Can a certain prop blade only be fitted to one type of aircraft, ie could this blade in theory have been fitted to another type of aircraft?

DR.942 and DS.942 blades used two types of adaptor rings. RA.8952 which was exclusive to Merlin engined Wellingtons and RA.5812 which was used on almost anything you could dangle a Merlin off of.

In theory, if it’s got a RA.5812 adaptor, you could fit it to a large number of hubs…whether that’s a good idea I’ll leave up to you.

Anne

Mastermind, don’t tell me – ‘Anoraks from Fourteen Fifty to Nineteen Ninety-Nine’. 🙂

Mark

Ahh…So you saw it.:D

Don’t know how this ended up in Oz. 109 Sqdn are the only folk to use them operationally, (6 months in all) so what happened to them after July 1942 is a bit of a mystery.

Any Wimpy (no..not the burgers) experts out there?

Now that IS a rare beast.

DR.942 blade used on Rotol R1/4B5/1 Propellers fitted to the Merlin 60 powered Wellington VI.

Yup, a four bladed, merlin engined, pressurized Wellington with only 63 production models produced.

Do you have any hens teeth in that store?

Anne

There certainly was a Wapiti Fuselage at Hendon some years ago : it was near the Southampton IIRC.

Not a Wapiti but a Wallace and still on show.

Anne.

Just a thought.

Have you considered lowering your sights slightly and just making a small(ish) part, like the rudder, of what ever aircraft takes your fancy? That way you can test out your wood, metal, fabric, doping and painting skills on an item that is manageable in terms of budget and time. If by making this component you then decide that the rest of the aircraft is out of your budget or skill level you’ll still have a nice object to hang on your wall.

As I say…just a thought…maybe not a good one.

Anne

Go on…make a Grebe. No more complex and a lot smaller than an Avro 504N.

Hello Ali.

I’ve sent you a Private Message with an ID.

Anne

Did someone call?

What you’ve got there is a Vickers Viking blade. There is however a deHavilland connection as the original Rotol list I’ve taken this info from records this blade as having been made to ‘D.H. Planform & Thickness’.

I’ll go and crawl back into my hole now…good trick if you can do it!

Anne

Mark – there are Fairey IIIF remains in the U.K so maybe a little more to add to the pot!

Interesting…who has those?

Anne