Wooden prop I.d please

Wyvernfan · 04-19-2017, 08:05 AM

Hi, I picked up this rather butchered but impressively large half prop recently, and it has been helpfully suggested that it is from a Bristol aero engine, maybe a Jupiter.

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showt...Id-help-please

It would of had ten fixing holes and the centre hole would of been around 3.5 inches in diameter when complete. There aren't any apparent markings.

I would appreciate the thoughts of the experts on this forum. Thanks.

Rob

Dbahnson · 04-19-2017, 11:35 AM

I think it's practically impossible to identify it from such scant information. Even with a drawing number stamped on the hub it can be difficult. There were literally hundreds and hundreds of different models with many different shapes, diameters, and pitches. The ten hole hub eliminates a number of engine possibilities, but doesn't help a bit with the aircraft it might have been mounted on.

Wyvernfan · 04-19-2017, 02:06 PM

It's more the engine type it would of been attached to that I was hoping to clarify, anything after that would be a bonus!

Rob

Dbahnson · 04-19-2017, 07:58 PM

Yeah, there aren't a lot of 10 hole hubs, but I'm not sure that anyone has a list of which engines those are, unfortunately.

Wyvernfan · 04-20-2017, 02:54 AM

Ok thanks for the replies.

Rob

04-19-2017, 08:05 AM	#1
Wyvernfan Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 3	Wooden prop I.d please Hi, I picked up this rather butchered but impressively large half prop recently, and it has been helpfully suggested that it is from a Bristol aero engine, maybe a Jupiter. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showt...Id-help-please It would of had ten fixing holes and the centre hole would of been around 3.5 inches in diameter when complete. There aren't any apparent markings. I would appreciate the thoughts of the experts on this forum. Thanks. Rob

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04-19-2017, 11:35 AM	#2
Dbahnson Administrator Site Admin Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 491	I think it's practically impossible to identify it from such scant information. Even with a drawing number stamped on the hub it can be difficult. There were literally hundreds and hundreds of different models with many different shapes, diameters, and pitches. The ten hole hub eliminates a number of engine possibilities, but doesn't help a bit with the aircraft it might have been mounted on.

04-19-2017, 02:06 PM	#3
Wyvernfan Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 3	It's more the engine type it would of been attached to that I was hoping to clarify, anything after that would be a bonus! Rob

04-19-2017, 07:58 PM	#4
Dbahnson Administrator Site Admin Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 491	Yeah, there aren't a lot of 10 hole hubs, but I'm not sure that anyone has a list of which engines those are, unfortunately.

04-20-2017, 02:54 AM	#5
Wyvernfan Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 3	Ok thanks for the replies. Rob