How hard would it be to get one? (Especially a Corsair one )
I’ve been thinking it would be a cool wall decoration… But do people collect them, and are they hard to find or whatever?
(Hope these questions are ok, being non-model related and all… )
Wall decoration?
Those things are 13’ in diameter. [(-D]
Mike
Well… it could be a big room…
Or a ceiling fan! 
lol…
And they weigh about half of what your car weighs!
Can I suggest that you find someone to make one out of fiberglass. A real prop is a very valuable item and not readily available, unless it’s been damaged. Check ‘Aero Traders’ for something like that, but don’t hold your breath.
Could use one for propping up the bar I suppose…[#wstupid]
I saw a single blade from a Curtiss Electric prop once for something like $1,500. The blade was over 8’ tall and I cant recall the weight but it wasnt light. The blade was billed to be from one of the 509th Composite Groups B-29’s (The Atomic Bombers) but in reality the B-32 used them too which would made this thing even rarer.
I would probably say it came from neither though as lots of KB-29 tankers used the Curtiss prop too. I guess if that had got out the price wouldve dropped a bit.
If you want a prop that would be authentic you could get a reproduction wooden prop that would fit an old WWI fighter like a Spad or Neuport. You could prop 
it up in a corner or maybe hang it over a doorway somewhere. It would be a LOT more manageable than most WWII era props. If you do come across a supposed WWI prop you like you should research it. There are a few different types of wooden props out there that are old looking but arent from WWI or even from an aircraft. These are from modern unmanned drones and from those fanboat things. Heres a good site for helping you ID a WWI prop: http://www.woodenpropeller.com/Propeller_Identification.html
Anyway heres you a B-17 prop, they bill it as coming from a bomber being reclaimed but I think it might be from a waterbomber conversion:
http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/WWII_Propellers/B-17_Propeller/index.html
And the same folks have a B-26 prop blade. It weighs 85lbs and is almost 6’ 6" tall…and it will set you back almost $1000!
http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/WWII_Propellers/B-26_Propeller/index.html
The B-26 prop was a 13’ 6" Curtiss Electric and is close to the size youd expect for a Corsair, P-51 or P-47. The pics on the second link will give you a great idea what you’d be dealing with. Its truly huge!!
Akuma,
A real prop, although not impossible to find, would be very expensive and weigh far more than most wall based fastening devides could cope with.
I’d suggest using laminated balsa, soft pine or basswood to make a master, then make a plaster mold and then a fibreglass copy. The hub could be fabricated from plastics or again, the balsa or pine master.
That way, you only need to make two masters and two molds - just use the blade mold three times and the hub once.
I’d be very interested in fabricating one of these things for myself - any plans for making one? I’ve got many years of experience in large scale fibreglass moldings, mostly for body panels and air dams for the fronts of cars. What do you think?
O.o yeah… Stupid me forgeting that A. They’d be heavy and B. That they’re that big… (I looked at my 1/48 Corsair and realized how stupid I probably looked >.< )
But anyway, I think I could some day be up to the challenge of building one… (I’m not much of a scratch builder, yet… )
I saw a time expired prop blade from a Mk IX Spit advertised in an aircraft magazine. They wanted £700, and that was just for one single blade!! I reckon a lightweight copy or a wooden one is definitely the way to go.
Akuma:
At least you realized A and B before you slung one from your ceiling!
I made a wall clock out of a Cherokee prop, and even though it weighed under 100 pounds I still cut back the blades to make it manageable (mind you one was bent to start with, and no it wasn’t me that bent it!)
There’s good advice from the guys here if you want to go ahead with wood or fiberglass, good luck!
Bruce
I guess I am lucky, I managed to get a tail rotor from a UH-1H when I left my last job. One of the guys in the Prop & Rotor shop had converted it into a clock. It is only one blade and it must be close to four feet.
I know a guy not far from my house that has several crated Orion prop blades sitting in a barn.Might be cheap.He also has 2 allison V-12s with a hole in the side (bummer) and a 1/5 scale target drone (Mig 27 copy) in the crate.He had 3 drones but my friend and I each bought one.Man are they big ,like a 9’6" wing span.I have pics of the one that’s left if anyone is interested.
Ever think about buying recreation panels from WWII aircraft? They’re a little cheaper and lighter [;)][;)].
Maybe my son can sell my UH-1 tail rotor blades for a fair price one day. I actually have two sets, one with a hub. I have been bringing them to our Vietnam Unit Reunions and having the guys sign a side. I’ve got three sides autographed now and this year will be the last one. Maybe Ft. Rucker may want them for their Museum one day. I also have a set of Bell 206 B tail rotor blades and hub. I would have loved to have gotten a blade off a prop of a WW II warbird. Might be a market in that for fiberglass copies.