breadneck Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Anyone know if anyone is making 48 scale white metal or similar propellers? Having a hard time finding anything online. It`s the added weight i`m after and it`s for a Beaufighter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pigsty Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Aeroclub used to make white metal propellers, although that was a long time back; some might still be on eBay or similar. If you want weight, though, why not slip a bit of lead (or fishing weights) into the fuselage? The Beaufighter doesn't need nose weight and there's plenty of room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Most of your spinner hubs have some extra space. Add some weight in there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breadneck Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 I need the weigth to be on the propeller itself. I am installing electric motors in the kit and an adjustable speed control on the wooden kit base. Stock plastic propellers would revv up way too fast (unrealistic) while heavier ones would slowly start to turn because of the weight making a revv up look much more realistic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cloud in the Wind Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I solved that problem with a rheostat Breadneck when I built a powered MQ-9 a while ago. Didn't want to mess with resisters to get the voltage down to where it was "ideal." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 @breadneck Good news and bad news! Good news: You are in luck, as Aeroclub did in fact make metal props for the Beaufort (P416), predecessor to the Beaufighter. Perhaps P410 will also work? Bad news: Good luck finding any immediately available. You could ask here on ARC, or Britmodeller forum, as well as ping ebay.co.uk and save the search with notifications. HTH, Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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