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Ricky
18th April 2010, 18:23
Hi guys,

another quest for information I'm afraid. My Grandma has an old propellor hub that has been turned into a mounting for a abrometer, and has asked if I can find anything out about the aircraft it came from.

The back reads:

Y503
110hp
Le Rhone
Type 504K
G804N9
Dia 2744
Pitch 2655


Now, obviously it is from an Avro 504K with the 110hp Le Rhone engine, but beyond that I can't find anything.

Y503 is the drawing number for the propellor design (Y indicates it is an A.V.Roe design0.

I thought G804N9 might be the serial number, but I can't find any serial numbers that look like that. In RAF service during WW1, 'G' numbers were used for captured German aircraft.

Anybody have any ideas?

Kutscha
18th April 2010, 18:59
Ricky, if you don't get an answer here, try http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/index.php?

Ricky
21st April 2010, 17:07
I found woodenpropellers.com and asked there.

G804 is the batch number
N9 is means it is the 9th prop in the batch.

It was produced sometime in late 1918