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Title: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 30, 2010, 01:45:33 PM
Not sure if this is the right spot in the forum - if so, sorry!

I've got a wooden airplane propeller.  There are faint markings on it which indicate manufactorers stock number (or something similar regarding it's making).

Does anyone know where I'd take this information to (other than google) to find out particular information about this propeller (when it was made, what type of acft it was made for, was there a specific aircraft it was assembled to, etc)?
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 30, 2010, 01:48:20 PM
Oh, disregard. I think Toad already answered on the other forum. ;) Appreciate it!
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: TW9 on January 30, 2010, 01:48:30 PM
pawn stars?
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: crazyivan on January 30, 2010, 02:09:43 PM
pawn stars?
:lol
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: Digr1 on January 30, 2010, 03:44:32 PM
Not sure if this is the right spot in the forum - if so, sorry!

I've got a wooden airplane propeller.  There are faint markings on it which indicate manufactorers stock number (or something similar regarding it's making).

Does anyone know where I'd take this information to (other than google) to find out particular information about this propeller (when it was made, what type of acft it was made for, was there a specific aircraft it was assembled to, etc)?

http://www.woodenpropeller.com/Propeller_Identification.html
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 30, 2010, 03:53:09 PM
Thanks for the link.

I did find the manufactor's marks on the propeller, and was able to go to their site to see if I could match the serial numbers with a table on one of their pages.  

Didn't pan out so far, but once I decipher the identifying marks & the table information, I'm sure I will be able to make a match! :)

Here's the marks, which I still have to decipher:

SENSENICH
PO No.1
T.O. No. 586
85R 5 61
CS-S (I think it says that... that line was hard to see)

Nope, I don't have any idea from when.  There is a thin metal strip on the leading edge of the props.
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: Strip on January 30, 2010, 03:56:18 PM
Any idea what vintage Texasmom?

Let us know how it goes if you dont mind....

Good luck btw!

Strip
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: hornet36 on January 30, 2010, 07:01:57 PM
this is from sensenich website..

85LY-57
   

Stinson L 5 (Y HUB)
   

Lycoming O 435 1/190

85LY-58
   

Stinson L 5 (Y HUB)
   

Lycoming O 435 1/190

85LYA-57
   

Stinson L 5 (YA HUB)
   

Lycoming O 435 1/190

85RW-57
   

Stinson L 5 (W HUB)
   

Lycoming O 435/190

85RB-57
   

Stinson L 5 (B HUB)
   

Lycoming O 435/190
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: Rino on January 30, 2010, 07:04:40 PM
     Guess it looks like one of these  :D

(http://www.52-c.org/images/L5-2.jpg)
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 30, 2010, 07:37:06 PM
It's possible. :)

I was under the impression that the specific numbers used above (and in those search results are length and pitch (e.g. 85 length, 61 pitch)... that would make the serial number one of the other numbers?


I was using this page from the sensenich site:
http://www.sensenichprop.com/sen_html/serial.htm
It gives you the table to match your serial # to when that prop was made. The problem is that I don't see which one of those is the serial #.
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: Bear76 on January 30, 2010, 08:12:02 PM
pawn stars?
The one Lindberg presented :D
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: Wingnutt on January 30, 2010, 09:26:43 PM
Im looking for about  a 7 foot 2 blade wood to put over my fireplace..

just puttin that out there...
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 30, 2010, 09:31:20 PM
Im looking for about  a 7 foot 2 blade wood to put over my fireplace..

just puttin that out there...

:)  The reason I'm looking for info on it is:

I'm having it mounted on the wall for one of my kids.  If I can figure out when it was made & what types of acft it went on, I know which acft to put "behind" it on the wall.

Originally I was thinking of painting the plane on - mural style.  Now I'm thinking that I'll make 3" cut-out in the shape of the front-facing acft & use that board to mount it to lots of studs so it doesn't fall down. =)
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: Shuffler on January 31, 2010, 12:04:03 PM
Contact these folks......... http://www.sensenichpropellers.com/Main.html?Home.html (http://www.sensenichpropellers.com/Main.html?Home.html)
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 31, 2010, 12:25:59 PM
Thanks :) Will do!
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: Megalodon on January 31, 2010, 01:27:50 PM
Are you sure its 85R-61 maybe 86?

1st number is the length... how long is it? any other numbers on it .....grab the super specs :)

anywho have a gander

http://www.modernwoodenpropellers.com/sensenich.htm (http://www.modernwoodenpropellers.com/sensenich.htm)
http://www.modernwoodenpropellers.com/sensenich_military.htm (http://www.modernwoodenpropellers.com/sensenich_military.htm)

maybe a Fairchaild PT-19?

Prolly more like this Phan  :D
(http://www.warbirdalley.com/images/PT19-N1175N.jpg)
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: BMathis on January 31, 2010, 01:47:51 PM
What's the Length?  I'm thinking a stearman?

How about a pic?
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: Megalodon on January 31, 2010, 02:12:54 PM
No letter prefix would make it prior to 1943

  There is a thin metal strip on the leading edge of the props.

like this?
(http://www.notplanejane.com/images/Sensenich/6%20%20Sensenich%20Brothers%20Navy/2-Sens-86R-61-Navy-lg.jpg)
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 31, 2010, 02:13:31 PM
I'm not actually sure how much of the information I pulled off the stamp is correct.  It's so very faint - I saw examples of other propellers that had info stamped on the hub in very large lettering.

On this one, it's off to the side of the hub, and all lines (combined) probably only span about 3 inches.  So in addition to being extremely faint, they're small.

I did take a picture, but it's on my husband's computer... so I'll post one later (probably next week) after it's transferred from his to mine.
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 31, 2010, 02:14:03 PM
No letter prefix would make it prior to 1943

like this?
(http://www.notplanejane.com/images/Sensenich/6%20%20Sensenich%20Brothers%20Navy/2-Sens-86R-61-Navy-lg.jpg)

Yep =) Just like that, with the little circle impressions & everything!
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 31, 2010, 02:15:57 PM
Nope, those were the only markings on it. There were rectangles on it (about 4 of them, which probably indicate where some sort of decals were at one time (annual registration or inspection maybe?)

Here's the marks, which I still have to decipher:
SENSENICH
PO No.1
T.O. No. 586
85R 5 61
CS-S (I think it says that... that line was hard to see)
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 31, 2010, 03:47:42 PM
I was wrong - one of my kids found an additional number - the serial number - which we used on the sensenich site to determine it was made between Feb 61 & Nov 62. =)

(Yay Snapper for finding the serial #!)
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: texasmom on January 31, 2010, 04:10:36 PM
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd34/momof3terrors/prop.jpg)

(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd34/momof3terrors/Josh.jpg)
Title: Re: wooden airplane propeller
Post by: Megalodon on January 31, 2010, 04:14:30 PM
Yeah! but darn pt-19 was a wwII trainer hehehe

What kind of plane will be on the wall?  :)