Take a look at this old wooden prop. I would be 10 ft long if some dummy had not cut part of one side off.
Any idea what it might have come off of.

Dan

Are there any markings at all on the prop? Without some sort of markings, it my very well be impossible to tell age and/or what type aircraft or engine it was made for.

Hello Dan:

Lee is correct - markings are required in most cases. Some props are quite distinctive and can be identified by sight, but not many (at least not for me.) Normally your markings are embossed in the side of the hub. At the very least you will be able to tell what engine the prop was intended for. There is a very good internet forum for this; did not bookmark it but should be fairly easy to find.

Jeff, Thanks I will have to pull it downand look at it, I do not remember seeing any markings, I will have to look closer.

Dan H

Hello Dan, Just came across your thread. A prop that size would have been used on a large aircraft. I have a 9 1/2` prop that I was able to research by its markings. It was the right hand prop to a Curtiss H-16 flying boat circa 1918. It has 10 laminations and brass cuffs. I can see from your pics the evidence of rivet marks on the leading edges where the cuffs would have been. Curtiss made several different model numbers of flying boat as it evolved. Perhaps your prop would have used on one of those. Best Regards

if a prop was damaged im pretty sure it was made so no one would put it back on an aircraft (for safty) that could be why some has been cut off.

Sir,

It is certainly not WWI, it appears WWII and post from the design and markings I can see in the picture. Numbers will help me ident it if it is an old Sensenich, or Univair.

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