WSK, LWD Zuraw, M11FR engine

Description

Producer (type):

Propeller No.: ???

Production Date: 1951

Pitch: ???

Diameter: 2400 mm measured

Engine: M-11-FR

Country of Origin: Poland

Used on: LWD Zuraw,

Photo 1. The propeller before restoration. Photo M.Peikert

Photo 2. The propeller before restoration. Photo M.Peikert

Photo 3. The propeller after restoration. It looks like we helped a little bit with WSK trade mark. Photo Nowak Srevice

About the propeller. The propeller was produced by Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego (most likely still in Łódź, with the new brand name WSK). Propeller is installed on LWD Żuraw plane, MLP Cracow. Renovation works accomplished by Nowak Serwice, October 2017. On Exhibition of MLP Cracow (2021).

Construction. The propeller lamination consists of ash plies. Diameter of propeller is 240. The propeller has sheathing on leading edge. The surface of propeller is covered with fabric and painted in olive drab. The WSK logo is painted on each blade.

Aircraft and Engine. The propeller was intended for Soviet five-cylinder 160 hp (140 hp max continuous thrust) M-11FR, an ultimate M-11 engine version designed in 1946. The engine having 8,6 L capacity was rated at 160 hp at 1900 rpm. This engine was powering numerous aircraft used and built in Poland.

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