hummermark Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Hi, An elderley gent up the road gave us two propeller ends, he said that his dad was in the RAF in WW1 and apparently the tradition was to take parts off of any downed German places, this is how his dad ended up with these ends. The bits that I have are 190mm across and 28mm thick. Has anyone else heard of this tradition or souvenir hunting? And would anyone have an educated idea of what type of biplane they may have come from? Unusually the reverse side is flat with virtually no profile? Thanks, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 A section of Zepplin propellor was valued on the Antiques Road Show at Chatham last year by Grahm Leys, a fellow MV'er at about £12,000 ! As the guy said '^&**$ me! I'd dumped it in the shed as a pice of junk'. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hall Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 He would have been in the RFC in WW1 and then been taken into the RAF on its formation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 As the formation of the RAF preceded the end of WW1 by 7 months, he could have been in the RAF during WW1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hi, Unusually the reverse side is flat with virtually no profile? That's normal, even pretty much today as the lift or pull is created on the curved side. You can get some more twist in some blades but I doubt in ww1 they were doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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