Krupi
March 16, 2023 at 10:35 pm

Cessna 310 Throttle – Radium Paint?

Hello,

I recently purchased a Cessna 310 Throttle and now I am a bit concerned that the paint used on the placards use radium?

I don’t have access to a Geiger counter, however the throttle was taken from a 1965 310J apparently.

Were Cessna known to use radium paint, it is my understanding that this throttle was produced by Shakespeare?

Cessna 310

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By: TonyT - 17th June 2023 at 19:54

sorry i am late, as far as we can figure it is just paint and probably a decal too

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By: Krupi - 20th March 2023 at 14:25

@TonyT

That would be great thank you.

Thanks for your responses chaps, just had a bit of a scare with some toggle switches I purchased (AN3022) which was making me nervous.

From pictures I have seen these spacers were covered over by a separate cover when installed on the 310, I wonder what the story is behind that.

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By: J Boyle - 20th March 2023 at 02:07

I would not think so. By 1965 the dangers were well known and they would not be open.

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By: FLY.BUY - 18th March 2023 at 23:56

At face value it doesn’t look like radium paint which is normally crusty brown in appearance.

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By: TonyT - 18th March 2023 at 21:09

I would doubt it, I will have a look next week if I can find the manuals, they only normally use it on dials and behind glass. I can’t think of a Cessna that has any and I am licenced on them all and I’m still here.