feep

I'm going to make a static prop for my 1/4 scale eindecker and also for a 1/3 scale Pup. Does anyone have any in depth info on props. I need number of laminations, types of wood used. I going with am bass and mahogany for the 1/4 eindecker, but I have some nice black walnut and soft maple for the Pup. THe problem is getting it planned down to the correct thickness for the right amount of laminations.

abufletcher

You won't find a better site than this:

http://www.woodenpropeller.com/
http://www.woodenpropeller.com/Photo_Gallery.html
http://www.woodenpropeller.com/Sopwith_Pup.html

The main thing about the EIII prop (like a lot of early props) was it's extreme pitch. It almost looks like the sorts of propellers you see in small electrics. There is also a paper you can download on the Fokker Team Schorndorf where Achim details the construction of a full size prop from his DVII replica. In fact if you check out the Replica forum over at the Aerodrome site you can find photos of the construction process.

Eventually, I'd like to try my hand at this too so I'm anxious to see what you come up with.

feep

Thanks for the site Don, between that site and The info I already have I should be able to do a nice static prop for my eindecker. I have a prop I did for a 1/4 scale Pup. I'll get some pics and post them.

WinterHawke

feep,

Another very interesting read is over at the WW1 Modelers website:

http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/For...ops/index.html

If it works in little bitty scale, it should work for us as well!

Best regards,

Lee McD

SCALECRAFT

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An ossilating spindel sander can make quick work of this.

feep

winterhawke, Yes it does work. I have carved many small( 1/48 and 1/24 and 1/8) props but you can fudge the wood and pitch without notice. In 1/4 scale and 1/3 scale you can't.



here's a 1/4 scale prop I did for my Pup last year. I used bass amd mahogany but it needs a coat of stain to darken the bass a little.

abufletcher

It's my impression from the photos and the actual props I've seen in museums that most WWI propellers did not have the marked striation of color that we modelers are so fond of. Check out the Wooden Propeller site and you'll see few of these.

feep

I think you are right for the most part Don, I have stained that Pup prop and I looks better but the bass wood still has too much contrast. I am going to use either all mahogany or all walnut for the 1/3 scale Pup prop and all mahogany for the eindecker prop.

BobH

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Bass is kinda light for scale props IMHO.. Many were made of walnut and mahogany giving them a dark redish brown appearance. Metal edges were only used some of the times, less often after 1915 or so.