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**Dave** · 05-31-2011, 07:32 AM

It's French.

The Serie number, 2212, is a Chauviere design.

It's been cut down. The original length was 2.50 meters.

It was used on a 60 HP Gnome engine, for a Caudron airplane. (I'm not sure which model Caudron.)

**pmdec** · 05-31-2011, 08:27 AM

Hi Bob,

As Dave has told, it is a Chauvière propeller serial 2212 used on Caudron with 60 HP Gnome engine.
It has been made in Chauvière factory in Lyon in 1917, 1918 or 1919. In those years, this serial was only approved and used on school aircrafts. Besides Caudron, it was also approved for Blériot (with a 60 HP Gnome) and Nieuport (with a 50 HP Gnome). Yours seems marked for Blériot as It seems there are "Bl" above "GN 60": could you post another picture of this hub side (the n°7 is only partial)?

If it is 76", it has been effectivly cut and reshaped (has to be 96"11/12).

Regards,
PM

**bob1918** · 05-31-2011, 09:19 PM

thanks gentlemen

I knew I came to the right place. I will try to get a better picture of the side in question. Is it unusual for a prop to be cut down and so well reshaped???

**Dave** · 05-31-2011, 10:18 PM

Originally posted by bob1918 View Post

I knew I came to the right place. I will try to get a better picture of the side in question. Is it unusual for a prop to be cut down and so well reshaped???

No, the propeller was likely damaged in a typical minor landing accident. Then someone figures that they can remove the damaged portion, remove a similar amount from the opposite end, and end up with a propeller that's almost as good as the original.

Ironically, a propeller whose tip was damaged during WW1 and which was preserved that way would be MUCH more valuable now than one that was altered.

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