I am a constant lurker on the board here and haven't had much reason to post in a couple of years, until now. I have recently acquired some aircraft parts that included a set of 3 P-38 blades, DWG. NO. 88996-18. I was told that 2 of the blades spent many years/decades as a windmill in a farm somewhere and the third blade was just laying around. As you can see in the pictures, the hub the blades were mated to was severely rusted and took a while to disassemble.
While I am an avid air race fan, I don't have any knowledge in this area. I am hoping somebody here could answer some of my questions:
1. Is there any chance the blades could still be air worthy? I don't see any major damage other than the corrosion build up where the blades were mounted.
3. I also have 2 carburetors, from Cal Fire S-2s. These have green tags, but I am not sure what that means in the aircraft world. I assume they can be overhauled and returned to service?
2. Lastly, 1 have 3-1820 cylinder heads that were from Cal Fire S-2s. At least that is what I was told. These do not have any green tags, so can they not be made airworthy? I am not sure what to do with them.
I thank you all for taking the time to read my post and hopefully somebody out there can assist.
Brewski
While I am an avid air race fan, I don't have any knowledge in this area. I am hoping somebody here could answer some of my questions:
1. Is there any chance the blades could still be air worthy? I don't see any major damage other than the corrosion build up where the blades were mounted.
3. I also have 2 carburetors, from Cal Fire S-2s. These have green tags, but I am not sure what that means in the aircraft world. I assume they can be overhauled and returned to service?
2. Lastly, 1 have 3-1820 cylinder heads that were from Cal Fire S-2s. At least that is what I was told. These do not have any green tags, so can they not be made airworthy? I am not sure what to do with them.
I thank you all for taking the time to read my post and hopefully somebody out there can assist.
Brewski
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