November 11, 2004 at 2:40 am
I’m know someone who’s doing a IIC as an FS2004 project.
So far I have one from a mag of the Shuttleworth Machine I sent him which is a good start, but would like a few more detailed ones if possible, mainly of the arrester gear lowering switch.
He has a lot of good reference material for the Hurricane, but he’s had a hard time finding pictures and detail of a Sea Hurricane cockpit.
One other thing. Does anyone know if there was a light on the panel to indicate when the hook was down and locked? I can’t see one on the Shuttleworth machine pic but was wondering if there was ever one – on later models perhaps?
Also, could the hook on the later machines be retracted from the cockpit? As I understand it, the hook on the early machines could only be retracted manually by the deck crew.
Cheers
Paul
By: Canada TD - 11th November 2004 at 05:05
I think you are right about the retraction of the hook….quite common not to be able to retract it from the cockpit. I am not aware of an indication….unfortunately my main photos are not with me.