Propeller blade for identification

**Tank Spotter** · 01-29-2018, 09:41 PM

Hi guys,

I picked this up at a fair recently and was told it came from a now closed museum in the Netherlands. Unfortunately the seller didn't know the aircraft. Due to the condition I've been unable to find any stamps but can tell you that it's 165cm long (excluding the base and the tip appears to be missing) and 30cm at the widest point.

any help you guys could give would be greatly appreciated.

**Luftwaffe 1941** · 01-29-2018, 09:52 PM

Very nice piece!! unfortunately I am not sure what plane this is from either. I hope someone else can help you out soon. Thanks for sharing this awesome relic!

Best regards- Jarret

**Composite** · 01-29-2018, 09:54 PM

What a piece of kit!!

Sadly I too can't help you......and wartime or not, I LOVE IT!

**HARRY THE MOLE** · 01-29-2018, 10:30 PM

At first I thought that it might be from a FW 190, but it looks a tad more slender than you would find on the rotary engine. So maybe off a BF 109, although I'm sure that someone on here would be able to give you a more accurate idea.

Cheers,
Steve.

**Composite** · 01-30-2018, 04:03 PM

That's an interesting comment ("than you would find on a rotary engine....")......props and all things flying aren't my area of specialism....so would one expect to find wider blades on rotary engines? And by "rotary engine" we're talking about pistons which encircle the prop shaft rather than linear set-ups??

'Always learnin'!

**HARRY THE MOLE** · 01-30-2018, 08:41 PM

I'm only working off memory here, in my youth I was aircraft mad. And then I joined the army and learned how to shoot them down (air defence regiment). But I do seem to recall that earlier in the war the BMW 801 power plant of the FW 190 was marginally more powerful than the DB 605 of the BF 109. And more powerful engines usually required broader and/or longer blades to deal with the increase in power.

Regarding my previous post on this blade, I should not have used the word 'rotary', the BMW 801 is a radial engine... there is a difference! Apologies for any confusion.