A friend of mine has gotten a propeller blade from a friend, but he doesn’t know wicht type it is or belongs to (it isn’t in mint condition, but hey… it’s a gift ;))
Dimensions 160cm Long and on the widest point 31cm
Here is a image of it. Het thinks for himself it’s a propblade from a P-38.
Grtz.
TG1984
By: LigerZero - 24th April 2009 at 21:12
Thx for the hints guys It now official. Its’a FW190 A9 First types where build September 1944.
Now the Next challenge :aircraft number and what happend with it.
By: Cees Broere - 23rd April 2009 at 11:17
We have Fw190 propblades in our museum which look very similar.
Cheers
Cees
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd April 2009 at 11:13
This confirms it 100% to be German. Somebody will possibly be able to identify the aircraft type. The BA stamp in the octagon is the standard German inspectorate/acceptance stamp for Luftwaffe aircraft components.
By: LigerZero - 23rd April 2009 at 10:37
HI guys as requested here is a photo of the underside of the blade with the serial numbers.
really nice prop for a living room too,I take it he`s not married ,lol.
Yes Single and Lovin it :):D
By: Cees Broere - 18th April 2009 at 18:23
It’s German
Cees
By: Kiteflyer - 18th April 2009 at 17:37
Certainly not P-38, the pitch change gear arrangement on the bottom is different. Another check will the Curtiss stamp on the base of the blade. As others have said looks to be a German VDM.
By: Lord Ollswater - 18th April 2009 at 14:46
Hmmm, looks like a late war german paddle bladed prop, but I’m not sure about the ‘lip’ at the bottom, at the division between the bare metal and painted blade. Also the ‘fatness’ of the blade is quite low down, my 9-12159s have a thicker chord much nearer the tip, but that may just be the photo angle. Any chance of taking the hub off and looking at the base of the blade? And as said above, any more pics would be good. 🙂
By: MerlinPete - 18th April 2009 at 13:17
If that`s the front of the blade, and it does look like it, then it`s left-hand rotation, did the Germans use LH props?
Pete
By: G-ASEA - 18th April 2009 at 10:57
My P38 prop blade is 28cm at its widest point.
By: hindenburg - 18th April 2009 at 09:31
really nice prop for a living room too,I take it he`s not married ,lol.
By: hindenburg - 18th April 2009 at 09:29
Looks German to me too.
By: Mark12 - 17th April 2009 at 22:57
That’ll be ‘Schwarz Type SS’.
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th April 2009 at 22:49
Night Night Andy time for…
Ah….now that raises an interesting point Mark 12.
Dunkelgrun?
Schwarzgrun?
Schwarz?
Or another newly discovered variation of “Sky Type S” ??
Now….where’s that Horlicks tin? Have you noticed how closely, by the way, that Horlicks resembles the colour of Sk…..oh….never mind!
By: G-ASEA - 17th April 2009 at 22:33
I will look at my P38 blade in the morning and see if it similar.
By: Topgun1984 - 17th April 2009 at 22:26
well it looks a bit blackishhh to me if i may say so myself :D:D
By: Mark12 - 17th April 2009 at 22:15
The bottom hub looks distinctly like a German VDM propellor to me. But I could be wrong. Is the blade colour black or a very black-green?
Are there any numbers stamped into the bottom of the boss and can we see a close-up picture of that part?
Night Night Andy time for…
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th April 2009 at 22:10
The bottom hub looks distinctly like a German VDM propellor to me. But I could be wrong. Is the blade colour black or a very black-green?
Are there any numbers stamped into the bottom of the boss and can we see a close-up picture of that part?
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April 17, 2009 at 10:01 pm