April 18th 07, 10:01 AM
cavelamb himself wrote:
> > I believe most of those old wood props had a brass leading edge
cover.
> > That ought to protect the wood from rain erosion.
KB wrote:
> I'm 99% sure that the props I'm talking about didn't have brass
>leading
> edges. The next time you're at an airshow where a Spitfire is on
>display,
> take a close look at the prop. On many (most?, all?) the prop is
>wood, and
> you can't see a transition between a brass leading edge and the wood
>blade.
> I've done this inspection several times at Osh and SnF...
The props at Osh are replacements for fair weather display.
The original props were for life-&-death combat in european
rainy weather.
== Chris Glur.
> > I believe most of those old wood props had a brass leading edge
cover.
> > That ought to protect the wood from rain erosion.
KB wrote:
> I'm 99% sure that the props I'm talking about didn't have brass
>leading
> edges. The next time you're at an airshow where a Spitfire is on
>display,
> take a close look at the prop. On many (most?, all?) the prop is
>wood, and
> you can't see a transition between a brass leading edge and the wood
>blade.
> I've done this inspection several times at Osh and SnF...
The props at Osh are replacements for fair weather display.
The original props were for life-&-death combat in european
rainy weather.
== Chris Glur.