Propeller, but off what ?

[cardiffrob]

Me (in Yellow) and Colin doing big-ass sized props off the DC6. 2 men to lift each blade, let alone the whole prop.

 

[cardiffrob]

 

[Bobupndown]

Sorry I can't do a link, but this website looks useful

Sorry I can't do a link, but this website looks useful

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That's the insomnia cured then!

 

[Tinbasherdan]

But you have access to a Meteor engine, but of tinkering, few coffees add a few bits.

Then you can convert to one.


Simplz

It has been done, but requires a lot of work. The one that’s been done appears periodically for silly money as a spitfire engine

 

[KemppiFrog]

I think mine is 60 inch dia and about 32 inch pitch, IIRC.

I was thinking horse power of your VW donk, rather than the prop.
Nice pics of slightly bigger stuff!

 

[cardiffrob]

Ah, I see. Should be about 65 hp with a Stromberg 1 3/4 carb and dual Leburg/Ford ignition. Nice Bunch-o'-'nanas exhaust helps, too.

 

[MCKDAVID]

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Me (in Yellow) and Colin doing big-ass sized props off the DC6. 2 men to lift each blade, let alone the whole prop.

shackelton in the background?

 

[cardiffrob]

Yes, an it is a runner and potentially a flier (if enough money came forwards)

 

[MCKDAVID]

grew up with them going over head, mate worked on 8 squadron, as an air frame tech if I remember rightly, right up to they retired the old girl... preferred them to nimrods that replaced them..

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Yes, an it is a runner and potentially a flier (if enough money came forwards)

Unfortunately I think we both know it’s highly unlikely to be the case

 

[RWD3M]

grew up with them going over head, mate worked on 8 squadron, as an air frame tech if I remember rightly, right up to they retired the old girl... preferred them to nimrods that replaced them..

Did you now?! I was at Lossie from 78 - 82, any over lap?

 

[winchman]

Looks very similar to the one in my shed thats off a Hornet Microlight, I was told they are a consumable part as the edges get some damage thats how I got mine

 

[Pete.]

Ah, I see. Should be about 65 hp with a Stromberg 1 3/4 carb and dual Leburg/Ford ignition. Nice Bunch-o'-'nanas exhaust helps, too.View attachment 298466

BMW boxer 1100 engine got another 30hp+ are they no good for that job?

 

[cardiffrob]

Unfortunately I think we both know it’s highly unlikely to be the case

We can dream, though...

BMW boxer 1100 engine got another 30hp+ are they no good for that job?

I think they've been used quite a bit but not something I've ever tried. These FRED aircraft have been around since the late 1950s, before even VWs were common.

 

[zeppelin builder]

Sopwith Camel?
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I can only hope!!

mate just bought an ABC motorbike
desinged by the same geezer very advanced for 1920

 

[brightspark]

Looks very similar to the one in my shed thats off a Hornet Microlight, I was told they are a consumable part as the edges get some damage thats how I got mine

i had a clear plastic tape on the leading edge of my microlite that stops damage from picking up stone chips

 

[winchman]

i had a clear plastic tape on the leading edge of my microlite that stops damage from picking up stone chips

Mine has the tape but still damaged?

 

[Keith 66]

There used to be the shattered remains of a big wooden four bladed prop bolted to the rafters in the Hoy & Helmet a local pub.
Basically the hub with blade stumps
It was said to have come from the wreck of a Vickers Vimy bomber that crashed near Tarpots in WW1. When the pub closed for refurb some years back it "disapeared", be a shame if it got skipped but it wouldnt surprise me.