A6M Zero Throttle control schematics/drawings

[lee1974]

Hello,

looking for any zero throttle control scale drawings/schematics, even any measurements would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

 

[cvairwerks]

Do you have a copy of the Zero Drawing Book? There are a couple of pages that have the quadrant in them, but no direct measurements.

 

[lee1974]

I do although unfortunately the drawings of the throttle quadrant are very basic.

 

[SaparotRob]

I'm pretty sure someone here might have an A6M52 lying around.

 

[Spits2]

Throttles reasonably easy,its the handle with triggers that are complex.

 

[lee1974]

Ah thanks, that's actually a huge help.. most certainly a very complicated affair. Would love to see an image showing the back of the assembly but this is the most useful so far & any measurements are fantastic.

 

[Spits2]

This help?

 

[lee1974]

Yes, that's perfect. much appreciated...

 

[Spits2]

Try Taizo on his Twitter feed as well.He has a lot of Zero stuff.

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[lee1974]

Thanks Spits, just been having a look found lots of useful reference images.

 

[Spits2]

I started working some stuff out but got caught up with its complexities..

 

[lee1974]

Nice work, straight away looking at that you can see everything is correctly scaled and proportioned, very difficult to achieve from the few images i previously had none of which showed any detail especially of the rear side like the ones you posted here. Still very wip but will post more images after making changes. Spits would you be kind enough to post or send me a side and front profile of your model so i can check the scale? Regards

 

[Spits2]

Bottom part is pretty basic,almost like a WW1 throttle.The handle itself holds the gun selector and in front of that the trigger..The diam of the main quadrant is 185mm.Im having drama getting into proper CAD layout so it reads flat..

 

[lee1974]

Thanks Spits, really appreciate your help.