Drew's wooden propeller

[Drewpen]

I found this old wooden prop in my Dad's shed after he died . Please help me identify it:
2 blades
Length 2.8 metres, 9' 2 1/2"
copper/brass in wave-pattern on tips, painted green
8 bore holes and 2 dowal holes
Bore hole circle diam 150mm, 5 7/8"
Bore hole diameter: 10mm, 3/8"
Centre hole OD: 85mm, 3 1/4"
Centre hole ID: 75mm, 3"
Centre Hub diam: 213mm, 8"
Centre Hub height: 134mm, 5 1/4"
Stamped on Centre Hub:
Blades are numbered 1 and 2
adjacent to Blade 1: 546 D. 8. T6638
adjacent to Blade 2: F.E. 2.8. 120 (then 4 or 5 items that are illegible)

[Dave]

How about T5638? That was for an FE 2b with a Beardmore 160 HP engine. Diameter of 2795 mm and Pitch of 1630 mm.

It should be a left hand rotation. See if you can make the numbers fit the above and you have a likely match.

Can you post a picture?

[Bob Gardner]

Drew,

On your prop, T in the drawing number T5638 indicates that it was designed by the Royal Aircraft Factory, who also designed the FE2B. It was used throughout the production life of the FE2B which started with the 120hp engine. This was first called the Austro-Daimler engine, often shortened to AD (as in 120hp AD), then it was renamed the 120hp Beardmore engine and finally the 160hp Beardmore engine.

Many were made by a firm called Tibbenham.

With kind regards,

Bob