Gary Murphy 1 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Can anyone give me the apx prop size for scale look on 1/6 and 1/8 kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Aprox what aircraft do you have in mind ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Hi,Gary As PatMc says, we need to know what aircraft you are interested in. As a very rough guide, WW1 props were wooden, mahogany being prefered if it was available. Sometimes, they were laminated from thin layers, which gave them a rather attractive striped look. Also, sometimes the leading edge was protected with a metal strip, and sometimes they were reinforced with fabric. As a ball park size, maybe around 2.5 meters in diameter. ernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight1 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Hi here is one link about ww1 props lot to choose from. **LINK** for you model the xoar propellors are very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Murphy 1 Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Sorry should of said what planes, sopwith pup,tiger moth,se5a,fokker d7. I have seen these kits and props on them range average 12" . The pup for instace is 40"wing span and is listed to use 12"with elec motor,looks huge! just wondered what the scale.ish size would be,8,9,10,11,12? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingCrust Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 From the link above and details on Wikipedia it looks like a wingspan of 8.08m and prop diameter of 2.55m for the Pup so aprox. prop diameter id 31% of wingspan. Or for 40 inch span model this is 12.6 inches. I'd say 12 inch is as near as you're gonna get. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Murphy 1 Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Cheers Ian,Its so surprising I have a pup kit I am about to build,elec.The prop spec is 12" more for the motor than scale spec I think,and it looks huge when held to the plan,apx 1 and 3/8 ground clearance. When I have seen films etc I have never noticed the size being that big. I think my pup is quoted 1/6 scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight1 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 For the old rotary engines they had lots of torque but not much revs (rpm) so they had to use large props with high piches to get enough omp'f to fly. All that metal wizing around and the prop made some real handling considerations. Edited By flight1 on 01/07/2014 11:52:33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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