Rotondo Imagery
Torque
This is a shattered propeller governor from one of the B-36's radial engines. It was like a gear that prevented overspeeding and allowed the pilots to physically change the pitch (or angle) of the propeller blades in flight to help performance. The broken pipe-like piece jutting out would have been joined to propeller blades and the hub would have sat on top. Oddly, this piece rests in the main debris field east of the tail.
Torque
This is a shattered propeller governor from one of the B-36's radial engines. It was like a gear that prevented overspeeding and allowed the pilots to physically change the pitch (or angle) of the propeller blades in flight to help performance. The broken pipe-like piece jutting out would have been joined to propeller blades and the hub would have sat on top. Oddly, this piece rests in the main debris field east of the tail.