Gin Ye Daur
Appreciate this is an old topic but I was wondering if you or someone might help with something that I have always been puzzled about on my GR1 stick it has the blanked of thumb button, which I believe was the auto pilot engage button, 1 person has said they think the ones with the blanked button were from the rear seat of GR1Ts but my form says mine came from ZA369 which is a GR1A (converted from GR1) it would have been cool if ZA369 was a gulf vet but I cannot find any history oif it seeing combat, not as a GR1 anyway, anyway thats not really what I am asking about! so I saw you have a stick from ZD746

“I fully agree, I have a GR1 grip from ZA596, which was destroyed in the Gulf as a GR4, (crashed on take off both crew ejected safely) and also one off GR1 ZD746 ‘Alarm Belle’ from 9 Sqn, Tabuk 1991. I also have the complete column and grip from GR4 ZG756 which was painted in the 14 Sqn 90th anniversary scheme.

Always much better when you know the aircraft a grip came from although, it will be one of many fitted during its career!”

Do you still have that, if so does that have the blanked of button?

I am trying to figure out when it was blanked, I have been told that the reason it was blanked was becaue the button could snag on the pilots anti g trousers and if i understood correct this has happened and caused accidents, but I cannot find any reference to when that mod was made, I’m guessing it was quite a late mod it oukld be nice to find out my stick is the correct one that would have been usd during operation Granby as that is when I am basing my cockpit build from. I cant make out a date on the plate, 

I don’t know how these forums work, I cant reply to your original poist so I am not sure if it will post out of sequence to your post which was in 2018
Cheers

This might be of use

That’s a rare one, coldkiwi! I imagine filling it will be a challenge.
MJ627, I had a decent Tonka panel drawing, so scaled it to my original rhs and mirrored it. I had enough dials to check the size, apart from the large indicator at the top. I’m drawing up both panels more accurately with a view to getting some cut. They’ll be flat 3mm sheet, but will hold the instruments for a display. I’d like to get it done before the Newark jumble, but work gets in the way!

I just got back from speaking with a guy who does metal fabrication and he is going to make me a panel but its going to be machined out of a solid sheet of aluminium, but its down to me to put the right measurments becuase he said it will be made to my ecxact specs so I just hope i can draw out a diagram correctly, i will use your MDF panel as a template becyase i think its about as good as i can get and i know all the instruments fit, apart from the E-scope, thats an awkward shape to measure and also i will have to do a bit of guesswork as to how much of a gap there is between the instruments. whats the bet I will get this made and then a genuine one will become avaialble!

Cool, ere you going for a hybrid cockpit? (the module on top of the PMD is from a F3) You are right thought about bits will appear cheap as soon as I buy one, that has actually happened in the past! Did you finish of your Harrier project?
I’m going to my first aerobillia sale next month I am hoping I might be able to pick up something for my Tornado cockpit there.

It sure is! you could have cut out the hole for the e-scope whilst you were at it! 🙂