Boeing B17 Flying Fortress Hamilton Standard Propeller Blade "Paddle Type" DWG No. 6477A-O - WW2 Warbird - Price Before Discount £4995 | AEROART.CO.UK
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Hamilton Standard DWG 6477A-0
Manufactured in the USA by Hamilton Standard and taken from a WW2 era Boeing B17 Flying Fortress. This type of propeller blade is known as the “paddle” type because of its distinctive broad shape great for utilising all the power from those massive Pratt & Whitney Radial engines, as well as increased performance at high altitude.
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the US Army Air corps. It was a well regarded aircraft and the Americans used them in large numbers on daylight bombing raids of Germany. It was believed at the time that if the aircraft adopted a “box formation” when flying their missions then each one would be able to protect the other because all sides of the B-17 are covered by machine guns including, the often weak underbelly where the B-17 had a ball turret gun.
As well as extensive use in the European theatre the B-17 also saw plenty of action in the Pacific theatre and in total almost 13,000 were produced.
As always this propeller has been chemically stripped to remove all the paint and painstakingly polished on both sides to a mirror finish. It has undergone 18 stages of sanding and 5 stages of polishing to achieve a perfect flawless finish. This one’s Mounted on a custom-made high level base, powdercoated silver and finished with a highly polished aluminium top.
Manufactured in the USA
Highly polished both sides
WW2 era
Approximately 66 inches tall
Rare and Historical
Hamilton Standard DWG No. 6477A-0
All items are authentic and once taken from a real flying aircraft. Propellers which are mounted have a range of bases and colours which can be chosen prior to ordering so if you don’t see exactly what you’re looking for please get in touch
This propellers come with a cleaning kit to maintain the finish as well as a framed description with manufacturers decal.
Base option decided when ordering, lead time approximately 8 - 10 weeks on this item, due to the manufacturing of the base and polishing
10% deposit required Initially, remainder on delivery
Free nationwide delivery available, please call or email for details
Specifications (B-17G)
General characteristics
- Crew: 10: Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier/nose gunner, flight engineer/top turret gunner, radio operator, waist gunners (2), ball turret gunner, tail gunner
- Length: 74 ft 4 in (22.66 m)
- Wingspan: 103 ft 9 in (31.62 m)
- Height: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
- Wing area: 1,420 sq ft (132 m2)
- Airfoil: NACA 0018 / NACA 0010
- Empty weight: 36,135 lb (16,391 kg)
- Gross weight: 54,000 lb (24,494 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 65,500 lb (29,710 kg)
- Aspect ratio: 7.57
- Powerplant: 4 × Wright R-1820-97 "Cyclone" turbosupercharged radial engines, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 287 mph (462 km/h; 249 kn)
- Cruise speed: 182 mph (293 km/h; 158 kn)
- Range: 2,000 mi (1,738 nmi; 3,219 km) with 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) bombload
- Service ceiling: 35,600 ft (10,900 m)
- Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
- Wing loading: 38.0 lb/sq ft (186 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.089 hp/lb (150 W/kg)
Armament
- Guns: 13 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in 9 positions (2 in the Bendix chin turret, 2 on nose cheeks, 2 staggered waist guns, 2 in upper Sperry turret, 2 in Sperry ball turret in belly, 2 in the tail and one firing upwards from radio compartment behind bomb bay)
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Bombs:
- Short range missions (<400 mi): 8,000 lb (3,600 kg)
- Long range missions (≈800 mi): 4,500 lb (2,000 kg)
- Overload: 17,600 lb (7,800 kg)
