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Re: P-47 Hamilton Standard prop with cuffs?
Posted by John Ceglarek on Wed Mar 24, 2004 02:51:20 PM
In reply top P-47 Hamilton Standard prop with cuffs? posted by Cees Broere on Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:54:19 AM
Cees,
I don't know if your prop came from a P-47 or not, but I believe the P-47s did use cuffed blades. I think the reason was to increase airflow around the engine when the cowl flaps were closed.
John
: Hi all,
:
: In our museum we have a fourbladed Hamilton Standard prope
: ller which came from the North Sea. The blades are round t
: ipped and fitted with rubber cuffs as used on the Mustangs
: with Merlin engines. The strange thing is that it must ha
: ve been fitted to a radial engine. My only suggestion woul
: d be that it came from a P-47, but did they used cuffs on
: the blades?
:
: Does anyone else have any suggestion of the type it could
: have come from?
:
: Cees