The E-Props Company
E-PROPS DETAILS
The E-PROPS Company
195, Route de l'Aviation
ZI Aérodrome de Sisteron
04200 VAUMEILH - France

The best way to reach our team is by email : helices@e-props.fr


E-PROPS : Balancing / Tracking


The E-PROPS are known as ultra-light propellers, with a very low MOMENT of INERTIA and very well balanced.


1 - BALANCING


The E-PROPS propellers are precisely balanced at workshop.
Our team is using an electronic bench to balance the propellers, with two oscilloscopes, and all the data are registreted in our computer system.

=> Be careful : the blades do not necessarily have the same weight.
If you have blades with different weights, it doesn't matter.

To balance a propeller, the weight of blades is important, of course, but what is really critical is the weight distribution all along the blade, called STATIC MOMENT.

E-PROPS BALANCING


The weights P1 et P2 of each blade apply respectively to centre of gravity G1 and G2, which are not at an equal distance on the center of rotation O of the propeller.
The balancing must be realized to obtain : P1 x d1 = P2 x d2

The E-PROPS maximum static moment tolerance is 0,4 gr/m

Example : report of weight and static moment measures (coming from E-PROPS software) :

E-PROPS BALANCING


This propeller is a 2-blade for Polini Thor 250, or 250, diamètre 150 cm.
- blade 1 weights 348,58 gr and has a static moment of 83,43 gr/m
- blade 2 weights 350,43 gr and has a static moment of 83,53 gr/m
By E-PROPS, the static moment tolerance is 0,4 gr/m
=> here : the weights of the blades are different (gap 1,85 gr), and the gap between the 2 static moments is 0,1 gr/m. In the tolerance.
This propeller is perfectly balanced.

Each E-PROPS blade is identified with a serial number (example above 43806, 48875).
This number is written on the blade, and also in the RFID chip which is inside every blade (readable with a special RFID reader).
Each blade is balanced with an other blade (or other blades, if the propeller has more than 2 blades).
The obtained propeller is well-balanced. If you assemble non-paired blades, they would not be balanced together.
Please verify that the E-PROPS blades serial numbers are provided to go together.
This data is on your invoice, or delivery note, and if you do not have those documents, we can give this information to you. Please contact us by email: helices@e-props.fr
In case of doubts, il is also possible to returm the propeller to E-Props for balancing verification.
Never fly with an E-PROPS propeller if the blades are not paired.

If you want to verify the balancing of your propeller yourself, make sure the assembly is correct : blades on the right side, align the holes properly.
It is possible that the propeller leans a litle : it is due to the 0,4 gr/m tolerance. This tolerance has been calculated then deeply tested by our engineers.
=> Please note : those tests have been made on many motors; there are no vibrations up to 0,6 gr/m.
=> It is strongly FORBIDDEN to add weight to one blade, in order to have the same weight for all blades. The propeller would be then unbalanced, and can cause some vibrations.


2 - TRACKING


Propeller track is the path followed by a blade segment in one rotation.
There is often a traking gap on the wooden propellers, made and/or finished by hand.
On large scale composite productions, when blades are made in the same molds (non adjustable), this phenomenon doesn't exist.

E-PROPS TRACKING


The blades of the same E-PROPS models are coming out of the same molds. They have exactly the same geometry. Then the finish is made with our CNC machines. The E-PROPS propellers coming from the same mold do not have tracking.
And on E-PROPS propellers, the maximum tracking is 10 mm.

The tracking measured at propeller can also come from other places : reducer plate not parallel, dissymmetrical engine fasteners, tightening without torque wrench...
If you have no vibrations, tracking is not important.


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Fixed Props for engines 7-50 kW dia 115 to 160 cm
Adjustable Props for engines 50-115 kW dia 145 to 205 cm