William Davidson wrote in message ...
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l (Peter Stickney) wrote:

In article ,
Joachim Schmid writes:
Sander van Doormaal wrote:

Recently I have inherited a beautiful wooden propellor
Burnt in is the following information

110 PS
Rhone
D 260
H 230
Heine
N29018

110 PS Rhone indicates that it was once fitted to a 110 hp Gnome Rhone
engine
which was used on fighters of either the German AF or Austria-Hungary AF
Heine was Germans leading propeller factory until 1945
The thing is 2,6 metres in length so that's what D 260 is possibly
referring to

Yes, D could mean "Durchmesser" (diameter).

H is most likely the pitch - as in the putative didtance trravelled
forward by hte propeller if there was no "slip".

Engine, PS, Heine prop, diameter, and pitch firmly indicate this prop
came from a Fokker Dr.I. Exact match on all info except N... which is
almost impossible to look up.
I thought at first it might have come from a Albatros D.Va (which also
used Heine along with Axial props) but the numbers and engine don't
match. Only the Fokker DR.I fits this profile exactly.

Rob