Mystery switches
- Thread starter NCGent
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If I have to hazard a guess.....from front to back
Windshield washer
Turn Signal
Combination lock to the super secret stash box full of Chico Sticks
Toaster
Microwave Oven
Now, the first two and the last two are most likely not even close...but the middle one...I am sure that I have that one dead to rights...cause I know if I had a cool vintage airplane, IT WOULD have a super secret stash box full of Chico Sticks.
Tim
Windshield washer
Turn Signal
Combination lock to the super secret stash box full of Chico Sticks
Toaster
Microwave Oven
Now, the first two and the last two are most likely not even close...but the middle one...I am sure that I have that one dead to rights...cause I know if I had a cool vintage airplane, IT WOULD have a super secret stash box full of Chico Sticks.
Tim
I looked through a reprint of the P-40 flight manual and those look a lot like radio controls.
The "combination" dial is actually a tuner.
The others are for selecting different radio options, like which receiver you wanted sent to the headphones, or which transmitter you want to send on.
The "combination" dial is actually a tuner.
The others are for selecting different radio options, like which receiver you wanted sent to the headphones, or which transmitter you want to send on.
ThinkingManNeil
Charter Member
Looks like something to do with comm, possibly the intercom system between student pilot and instructor. Another guess would be external and/or cockpit lighting. WW2 trainers often had controllable coloured recognition lights for comm between aircraft or the ground without having to resort to radio.
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Looking at my P-40 handbook, the box just aft of the black dial looks identical to the "SWITCHBOX BC-345" which has a three-way selector for 'range, voice, and both' and a phones jack on the bottom. An early audio control is my guess.
The black dial, while not a perfect match, sure resembles the ADF tuner.
Just going by the similarity between those paddle switch boxes and the ones pictured in my book I'd guess at least one of them is a transmitter selector, if that aircraft was equipped with one.
I suppose those switches are so big so you can grab them while wearing the leather flying gloves that were common then. They seem so oversized compared to what you see in modern cockpits.
The black dial, while not a perfect match, sure resembles the ADF tuner.
Just going by the similarity between those paddle switch boxes and the ones pictured in my book I'd guess at least one of them is a transmitter selector, if that aircraft was equipped with one.
I suppose those switches are so big so you can grab them while wearing the leather flying gloves that were common then. They seem so oversized compared to what you see in modern cockpits.