By: Motivlack - 17th January 2017 at 22:36
No idea. I did think that the top fittings looked more than a little like access panel fasteners. As for the other bits, the large items could be reinforcing plates from cowlings or panels.
Certainly, but not conclusively (as yet), looking a bit more like aeroplane parts.
Anon.
Yes I would have thought some sort of fastener. These bits do mark the site of the crash though. Fuselage metal showing trauma as a result of fire. The smaller part has grey paint and a faint ‘D’ on it.[ATTACH=CONFIG]250774[/ATTACH]
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th January 2017 at 17:30
No idea. I did think that the top fittings looked more than a little like access panel fasteners. As for the other bits, the large items could be reinforcing plates from cowlings or panels.
Certainly, but not conclusively (as yet), looking a bit more like aeroplane parts.
Anon.
By: Motivlack - 17th January 2017 at 11:06
I bow to your superior knowledge Anon. It does indeed look like a float arm. Possibly from a cattle drinking through. Oh well Thanks for taking the time to look.
Could you cast your eyes over these? These were spread out over quite an area and the smaller ‘bolt’ head seems to have been sheared off and fits into the oval part. When in they sit flush. Any ideas?[ATTACH=CONFIG]250763[/ATTACH]
By: smirky - 16th January 2017 at 23:51
Sorry to p**s on your chips, Motivlack but I think what you have there is half of the arm from a brass ballcock/float valve.
The knurled bit was moulded into a plastic ball/float for attaching it to the arm but it has been broken off leaving the grip in place. The thread looks like Whitworth and it has the locknut in place to stop the float being screwed off the arm in service.
Definitely not Hudson – unless they had a flushing toilet on board.
Anon.
That was my first thought (and you are allowed to say ******** 😀 ) as it is brass (post#1) that seems pretty conclusive.
By: Arabella-Cox - 16th January 2017 at 23:34
Sorry to p**s on your chips, Motivlack but I think what you have there is half of the arm from a brass ballcock/float valve.
The knurled bit was moulded into a plastic ball/float for attaching it to the arm but it has been broken off leaving the grip in place. The thread looks like Whitworth and it has the locknut in place to stop the float being screwed off the arm in service.
Definitely not Hudson – unless they had a flushing toilet on board.
Anon.
By: Motivlack - 16th January 2017 at 20:15
Hmm, it reminds me more of a gear lever or hydraulic lever which would have had the knurled bit moulded into a plastic knob.
(Hey I’m allowed to say knob – I was a bit worried about that one :D)
Makes sense smirky! And the lock nut kept it in place?
By: Motivlack - 16th January 2017 at 20:10
Hi tankbarrell. Yes I see what you mean. That makes perfect sense. So it may be part of a (control) lever?
By: Motivlack - 16th January 2017 at 20:08
It would have been straight I guess and the end has been sheared off. I have a thread further down about a Lockheed Hudson that crashed in 1943 in a field not far from where I live. This turned up recently so was hoping it belonged to the plane?
By: smirky - 16th January 2017 at 19:37
Head stud?
Hmm, it reminds me more of a gear lever or hydraulic lever which would have had the knurled bit moulded into a plastic knob.
(Hey I’m allowed to say knob – I was a bit worried about that one :D)
By: Adrian Barrell - 16th January 2017 at 19:36
The knurled sleeve is the threaded insert from a plastic knob.
By: Trolly Aux - 16th January 2017 at 19:09
Head stud?
By: 2banaviator - 16th January 2017 at 18:30
Trying to make out the end on the right without the threads. Is that damage, or is it a designed-in feature?
Does the bend look to be a design feature or due to damage?
What make you think that it came from a Hudson?
By: Motivlack - 16th January 2017 at 17:49
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