Sourcing Propellers

[Hobbes]

It's occurred to me that propellers are going to be the bottleneck for this GB. For postwar prop aircraft, you'd expect 5/6 blade singles or 3/4 blade contraprops, and there aren't that many of those about. Aeroclub do a few props, but otherwise you'd be down to butchering a kit.

Scratchbuilding won't be simple, due to the twist along the length of the blade.

Am I overlooking something?  

[gooberliberation]

Just cutting fan blades out of sheet styrene makes for passable propfans. I dont think itd be plausable for a piston engine, but there's an option.

[kitnut617]

Yes I know what you mean, I've a project in mind for some scimiter blades like these in your photo, and I'm going to use the leftover kit props from my C-130J.  I bought desmojen's corrected nacelles and props for the C-130J.  You could try emailing her about just getting some blades (she's on ARC and desmojen is her user name)

I'm doing a Trent Meteor project too but the props that come in the conversion are totally incorrect but I found a solution to that. I recently got an Aeroclub Shorts Sherpa which has a five blade prop that it a little bit bigger in diameter than the prop of the Trent but more importantly, it turns in the right direction.  I was able to buy an extra pair of these props from Aeroclub and all I need to do is re-profile the blade tips.

Aeroclubs Shackleton props are good, so are the Wyvern props and the four blade Griffon prop.

Robert

[kitnut617]

Just seen on Aeroclub' website, Sea Fury prop in 1/72