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Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Object Details

Date

1887-1903

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

PROPULSION-Propellers & Impellers

Manufacturer

Smithsonian Institution

Physical Description

Propeller of the style used on Langley experimental flying model aircraft, 1896 to 1903. Construction is wooden frame covered with frabic, metal hub. This one probably used for aerodynamic testing only.

Dimensions

Rotor/Propeller: 100.5 × 16.7 × 28.3cm (39 9/16 × 6 9/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Storage (aluminum pallet and frame with fabric dust cover): 121.9 × 121.9 × 128.3cm, 85.3kg (48 × 48 × 50 1/2 in., 188lb.)

Materials

Steel; Unidentified wood; Doped fabric

Inventory Number

A19820652000

Credit Line

Transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to the United States National Museum

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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