Gary Hodson,
Look in the Indoor_Construction Files section for the Bucket Prop. There
is a ReadMeFile that will give a few references even if you aren't
interested in bucket- or cylinder-molded props. Laminated cylinder props
perhaps were known in the '50s or before.
The first publication on cylindrical props known to me was Jim Baguley's
LAST RESORT design in 1960.
Baguley, Jim: "LAST RESORT" design in Model Aircraft, 1960, pp. 154.This
design began in 1956.
Zaic's yearbook for 1964-65 has an article by Max Chernoff.
I used some molded, laminated for outdoor rubber in the '70s but the
ideas were old by the time that I first heard about them.
Fred Rash
On 3/2/2011 9:34 PM, Warthodson_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> What can you tell me about the history of forming prop blades as
> opposed to carving props, specifically as it relates to both duration
> & scale? Am I correct in presuming that formed prop blades were
> common in the earliest days of indoor free flight (both duration &
> scale), when ever that was? Were they also used in outdoor free
> flight, too or is that relatively new? When did laminated blades
> first appear?
> Are there any resources currently available concerning the detailed
> history of free flight?
> Gary Hodson
>
>
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