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Test Propeller, Langley
Object Details
- Physical Description
- Small propeller used for aerodynamic testing only. Not used for flight trials on aircraft or models. Constructed from narrow wooden strips glued together similar to boat planking and then sanded to a smooth airfoil cross section. Hub reinforced with a 1/16 inch (0.2 cm) thick metal plate mounted with screws, on one side only. Shaft hole reinforced with metal tube.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to the United States National Museum.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Date
- 1887-1903
- Inventory Number
- A19820638000
- Manufacturer
- Smithsonian Institution
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Propellers & Impellers
- Materials
- Wood
- Adhesive
- Varnish
- Copper Alloy
- Steel
- Ink
- Dimensions
- Rotor/Propeller: 70.2 x 22.9 x 4.4 x 0.6cm (27 5/8 x 9 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
- 3-D: 70.5 x 21.6 x 9.5cm (27 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
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- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Record ID
- nasm_A19820638000
- Usage
- Not determined
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