talked with Nicole on the phone about what I wanted and had ordered a 66" Diameter x 74" Pitch, 3 blade prop with nickel leading edges when she called me back a day later and told me that they actually had one in stock that they had built for someone else's SE-RG that they could sell me and ship immediately, as long as I was okay with blue painted tips. Obviously I jumped at the opportunity.

On the wall out of the way for safe keeping until the engine's ready for it.

 

I also soldered the new capacitor into the retract gold box. Pretty standard de-solder and replacement of the obviously bad cap. Re-installed the gold box and tested gear, everything works as it should with the replaced part.

Here it is after re-assembly.

- Jeff