I recently uncovered this in a garage whilst clearing a property. I'd like to Identify which aircraft this may have come from. It appears to be from a German plane due to the "Nichi anfassen" on the upper left side. I suspect this could be WW2 due to the age and other items in the property. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Aircraft part identification, Luftwaffe?
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fubar57
General
Trim tab with "Don't Touch"?
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I did translate it, a trim tab?
fubar57
General
Or an aileron
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Great, I see - what aircraft do you think it may have come from?
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Not sure about other types, but the Me262's trim tabs, both on the mainwings and the elevators, had the "Nicht Anfassen" stenciling.
Crimea_River
Marshal
The stencil would say "NICHT anfassen" not "Nichi" and yes, that was applied to trim tabs. It would be from a larger aircraft due to its size so not a single seat fighter.
Look hard for a part number stamped somewhere on the assembly.
Look hard for a part number stamped somewhere on the assembly.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Trim tabs are attached to the trailing edges of most control surfaces ( ailerons, elevators and rudder ) in order to relieve pressure on the controls, and allow the aircraft to be "trimmed" for straight and level flight, without the pilot having to maintain pressure on the control column and / or rudder(s) to do so.
Most trim tabs are adjustable from the cockpit, but some aircraft had "fixed", pre-set on the ground tabs.
It's only a guess on my part, but judging from the apparent size, I'd say this one is possibly from a bomber, such as He-111, Ju-88 or Do-17.
Others here can probably supply more detailed info.
Most trim tabs are adjustable from the cockpit, but some aircraft had "fixed", pre-set on the ground tabs.
It's only a guess on my part, but judging from the apparent size, I'd say this one is possibly from a bomber, such as He-111, Ju-88 or Do-17.
Others here can probably supply more detailed info.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Size can fool you...The trim tab on the elevator of a Stinson L-5 is about 26 inches long, with a 7 inch or so chord....would have to look at the drawings for the actual numbers to be sure. The rudder tabs on the AT-21 are only about 19" long, the aileron tabs are 30" and the elevator tabs are 22" in length, all with 7" or less chords. Tab size is based on control authority and control input force per "g" loading. Big, heavy controls will have large tabs and light controls will have much smaller ones. Lots of design time goes into trim systems.
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Ok, so what your saying is this could (with further detail) could be a tab from a single cockpit plane?
Crimea_River
Marshal
He's saying to not rule it out but without a part number its going to be pretty hard to pin down.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Without a part number, it would come down to comparing it's size to scale drawings of Luftwaffe aircraft, and there were quite a few...
Although I would rule out the Storch since its tabs were LE hinged, its aileron tabs were not "trim tabs" per se, but there to take the weight off the feel of the ailerons and these moved opposite that of the control surface
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
Don't forget there are boost and anti-boost tabs which either drive or dampen the controls - the Storch having boost tabs as Casor noted.
I don't think it could be a trim tab,because of the heavy connection rod ; Trims are usually connected in a very different way.
If the chord of the thing is about 180 mm, it could be half of an V1
Buzzbomb elevator .
Best Regards
Luigi
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Certainly looks like it could be a match.
