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Hi everyone,
A couple of years ago on The Aerodrome I had some requests for some 1/8 scale Axial propellers to suit the Hasegawa Fokker triplane. I have been measuring and studying an original Garuda propeller, also for the Oberursal U.R.II, so I could build these in 1/8 scale, or any other scale as required too. They were not fitted to the Fokker triplane in service, but they were fitted to the Fokker E.V and D.VIII, so if anyone is building a model (or even a full sized) Fokker parasol I could build one for you.
I had lost track of who needed propellers, but I recently received an e-mail from a member who was one of those who wanted a 1/8 scale Axial propeller, so I have started to make one. It is nearly finished, so I thought it was time to post some photos of the progress I have been making on this propeller. The first one is a generic one built from the drawings I have. I have been told that it was drawn from measurements taken from an original propeller, which I am sure that it was, but it has perfectly even laminations, which I don't believe to be typical of German propellers. The Garuda propeller, for example has laminations varying from about 11mm to 35mm or more and they are not even parallel to each other!
My plan is to build some more specific propellers with the typical variations in lamination order and thickness, but that will take time and I only have the generic one and the associated formers for it at the moment.
The photos are of the laminations stacked together, although not in their exact final locations, front and rear views, the laminations seperated and laying adjacent to each other, and the formers I have made in order to align each lamination when I glue them together.
I hope you enjoy the photos, and I will look forward to hearing from Sam, or anyone else who would like such a propeller built.
A couple of years ago on The Aerodrome I had some requests for some 1/8 scale Axial propellers to suit the Hasegawa Fokker triplane. I have been measuring and studying an original Garuda propeller, also for the Oberursal U.R.II, so I could build these in 1/8 scale, or any other scale as required too. They were not fitted to the Fokker triplane in service, but they were fitted to the Fokker E.V and D.VIII, so if anyone is building a model (or even a full sized) Fokker parasol I could build one for you.
I had lost track of who needed propellers, but I recently received an e-mail from a member who was one of those who wanted a 1/8 scale Axial propeller, so I have started to make one. It is nearly finished, so I thought it was time to post some photos of the progress I have been making on this propeller. The first one is a generic one built from the drawings I have. I have been told that it was drawn from measurements taken from an original propeller, which I am sure that it was, but it has perfectly even laminations, which I don't believe to be typical of German propellers. The Garuda propeller, for example has laminations varying from about 11mm to 35mm or more and they are not even parallel to each other!
My plan is to build some more specific propellers with the typical variations in lamination order and thickness, but that will take time and I only have the generic one and the associated formers for it at the moment.
The photos are of the laminations stacked together, although not in their exact final locations, front and rear views, the laminations seperated and laying adjacent to each other, and the formers I have made in order to align each lamination when I glue them together.
I hope you enjoy the photos, and I will look forward to hearing from Sam, or anyone else who would like such a propeller built.
The patterns are by far the most time consuming component. Added to that my keyboard doesn't work properly and my iPhone died with all my photos on it but I will try to post some more progress photos as soon as possible!
I've got my digital camera working but I haven't been able to find a cable for it so far, even though I was able to find both boxes for both digital cameras. I was sure I would have had at least one cable in the boxes. I took some photos with my mobile phone but again I can't find a cable and I wasn't able to send the images using Bluetooth. I will get a cable in the next few days and post some photos as soon as possible.
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