May 14, 2010 at 7:46 pm
can any one tell me what any of the following fit please
8b/ 4263 describes its self as a Throttle unit type 2 Mk1 but I thought 8B was gunsight bits?
By: pagen01 - 16th May 2010 at 17:18
I did appreciate your humour Mike, honest I did, but thought I would add what I did for info!;):D
By: mike currill - 16th May 2010 at 12:14
Oops, opened mouth an put foot in it again then didn’t I? That’ll teach me not to try being funny.
By: pagen01 - 16th May 2010 at 10:25
Actually it does have Power Assisted Steering, quite an early example of it on combat jets!:)
By: mike currill - 16th May 2010 at 07:42
And there was me thinking what does a Sea Vixen need “Power Assisted Steering for?”
By: pagen01 - 14th May 2010 at 23:06
Pilot Attack Sight, it was the step between gunsights and Head Up Display units (HUD).
It used electronic inputs from the radar and other instrumentation.
By: Arabella-Cox - 14th May 2010 at 23:01
Thanks Pagen01 sorry to thick what`s PAS?
By: pagen01 - 14th May 2010 at 21:10
It is Sea Vixen! I’m only looking at pics at the mo, and only just seen one showing the aft side of it and it has the same sliding sleeve assembly. I think it is to range the PAS, but I will check pilots notes.
By: pagen01 - 14th May 2010 at 20:56
Just had a look at my Sea Vixen port throttle grip and it is very similar (but not exactly the same) to that, even down to the square profile end.
For some reason I’m thinking Swift?
By: mike currill - 14th May 2010 at 20:50
Yes that was the beginning of HOTAS. Nowadays you can hardly see the throttle or stick top for knobs, buttons and switches.
By: pagen01 - 14th May 2010 at 20:28
The last item does look a bit like a post-war throttle grip. Are there any switches on it, ie for airbrake or R/T?
The first one looks like the armament control panel for a Canberra.
Undercarriage switch looks nice!
Edit, just a thought, don’t some throttle grips incorporate sighting controls for gunsights/PAS?