Wanted Gasparin120 props

Age and fatigue at last caught up with one of my Gasparin 120 props this evening and I don't have a spare. I would be grateful if anyone had a replacement they were willing to sell. Thank you

Hi Paul

Unfortunately I don't but I hear Black Sheep Squadron in California still have some Gasparin parts

blacksheepsquadron.com/

I have couple of wooden props i bought from them few years back for the larger GM300. For flying I tend to use modeler plastic props from Flitehook , there maybe a similar pastic equivelent for the 120

Just a thought Sq ' but have you tried carving your own props . Lime or sycamore or even obeche carve well. Pine can be a bit on the heavy side as can most other woods. Oh how could I forget BALSA as well He He Hee Maybe some of the small props on Bang good would do too

Squirrel - do you have any confidence the stocks on the Black Sheep Squadron site are still available? I can't find a date more recent than early 2015 on the site.
Paul - I have a number of Telco props spare but they are probably too small unless you have it very well throttled back, ie you don't need much power/thrust for your application?
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Squirrel - do you have any confidence the stocks on the Black Sheep Squadron site are still available? I can't find a date more recent than early 2015 on the site.

Admittedly I haven't bought anything from them for a few years but an article on CO2 motors in last months AM mentioned them as well so I presume they are still trading

I've been thinking sideways on this one. I too have had several breakages of Gasparin props and with Gasparin replacements rare, I've looked for alternates.

The two I've successfully used include equivalent sized rubber props. They sometimes need the blade area reducing, but most work OK. The second was to carve my own. A heavier wood than balsa is advised as the motors need some prop inertia to keep them running, either that or add weight to the prop tips.

No mention of props on the Gasparin web site but there are some very interesting types here if you have the pennies! (look under CO2 motors in the site map)

Quorneng wrote: No mention of props on the Gasparin web site but there are some very interesting types here if you have the pennies! (look under CO2 motors in the site map)

I think you might no have seen the date on that web site 2006.

Obeche might do . Sycamore is fairly easy to carve and looks nice and takes dyes well for a realistic scale look. If you can get thin enough ( veneers might do it ) you could stain some and keep some plain, ( or other shade ) before laminating Again for realism. Just my 2 bobs worth

one tenor wrote: Obeche might do . Sycamore is fairly easy to carve and looks nice and takes dyes well for a realistic scale look. If you can get thin enough ( veneers might do it ) you could stain some and keep some plain, ( or other shade ) before laminating Again for realism. Just my 2 bobs worth

just had a thought .What about lolly =ice or similar sticks ASDA ,Sainsbury's Amazon and more if you ask uncle Google