Propeller
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Variable pitch/electric/2 blade/wood
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.0341.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Vickers Ltd.
- MODEL
- TURNBULL
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- V.P. PROP NO.2
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD; metal, linen
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 276.0 cm
- Width
- 23.9 cm
- Height
- 14.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Vickers
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Designed by W.R. Turnbull, Canada's first aeronautical engineer. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
First successful variable pitch propeller to be tested in the world. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Stamped on both sides of blades is '9534-28'; markings on hub read: "CD8A/1929-4/CVP 141/TURNBULL/V.P. PROPELLER/FOR/130 H.P. CLERGET/D2760/MARCH 1927/2/1"
- Missing
- From CA of 02/12/1999 by Corey Stephen: Yes - No,metal brackets,brush block and wiring missing
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Vickers Ltd., Propeller, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1967.0341, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1967.0341.001/
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