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  • in reply to: H2S Type 184a #1180130
    smirky
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    They didn’t leave you much did they? 😀

    but seriously, you have all of the unique components, just need a few knobs and Pye connectors and a photo to work from. Good luck with your restoration.

    in reply to: H2S Type 184a #1181617
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    That’s the small FISHPOND display? Any chance of a picture so we can see where you’re starting from?

    in reply to: Meteor Missfire #1189657
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    I know nothing about these engines, however as a general comment I would take out the spark plugs and look at the state of the insulators. This will give a clue as to what is going on inside the engine and if they are exessively fouled may even be the immediate problem.

    in reply to: Meteor Missfire #1189830
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    Do aero engines have a lambda sensor? If so, that could be dirty for faulty.

    :D:D good one

    in reply to: .303 Ammunition #1195458
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    Yep, more of a manufacturing plant location really (see Google for detail) 🙂

    in reply to: .303 Ammunition #1195597
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    VII = Mark VII
    K = Kynoch
    39 = 1939
    ^ possibly R^L =Royal Laboratories = Woolwich Arsenal

    in reply to: First Cockpitfest 09 Details #1206916
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    The buyer of the “Lincoln” bit thought that, perhaps, it might be a Lancaster panel anyway, so it would not be a case of it morphing into one.

    I don’t think it’s a Lancaster panel, although the size & shape looks identical. Notice how the engine boost gauges are pushed together to create space rather than being grouped with the engine rpm gauges, also the prop feather switches are bolted onto the main panel rather than on a separate plate.

    in reply to: Luminous/flourescant dials – health risks #1216751
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    I’m intrigued by the inference that the replacement programme in the 1940s was on radiological grounds. Have you seen documents/literature that indicate that this was the motivation for phasing out the Radium dials?

    I just wonder whether this was done for purely practical/performance/lifetime reasons. This was after all a time when water pipes were made of lead:eek:, smoking was good for you:eek: and the dangers of low level radiation exposure were poorly appreciated – not to mention the war.

    in reply to: Computor dead reckoning MK 4 #1217197
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    pictures of the 6b/144 MkIIIc computor – thanks Oxcart 🙂

    in reply to: Computor dead reckoning MK 4 #1217228
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    PM sent 🙂

    in reply to: Computor dead reckoning MK 4 #1217416
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    check that the file size and type are within the rules

    in reply to: Computor dead reckoning MK 4 #1217492
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    you press the paperclip button in the middle of the top toolbar

    in reply to: Luminous/flourescant dials – health risks #1217536
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    If we are talking about the “L/R” dials then mine isn’t radioactive either, however my Lorentz (O I and meter) indicator I think is.

    I can bring a pocket Radiation meter to Cockpitfest if anyone’s interested in checking their stuff.

    in reply to: Computor dead reckoning MK 4 #1217983
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    Thanks everyone for an excellent thread

    Thanks oxcart for the tact. As you might guess 6B/125 (lower number) would be older and therefore wartime …… Please post a pic if possible.

    pimpernel, Knots and MPH has been discussed recently, see
    http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=88696&highlight=knots+mph

    in reply to: Computor dead reckoning MK 4 #1218194
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    If its the one with the red scrolling graph and the knobs then I’m pretty sure its older. Does it have a stores number on it?

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