Spitfire Landing Gear

If the nut is to fit the SBAC-60-splined H.S./de-H props then it’s got to be Hercules/Centaurus, Sabre size of engine (choose your own aircraft). Too big for the (50-spline) Spitfire,Lanc,Mossie etc., so nothing to do with Spitfire wheels or engines – or Rolls-Royce.

Anon.

Oddly enough I’ve got one of these too ! It had been at my in’laws for years, they were told ir was froma Rolls Royce, and assumed wrongly that it was a wheel nut.

Now I know exactly what it is !

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u348/tezzer_02/Big%20nut/071_zpsdf2ad429.jpg

The Hercules powered Lancasters used Rotol propellors, so that rules them out I think.:)

Cheers

Cees

As already stated this is a retaining nut from a de Havilland (Hamilton licence) hydromatic propeller.

This nut (P40107/A/1) was used on the Bristol Hercules engines of Short Stirlings.

Possibly also used on Bristol Hercules Halifax (or Lancaster) but not sure if it was used on any Merlin engined aircraft fitted with this propeller.

WA$.

Yes, possibly Gypsy Queen. DHB would work for that.

Bruce

Thanks for the reply. I have attached a few pictures of one of the “hub caps”

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hope somone can help identify what they are.

thanks

Hydromatic propeller retaining nut(The nut that keeps the prop attached to the engine).

I don’t know about hub caps, try wheel nuts.

Thanks for the reply. I have attached a few pictures of one of the “hub caps”

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hope somone can help identify what they are.

thanks

The DHB is the inspectors stamp for de Havilland at Broughton, Chester.

The part numbers are wrong for a de Havilland aircraft however.

Post a picture and I am sure someone will identify them!

Bruce