Anyone know of any prop shops closer to me in southern Oregon that have dynamic prop balancing capabilities?

I know American Propeller in Redding can do it.
Northwest Propeller in Puyallup, WA can do it.
Troutdale has a shop that can do it.

Anything closer to southern oregon, northern california?

My bird is running smooth, especially since indexing the prop correctly, but I want it even smoother.

How much should I expect to pay for the service? $100? $300?

Keywords: dynamic, balancing, propeller

Just got off the phone with Skinner Aviation in Ashland...sounds like they can do it.

My question is answered but I'll leave this thread up in case anyone in the future is searching for prop shops that can do this.

jmtgt wrote:So what did they say?

$200 flat fee, 2-4 hrs.

Zane, you had better wait till after the fly in. Don't want to miss it because the props not ready.

Rob

RobBurson wrote:Zane, you had better wait till after the fly in. Don't want to miss it because the props not ready.

Rob

Funny guy, eh?

You do have a reputation to live up to.

I know the Northwest Prop people and can vouch for them. They will probably use an old Chadwick Helmuth strobe light balancer and be done in 15 min. or so. I balance all the aircraft we build and it has never taken more than an hour, usually much less.
Balancing is an art, not a science. Experience helps, a lot.

a64pilot wrote: They will probably use an old Chadwick Helmuth strobe light balancer

That sounds like what Skinner has. The 2-4 hrs quote sounds like some fudge room. Plus the flight to Ashland takes 20 minutes as opposed to flying to Puyallup.

Northwest did my prop overhaul a few years ago. They did fine work, but they dropped the ball on their packaging when they UPS'd it back to me. We sent it up packaged to survive an earthquake, they sent it back in not much more than you'd package a taco for carryout. Then, UPS gave it an Irish Kiss for me. Had to send it back, but to Northwest's credit, they fixed the ding without charging us...not sure if they made a UPS claim.

Usually .2 IPS "inches per second" is considered fine for a rotating component. I balance to at least .0_ IPS, or when the clock angle get's unstable. If your paying, make sure they don't stop at .19 and just call it good. A fixed pitch prop I would balance at whatever static rpm you could get, constant speed at cruise RPM.
Northwest has supplied all the props we have been using on 1340's because there are no new props. Their static balance so far has been better than Hartzell's new props for turbines. Somebody up there has been taking their time and doing it right.
We use an ACE prop balancer. Purpose made, takes the art out of balancing, useable bt anyone, and a piece of junk in my mind. Give me an old CH 8500, a piece of reflective tape and a strobe and I can balance you tires on your car if you like. Sometimes the new computer controlled stuff isn't as good as the old stuff.