Turret training carts & platforms

Pondskater we have a working fn120 rear turret from a lancaster in our museum

Turretboy

Turretboy can you post the ACAM avenger pics.

Thanks for that – I’ve had a closer look and it is a rear turret – oops.

Good luck with finding more info on powered training carts. All the turrets I’ve seen in museums were static. I’d love to see one working – in the same way that an aircraft is best seen in the air.

Welcome to the forum Pondskater.

Not exactly a setup for gunnery training. Definitely an interesting setup, thanks for posting! I am always interested in the seeing different types of setups used to power turrets outside of the aircraft.

I agree with JDK, it’s not a nose turret. It’s a little difficult to tell, but I’m leaning towards an FN4.

At that time they were building Sunderland IIIs so I think it is an FN11 front turret (the back had a four gun FN4a). Do correct me if I’m wrong.

It’s a) definitely not the front turret, and looks (without a check) like the rear Sunderland unit. I’ll have a check later. Thanks for sharing, though, and welcome to the forum!

Might not be quite what you were thinking of but . . .

This rig was photographed in one of Short Brothers factories – I assume either for testing hydraulics etc or to demonstrate to some of the new hands how it works off the ‘plane before letting them have a go fitting it.

At that time they were building Sunderland IIIs so I think it is an FN11 front turret (the back had a four gun FN4a). Do correct me if I’m wrong.

Allan

Very usefull info there,thanks for posting 😎

Might not be quite what you were thinking of but . . .

This rig was photographed in one of Short Brothers factories – I assume either for testing hydraulics etc or to demonstrate to some of the new hands how it works off the ‘plane before letting them have a go fitting it.

At that time they were building Sunderland IIIs so I think it is an FN11 front turret (the back had a four gun FN4a). Do correct me if I’m wrong.

Allan