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  • German Propeller Purpose?

    We picked this propeller about this past weekend from a local estate. I doubt it is an airplane propeller but curious what it may have been used for? Someone painted on it "Germany 1945." Any info would be greatly appreciated. It is 24 3/4" long. Blades are up to 3" wide. Appears to be one piece of wood with a small 3/16" hole at the center.
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    It looks purely decorative to me, and the size isn't consistent with powering a normal sized airplane.

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    • #3
      Did props have other purposes during the WW2 period?

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      • #4
        Most of the props of that size around WW2 were for target drones, but typically those were mounted on a 4 hole hub.

        Somehow that narrow shaft has to be converted into torque, and that typically means having a compression style hub with multiple bolts.

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        • #5
          Thank you!

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          • #6
            Perhaps it was a P.O.W. memento or something a member of the occupying forces bought off a local as a keepsake.
            Maybe a form of trench art.
            We will never know.
            Last edited by JR44; 10-10-2018, 11:01 AM.

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