Check out the spinner on the Morane Saulnier N. Can you imagine trying to make such a large symmetrical bowl in your shop? Yet the technology of 1915 wasn't that much above what homebuilders have now.



The picture's so clear you can see the rows of fasteners holding the bowl to bulkheads fore and and aft of the propeller.

I'm curious as to the material used. Aluminum was pretty high-tech in 1915, and sheet steel would have to have been pretty thin to keep the weight down. Could this possibly have been turned wood?!!!!

Also, look at the deflector plates installed on the faces of the propeller to deflect the bullets from the Lewis gun....

Ron Wanttaja