In order to provide a spinnable prop, the stock mouting shaft can't be used. I didn't want to install a motor for the static display but I did want to be able to see it turn on demand. So I bashed together a solution based on the stock mounting shaft.
A stainless 3/16" shaft was used along with a flange type oilite bronze bearing. With a wheel collar on the back side and some found pieces glued to the shaft on the outside to capture the shaft on the bearing, the bearing will be glued in place on the hull allowing the shaft to spin. The prop will be glued on the shaft once it is installed in the hull. Simple; easy; works.
Pics to come.
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A stainless 3/16" shaft was used along with a flange type oilite bronze bearing. With a wheel collar on the back side and some found pieces glued to the shaft on the outside to capture the shaft on the bearing, the bearing will be glued in place on the hull allowing the shaft to spin. The prop will be glued on the shaft once it is installed in the hull. Simple; easy; works.
Pics to come.
