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I get a Sporty's catalog every month and I'm surprised I haven't seen this yet: fans based on the famous propellers of history. There could be a variety of fan shapes including desk, box, and ceiling with the fan portion replaced by a scale model of a historic propeller such as the Wright Brothers'
or the Standard Steel prop used on the Spirit of St. Louis. More expensive models like the contra-rotating prop of the XF-11 come with a pitch control lever to vary the RPM. They would be a huge hit for Sporty's and Sky Mall!
One of these, in your desk fan.
http://www.wright-b...rop%20installed.jpg
[DIYMatt, Feb 24 2013]
P-40 Tigershark Fan
http://tailwinds.com/tiwaaicefan.html
The Tigershark Airplane Ceiling Fan is a replica of the original Tigershark squadron airplane nose flown during WW II. [baconbrain, Feb 25 2013]
Move a lot of air
http://www.shephard...400M_propellers.jpg
Bonus feature! It can go into beta pitch. [Klaatu, Feb 25 2013]
Big Ass Fans
http://www.bigassfans.com/
Has some helicopter-oids and a laminated wood one. [baconbrain, Feb 25 2013]
You could go antique.
http://www.thisdayi.../DaVincinFlying.jpg
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Feb 25 2013]
Sopwith Camel too
http://www.tailwind...ne-ceiling-fan.html
talk about your perfect man-cave fan [doctorremulac3, Aug 11 2014]
[link]
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I would like both a Spitfire and a BF109 models, at both sides front on me on my desktop. Two modes of operation: normal and slow motion to appreciate such beauty [+]. |
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Can't we have a full power "takeoff" mode? |
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If "Sporty's" is Sporty's Pilot Shop, they or somebody else aviation-related used to sell ceiling fans shaped like the front end of a P-40 Kittyhawk and a couple of other WWII planes. It looked like the plane was crashed through the roof, or had been taxidermied about halfway through the engine, and ceiling mounted. |
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Let me look ... and link. The prop isn't really accurate, of course, as the purpose is different---but while it's turning, you can't tell. |
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Don't forget ship-propellers.... |
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The intuitive problem is the direction of airfflow. However
it would be really cool to have a replica cockpit in the hot
summer, and the propeller fan blowing cool air through
your hair as you perform a solo mission playing with your
joystick. |
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Remember to yell "CLEAR!" before starting the fan.
Pilot stuff = [+] |
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Please can I have a desk fan with a helicopter swashplate. |
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A set of four Hamilton-Standards, all in a chrome-spinnered row, and mountings made to look like the front end of a Wright R-3350. And, quite often, one of the props feathered. |
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Just went on a tour of one of one of the few wood
propeller factories in the world. Talk about
beautiful pieces of art these things. They still
craft them with steel templates and I was telling
them it's time to start gettin' CNC on that stuff
and let the robots do the work. Dump this
Geppeto's workshop crap and get with the times. |
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Didn't word it quite like that obviously but they
agreed it was the thing to do. Anyway, I wanted to
buy one to put on my wall till they told me the
price. A good, perfectly balanced, hand made
laminated wood propeller isn't cheap. [+] |
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I thought you'd gravitate towards unbalanced. |
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//made to look like the front end of a R-3350// |
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Why not get the real thing ? you weren't using the upstairs closet anyways. |
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//price// I imagine "used" or even "decomissioned" would be suitable unless you were actually planning on spinning one up to Mach0.8 . |
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Well, the new ones looked new. Picture a
laminated wood coffee table that's been spun
around as you say, at Mach .8 through rain and
blistering sun for years. Not as worthy of display in
your living room as one that's fresh out of the
workshop. |
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These guys put some time into making these look
really good. I even went on line to look at cheap
Chinese made for decoration only props and wasn't
impressed. Looked like a wood propeller. The
ones at the factory I visited looked like wood
sculptures. |
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//Why not get the real thing?// 7-foot ceilings. |
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Oh, I dunno: I'm also an occasional fan of the sense of order-brought-to-heel-by-art in laminate sculpture. |
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The obvious story of course is "I'm buying an airplane on an installment plan". This also helps to explain the O-320 running the dishwasher and why the chairs in the den have 5-point seat belts. |
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On my list of projects to be started* is a counter-
rotating ceiling fan made with single blades and
counterweights. |
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* only once the facilities exist to finish them |
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Though wouldn't this just be an extension of existing retro markets? |
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Add a model of the engine that turned it and you got a
winner. Did somebody already suggest that? |
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How did we miss this one ? |
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They've got a Sopwith Camel one too now. (link) |
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(BTW, mortally offended that the spell checker
doesn't
recognize Sopwith) |
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