Hi all you spitfire fans , I am doing some research on MK1 spitfires and have several pieces to put into a fuselage. One particular piece is the generator control mount, part number 30036-1325. Does anyone know where this might be positioned ? Doesn’t seem to be in the cockpit area. Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks Steve.
By: mackerel - 25th January 2008 at 20:33
Back of frame 11 – behind the pilots head
Bruce
Hi Bruce, I think you are getting confused with the voltage regulator, this is on the aft face of fr11. As far as i can make out its terminal block 15 and is mounted on the port side of the cockpit, (this is according to the MK V manual) somewhere between fr8 & fr9. This also bears out what chumpy said earlier. Thanks anyway,
Steve.
By: Bruce - 25th January 2008 at 18:16
Back of frame 11 – behind the pilots head
Bruce
By: Canberra man - 25th January 2008 at 18:00
Spitfire generator control.
On most of the aircraft I’ve worked on, generator controls are usually sited adjacent to the batteries or at least away from heat sources. On the Lincoln, they were on the same fuselage wall as the batteries. On the Canberra, they were in the same compartment.
Ken
By: chumpy - 25th January 2008 at 00:02
Hi Mackerel,
Looking at an old Mk1 spitty AP, mention is made of the generater fuse control being mounted on a platform on the port side of the cockpit, below the map case.
But I stand to be corrected on this.
Cheers, Chumpy.
PS Havent we met some place before?
Sign In
January 24, 2008 at 10:11 pm