IN Hendon BoB wing in the trophy room, Do-17 case (see this tread) is this Spinner
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Attributed to Do-17, but Do-17 and almost all other Luftwaffe aircraft had HOLES in the spinner.
Looking at this image:
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It does not seem to match even dimension wise what is in the case.
and what is with all those indentations? Was this spinner a flowerpot?
IN the center (the ????) looks like something was welded.
Anyone have a clue what it is?
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Good luck!
By: Beermat - 22nd October 2014 at 15:53
Yep, I bow to those with wider knowledge. The absence of cut-outs should have been a clue 🙂
(Still, I stand by the ‘impression of lightening holes’ theory).
By: Flying_Pencil - 22nd October 2014 at 15:00
Yes, looks very similar!
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The significant omission with the BoB hall “spinner” is there is no cutout for the propeller, which will be evident at the outer rim.
Actually, without the prop holes, it will be a “cap”!
By: Trolly Aux - 22nd October 2014 at 12:39
i,m with Moggs
By: Moggy C - 22nd October 2014 at 10:19
You might like to consider if this is the cone for a German parachute mine (Luftmine). There are images of a similar beastie here:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?69098-Butterfly-bomb-help-required
The crunched end is typical of many seen over the years. They were often taken as souvenirs.
Moggy
By: Beermat - 22nd October 2014 at 07:06
Can’t help much except to say the indentations are probably due to the skin of the spinner being forced back against the lightening holes of the forward ring inside. This looks like the VDM design common to many Axis aircraft in various shapes, sizes and number of holes (and later adopted by Rotol). Maybe someone with references can count ‘oles and compare?
Regarding the hole in the front, the manufacturing process requires a small hole on which the metal is mounted to be formed.. by ‘spinning’. Sometimes these were plugged with a round cap (universally in British versions of the design), sometimes not..
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October 22, 2014 at 4:44 am