It was designed for use on aircraft powered by Liberty V-12 aircraft engines, primarily American-built DH-4s.
The Jacuzzi brothers, Giocondo (1895–1921), Frank (1889–1973), Rachele (1886–1937), Candido (1903–86), Joseph (1891–1965), Gelindo (1894–1950), and Valeriano (1887–1973) originally opened a machining company in Berkeley, California, in 1915.
After seeing propellers on aircraft flying at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, Rachele was inspired to design a better one.
Impressed by his new aerodynamic propeller design, the US government awarded the Jacuzzi brothers a contract to manufacture their propellers for World War I military aircraft. After the war, the brothers expanded their aviation business and even designed their own airplanes, including the Jacuzzi J-7.
In 1921, they left the aviation industry and decades later, their company produced whirlpool hot tubs for which their name is most recognized today.
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