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Title: Props from days gone by!
Post by: Robert Zambelli on July 05, 2013, 03:14:01 AM

Going through some old boxes of Model Aviation stuff, I came upon these old props.
What choices we had!  n~
From left to right: Air-O-Line, Ashland Aircraft, Mercury, O&R, Rite-Pitch, Snafu  n1, Speedway, Supr-Scru (!!!), Testors, X-Cell Speed, X-Pert, Unknown, Unknown (looks hand-carved), Unknown (Pusher, cast aluminum).
The Ashland looks like a club (8-12) and check out the X-Pert 9-6.

Bring back any memories??  LL~  LL~

   Bob Z.

Title: Re: Props from days gone by!
Post by: John Stiles on July 05, 2013, 05:54:29 AM

I still have a couple of those wooden ones, one still on a plane I flew last year...never wrecked. ;D

Title: Re: Props from days gone by!
Post by: Jim Thomerson on July 05, 2013, 10:21:12 AM

I think the cast aluminum pusher was for the GHQ engine.  I used to have such a prop, no idea where it came from or where it went.

Title: Re: Props from days gone by!
Post by: dennis lipsett on July 05, 2013, 12:24:55 PM

The Aluminum prop is definitely a GHQ prop. The engine was set up to run clockwise.

Title: Re: Props from days gone by!
Post by: Douglas Ames on July 05, 2013, 10:24:28 PM

Looks like the collection of vintage props De Hill & Joe Gilbert tested a couple years back at Tulsa Glue Dobbers.

Title: Re: Props from days gone by!
Post by: Robert Zambelli on July 06, 2013, 09:01:32 AM

Yes, I believe you're correct.
The aluminum prop fits my GHQ.
Someday I'll get it running but probably with a wooden prop!

  Bob Z.

Title: Re: Props from days gone by!
Post by: john e. holliday on July 06, 2013, 09:08:59 AM

Remember the GHQ is a left hand engine.  It runs clockwise.  My brother Bob had one back in the day and carved his own prop for it.

Title: Re: Props from days gone by!
Post by: Roger Vizioli on July 06, 2013, 10:31:13 PM

Bob,
Hmm, old props. Yes, brought back memories.
Did you buy any of these at "Westchester Hobbies" in White Plains?   ???
Roger V.
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Quote from: Robert Zambelli on July 05, 2013, 03:14:01 AM

Going through some old boxes of Model Aviation stuff, I came upon these old props.
What choices we had!  n~
From left to right: Air-O-Line, Ashland Aircraft, Mercury, O&R, Rite-Pitch, Snafu  n1, Speedway, Supr-Scru (!!!), Testors, X-Cell Speed, X-Pert, Unknown, Unknown (looks hand-carved), Unknown (Pusher, cast aluminum).
The Ashland looks like a club (8-12) and check out the X-Pert 9-6.

Bring back any memories??  LL~  LL~

   Bob Z.