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  • Not sure which Curtis Aircraft this prop is from?

    I am not sure if this is from a Curtis HS-1 or a H-16 and wanted to get input from the "Wooden Propeller Community."

    The propeller is 104" tip to tip.

    Thanks!!!
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  • #2
    I'll try to see if those numbers match anything specific. It's half of a four-bladed assembly, and the "SE" prefix refers to "Steam Engineering", which was the U.S. Navy department responsible for procuring propellers at the end of WW1 and later.

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    • #3
      Could it possibly have been made for a seaplane?
      Last edited by JR44; 02-11-2021, 12:07 PM.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by JR44 View Post
        Could it possibly have been made foe a seaplane?
        Most likely it was. The U.S. Navy was very active in the late teens and early twenties developing a whole line of flying boats, and experimenting with a variety of engines and airframes, which is why it is hard to know which combination of engine/airplane any propeller was manufactured for unless you have specific identity stamped on the propeller itself.

        The "SE 364-572" is that specific identity, but the problem is that we don't have a listing of those numbers to reference it.

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        • #5
          Thanks!

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