I have records of four props for the Stranraer, but all are three-bladed, not four-bladed.
A brief note for other forumites; The Stranraer was designed by RJ Mitchell of Spitfire fame. It was a twin-engined biplane seaplane designed in the early 1930's as a coastal patrol aircraft. It was the last development of the Supermarine Southampton. Although the first flight was in 1934 it didn't enter service until 1937 by which time it was obsolete. It was withdrawn from service in 1941, an unloved aircraft with poor operational capability.
I know of four drawing numbers but I don't know the diameter or pitch. All the props were three-bladed and of fixed pitch.
A66150, a Vickers designed prop (where the letter A indicates a Vickers drg no)
61590A, probably also a Vickers prop
S430A, where S probably indicates a Short Brothers drg no.
S1280A, ditto
Both these last two props were also fitted to the Saunders Roe London, a similar aircraft fitted with the same engine as the Stranraer, the radial Pegasus X
Hi Bob, thanks for the reply!
I am modelling an RCAF Stranraer and have a picture of a wooden 4-bladed prop that actually looks like the one from a Hadley Page HP-42, belive it or not. The HP-42 had Jupiter engines made by Bristol, so maybe the props fit the Bristol Pegasus on the Stranraer too??
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