Sensenich Wooden Propeller - (No Clock)Click here to purchase or contact the seller of this item on eBay |
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Current Price: 99.95 USD |
This model is the original propeller without the hub modified for a clock.
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All the planes flying the skies during WWI and the 20s featured wood -propellers. Mounted on the shaft of huge six to twelve cylinder engines, the engine was started up by giving the propeller a solid swing. Early wood propellers are often the only artifacts saved from old aircraft, and antique ones are rare and costly. This gorgeous reproduction is crafted out of solid wood and the hardware from the original propellers has been carefully reproduced in brass and antiqued. At almost 29" in length, it makes beautiful wall décor at a surprisingly affordable cost.
Wood propellers are still with us and are in wide use. This propeller was manufactured for use with the RQ-7 Shadow 200 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) but rejected as unairworthy. Rather than discarding such a beautiful piece, they are made available to the public as a beautiful remnant of aviation.
All Sensenich wood aircraft propellers are manufactured from aircraft grade Birch and laminated using resorcinal glue. Each propeller is CNC machined and hand-finished to very tight tolerances. Each propeller then goes through a rigid 56 point inspection to assure you of the highest quality, most problem free propeller available. The only difference between the original propeller and this product is the hub is modified from the original design to accommodate a quartz clock.
The RQ-7 Shadow 200 UAV is a high-wing, constant chord pusher configuration with a twin-tailboom empennage and an inverted v-tail elerudder. It's in use by the US Army and Marine Corps as a forward reconnaissance tool. The RQ-7 Shadow is the result of a continued US Army search for an effective battlefield UAV after the cancellation of the RQ-6 aircraft. AAI Corporation followed up their RQ-2 Pioneer UAV with the similar but refined Shadow 200, and in late 1999 the army selected the Shadow 200 to fill the tactical UAV requirement, redesignating it the RQ-7. The army requirement specified a UAV that used a gasoline engine, could carry an electro-optic/infrared imaging sensor turret, and had a minimum range of 31 miles with four hour endurance on station. The Shadow 200 offered at least twice that range, powered by a 38 hp rotary engine. The army requirement dictated that it be able to land in an athletic field. Numerous videos are available online and more than a few RC modelers chose the design for their own projects.
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