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    Obtained this from a house clearance and admired the construction and wood grain. Would love to see if there is any way to identify the prop as my father worked at Airscrew in surrey many years ago and spent some of his time hand shaving propellors. I think his were used on mosquito fighter bombers but i could be wrong. Anyway back to this one - length 42.5" but that is not exactly half as the cut has removed the bolt hole completely. 8 bolt, estimate 3/8 dia at 7 7/16 centres. bore 4"3/16 blade is 6" 7/16 thick made up of 7 laminations of 7/16 thick and 1 of 3/16 thick
    Boss dia is 9 1/2 ". No markings anywhere.
    Any help would be useful
    Regards
    Richard

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/14976856@N08/1550888447

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    Richard,

    Are there any markings stamped on the hub?

    With a diameter of around 2100mm it is a bit short for a WW1 military aircraft. Also the sheathing does not quite conform to the standard design. Possibly from a quite powerful civvie aircraft of the 1930's. Or even from a Cheetah engine from the Oxford, Ensign or Anson.

    Bob
    Bob Gardner
    Author; WW1 British Propellers, WWI German Propellers
    http://www.aeroclocks.com

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    • #3
      Bob,
      Thanks for the info, sorry to say there are no markings anywhere and Ive been over it with a magnifying glass!!
      Be glad to get any more if there is anything
      Regards
      Richard

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      • #4
        Richard,

        I can't help any more. My guess is that it is from a Cheetah engine used in the Airspeed Ensign, the civvie version of the Airspeed Oxford trainer of the RAF.

        With regards,

        Bob
        Bob Gardner
        Author; WW1 British Propellers, WWI German Propellers
        http://www.aeroclocks.com

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        • #5
          Bob,
          Thanks for your help. The Airspeed link sounds good as they manufactured a number of Oxfords locally at Portsmouth and I got this one in Gosport. I found a link to Airspeed production at Portsmouth and discovered that they did a lot of conversions to civvie craft at the end of WW2 so maybe this is where its from.
          http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/ah1900/asportprod.html for info
          Thanks again for your help
          Richard

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          • #6
            Glad to be of help, Richard.

            Best wishes,

            Bob
            Bob Gardner
            Author; WW1 British Propellers, WWI German Propellers
            http://www.aeroclocks.com

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