DaveyMo

Who produces these in six-inch swings? I'm aware of Rev-up and Zinger. Are there any others? Does anyone produce them at sizes smaller than six inches? I've got some old, 1/2A engines that I'd like to display, thus the need for a traditional look. Thanks!

Dave Mo...

Mr Cox

The Zingers are a bit too thick bladed I think, but the Rev-ups are very nice props. Brodak have, or used to have, these down to 6".
Top flite are not made anymore I guess but they turn up on ebay quite frequently and are available in sizes even below 5".

combatpigg

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1/2 A props can be hand carved pretty quickly. I copied a APC 4 x 4 with maple once and it worked very well for a pusher prop. Thin CA glue was needed to make the wood stronger where it was carved paper thin.
I've seen 6 inch wood props for sale at the usual auction sites, but of course you would never see them for sale when you are in the market for some.

DaveyMo

Thank-you, Mr. Cox. I see that the smallest Top Flite prop now produced is seven inches. The four old engines that I'd like to display were produced by Mel Anderson circa 1950. I'll post shots of them in the near future. If nothing turns up on E-Bay, I'll likely stick with Zinger for esthetic purposes.

Dave Mo...

digital_trucker

I still miss the Super-M props. The closest equivalent I've found are Graupner props (and they're awesome performers).

ffkiwi

Keep an eye out on Ebay for Tornado Plasticotes which come up from time to time. When they do they're often in the form of a job lot, or a complete packet of 6-10. You just have to get lucky with the sizes..... they also make good masters if you want to put the time and effort in of cloning a mould to do your own fibreglass or carbon ones (quite useful since Plasticotes came in some sizes that haven't been duplicated in more modern materials by other manufacturers...

ChrisM
'ffkiwi'

Mr Cox

Aaah, the plasticotes ones, they are a bit different from the rest. Feels like they are made from compressed balsa....
Are they safe to fly with?

fritzke

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Lets not forget that DaveyMO is looking for something that LOOKS good for DISPLAY!
I have seen some 6" wood props (ahem, Top Flight) that look like the most inefficient
chunks of wood since the Y&O's.
Dave

MJD

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If I was looking for efficiency instead of classic appearance, the 1/2A wooden prop box would never even budge from the shelf..

DaveyMo

Greetings All:

Nice discussion. It looks like E-Bay and a bit of patience are my best bet!

Here are the four engines I referred to. Note the old wooden Power Prop in front of each display - one is 6x3.5 and the other is 6x3.75. These are very thin and seem almost weightless!

Engines One and Two are the Baby Spitfire and Spitzy respectively (both .045). Engines Three and Four are mislabeled: Three is a Spitfire .049 and Four is a Royal Spitfire .065.

Davey Mo...

ffkiwi

Yes-they work fine-I don't know how they would go at 25,000rpm (!) but at the revs appropriate to the engines of the era they're fine-and have nice thin blades in comparison with some of the other wooden blunt instruments that are out there. I even use the 10x3s on my 3.5 vintage diesels....

Walther

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Have any laminated wood props for my TD .010?

donnyman

Wow!

Didn't know anyone used the older 1/2a's anymore I have several, and a bunch of props. I will have to check but I think I have all kinds. O.K. Cubs and the Spitzy .045 was my favored engines in the fifties. Then I didn't know not to squeek out every rpm I could get from them so my Spitzy is plenty low in the area of compression. we didn't have much money for fuel proofer and I would loose a firewall at least once a month.

the cox engines were like a millenium leapt ahead when I got my hands on one, they always started so easilly. I'll dig through my pile of stuff and try to get some pic's posted.

Here is some eye candy for ya. most of this stuff is probably older than many of you out there............enjoy! I got a bunch more somewhere.