Random part of the day: Propeller 3 Blades M/Ø4,8
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random part is 77099, 'Propeller 3 Blades M/Ø4,8', which is a System part, category Transportation Means, Aviation. It was introduced in 2019 and is still in use today. It's been made in 1 colour and has appeared in 19 sets, one of the first of which was 60226 Mars Research Shuttle.
Our members collectively own a total of 40,257 of them. If you'd like to buy some you should find them for sale at BrickLink.
39 likes
17 comments on this article
Good for planes!
Deja vu?
https://brickset.com/article/64952/random-part-of-the-day-propeller-%C3%B871-84
[1 Indiana Jones bad guy disliked this.]
Cue the usual "I thought it was in set xxxx / I thought it was released before / this is the new version of part ..."
Can we not list a part and the minor moulding variants together to save reading this same thing nearly every day?
@Norikins:
That one had a 71.84 diameter. This one has a 4.8 diameter, so it’s about 60% the size of the first one. But throw in that Technic connector, and it’s pretty obvious @Huwbot has a thing for parts with three matching arms.
60250 : Mail Plane returns, now with a propellor, it was part of the day before at least in a different color with the ski part only in a red in that set.
Props.
@Norikins said:
"Deja vu?
https://brickset.com/article/64952/random-part-of-the-day-propeller-%C3%B871-84"
I KNEW I wasn't nuts! I should've said something when I first popped in here when there were no comments yet lol
@PurpleDave
I know it's different, it's just the images are taken from the same angle so the two black propellers look very similar.
Propellers are the new Clickits.
I see this piece as a successor to the older three-bladed propeller with rounded tips that got a fair amount of use in the '90s
Um…
https://brickset.com/article/66037/random-part-of-the-day-3-branch-cross-axle-w-cross-h
https://brickset.com/article/64952/random-part-of-the-day-propeller-%C3%B871-84
I think we need to turn huwbot off and back on again.
After all these years, I remain impressed that Lego propellers WORK, spinning very pleasingly when you blow on them
Kind of the succesor to 4617 from 1993, which in turn is a mould variant of the older 4617(a) from 1984, that used the old Fabuland/Basic connector pin hole instead of a standard technic pin hole.
I think 4617a never even appeared as a single element in sets, it always came as part of a pre-assembled multi-part, like 4616a, which was also redesigned for a single set in 1993, to accept normal technic pins.
@Padmewan:
You don’t need to have an optimal shape to have a functional one. You could brick-build propellor blades, and as long as you give them enough pitch, airflow will cause them to turn. Consider a pinwheel. Blow against the right spot, and it spins really fast. In the wrong spot, it locks up because the pitch is wrong.
@Atuin said:
"Kind of the succesor to 4617 from 1993, which in turn is a mould variant of the older 4617(a) from 1984, that used the old Fabuland/Basic connector pin hole instead of a standard technic pin hole.
I think 4617a never even appeared as a single element in sets, it always came as part of a pre-assembled multi-part, like 4616a, which was also redesigned for a single set in 1993, to accept normal technic pins."
I always liked 4617 better than this, the smoother, rounded shape is so much more appealing. Never realised it was a redesign of an older part.
@MisterBrickster said:
" @Atuin said:
"Kind of the succesor to 4617 from 1993, which in turn is a mould variant of the older 4617(a) from 1984, that used the old Fabuland/Basic connector pin hole instead of a standard technic pin hole.
I think 4617a never even appeared as a single element in sets, it always came as part of a pre-assembled multi-part, like 4616a, which was also redesigned for a single set in 1993, to accept normal technic pins."
I always liked 4617 better than this, the smoother, rounded shape is so much more appealing. Never realised it was a redesign of an older part."
It's easy to miss, especially since this last rendition (92842) also got a newer variant (actually this RPoD).
The transsition from the 'Fabuland' version to the current one occured in 2011, but a few sets that were still available in 2011 (3178 for example) might be found with the newer version (according to BL at least).