Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade
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Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade
Type: Two Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Metal and Wood Diameter: 243.8 cm (96 in.) Chord: 19.7 cm (7.75 in.) Engine Application: Unknown
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Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade
Type: Two Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Metal and Wood Diameter: 243.8 cm (96 in.) Chord: 19.7 cm (7.75 in.) Engine Application: Unknown
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Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade
Type: Two Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Metal and Wood Diameter: 243.8 cm (96 in.) Chord: 19.7 cm (7.75 in.) Engine Application: Unknown
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Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade
Type: Two Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Metal and Wood Diameter: 243.8 cm (96 in.) Chord: 19.7 cm (7.75 in.) Engine Application: Unknown
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Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade
Type: Two Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Metal and Wood Diameter: 243.8 cm (96 in.) Chord: 19.7 cm (7.75 in.) Engine Application: Unknown
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Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade
Type: Two Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Metal and Wood Diameter: 243.8 cm (96 in.) Chord: 19.7 cm (7.75 in.) Engine Application: Unknown
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Observation of a foghorn allegedly led S. Albert Reed to a better way to generate acoustic noise with electric motors whirling duralumin vanes. In 1920 neighboring Curtiss employees challenged Reed to instead design lightweight, but strong and efficient aeronautical propellers made from duralumin.
The Reed Propeller Company was formed as a subsidiary of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in 1924. By early-1926, its products were used in more than eighty engine and airframe combinations, and Reed was awarded the Collier Trophy for 1925. However, with daily use by the U.S. Air Mail Service and others, it became apparent that his propeller was structurally unsound and, with its inability to vary pitch, the concept did not survive the 1920s.
This early flat-blade artifact is from the personal collection of Herman J. Schonenberg, a Grumman employed historian, and was apparently obtained as a "habitue" of Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY, where Curtiss had a plant.
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Inventory Number
A19650062000
Physical Description
Type: Two Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Metal and Wood
Diameter: 243.8 cm (96 in.)
Chord: 19.7 cm (7.75 in.)
Engine Application: Unknown
Credit Line
Gift of the Grumman Aircraft Corp.
Manufacturer
Curtiss-Reed Propeller Co.
Country of Origin
United States of America
Materials
HAZMAT: Cadmium Plating
Laminated wood, Aluminum alloy, Paint, Steel
Dimensions
3-D (Propeller): 243.8 × 20.3 × 14.6cm, 21.3kg (8 ft. × 8 in. × 5 3/4 in., 47lb.)
Storage (Aluminum Pallet): 351.8 × 121.9 × 129.5cm, 364.2kg (11 ft. 6 1/2 in. × 4 ft. × 4 ft. 3 in., 803lb.)
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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Type
PROPULSION-Propellers & Impellers