Does anyone know Jim Lyle or Ray Vinson III from Ofallon Missouri ? I answered their ad in oso (# 34526) for a set of props. On the TEST run one threw a blade. On inspection, it had either come off or cracked very badly before and welded back on. Whoever fixed it was very good, and therefore should have known that it wouldn't hold up. $5000 later all I get is his voicemail. I will post some pics as soon as I learn how to shrink them.

wow thats sucks to say the least !!!!!!
please post the pics when you can I would like to see them.
I have a 25 p Mirage Plus that is new that I will never use
#48-13706 a45 25p if that will work for you I am sure you can talk me out of it. I was just thinking about posting it in the classifieds or e-bay

microsoft has a program you can download to shrink photos......or simply email them to yourself and save the smaller/emailed file.

VSO image resizer, you can resize from a right click, will save resized as a copy so you still have the original, and you can do multiple at once... say you have 300 piks on your card that you import.... you can highlight all 300, choose the resize, say 800x600 and it will do all 300 at once while saving the original piks in the original size..

this is one of the props those dirtbags sold me.

WOW ........ that prop really came apart I hope that blade didnt hit your boat or anyone/anything. can you tell if it has been welded ???

Vinson owns the Batman MTI, keeps it at LOTO. I heard he threw a blade a couple of months ago...

He has a good reputation at the lake.

Did it eat the drive from the vibration it caused. Not sure if it would be the same principal as a 30 motion with OB's. He blew the lower on it due to loss of a blade and the vibration. Sorry to hear that though
-Mike

The drive looks OK, but I won't know for sure until I get another prop and try it.

It appears the prop has been welded. The shiny s/s from the surface inwards dictates this (the heat affected and penetration zone). Had the prop been fractured from the outside inwards the color observation would be the opposite. This is normally what happens. Now, had the prop been welded with the proper joining material, process, and complete penetration chances are the repair would not have failed.

Hopefully this helps

Dave