Object Details
Manufacturer
Levasseur, France
Physical Description
Type: Two-Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Wood
Diameter: 243.8 cm (96 in.)
Chord: 21.6 cm (8.5 in.)
Engine Application: 134 kw (180 hp), Hispano-Suiza
Summary
This is one of a number of old propellers chosen by the museum's earliest curator, Paul Garber, from a collection at the Langley Field installation of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1931. Although it was somehow identified as a Lavasseur (France) product, there is no marking to confirm its manufacturer. Both Lavasseur and Paragon (U.S.), for example, used blades with pronounced a S-shaped planform that twisted the blade as thrust levels changed.
The accession file notes without attribution that the propeller was used on the Spad VII aircraft. It is known that Levasseur built Spad XIII aircraft, but apparently did not build the Spad VII.
Credit Line
Gift of National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics, Langley Field, Hampton, VA
Inventory Number
A19320047000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
PROPULSION-Propellers & Impellers
Materials
Wood
Varnish
Steel
Paint
Dimensions
Rotor/Propeller: 243.8 x 21.6 x 18.4 x 19.1 x 1.3 x 5.7 x 20.3 cm (96 in. x 8 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in. x 7 1/2 in. x 1/2 in. x 8 in,)
Country of Origin
France
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19320047000