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Thanks.Dear Mate,
It doesn't matter if it is the pre-war kite or the WW2 one. Your post is a question of the techincal type and should be in the techical section. Because it is the WW2 forum basicly it is quite logical the techincal folder is located in the WW2 area. The reason your previous post was buried there is not because of the moving to the section but because there was nobody who answered. Possible the post here may not changing anything more. But if you wish we may leave it here as it is. Your erlier post will be merged with the one to avoid the problems with confusing.
I sent a message to the De Havilland Heritage Office and am waiting for a reply. When I was last in England, I tried to see the DH.84 at the Science Museum in Wiltshire, but it was all in pieces in their restoration facility. The one at the National Museum of Flight in Scotland has no interior. The people in Dublin who have a flyable Dragon never got back to me. I figured I'd try here again before I track down contacts for the other three flying DH.84s.Have you dropped a note to any of the current DH84 owners with this query?
Yeah, you found what I found. I've got the DH.89 Pilot's Notes as well as another cockpit schematic that shows a different-looking control in roughly the same place. Neither correspond to anything I've found in the DH.84 so far. Thanks.FWIW this is the description of the braking set-up for the DH.89 Dominie, from the Pilot's Notes, along with the cockpit controls & instruments diagram. The brake "lever (10)" in the description is the item #10 just to the left of the left rudder pedal in the diagram.
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There is no other information re the brake system in the version of the DH.89 Pilot's Notes that I have.
I do not know if the same system was used on the DH.84 model, but the only images I have for the DH.84 cockpit do not appear to have the lever. However, some of the images I have for the DH.89 do not show the brake lever either. So I am wondering if it was optional, and/or maybe only installed on some sub-variants to order. Or perhaps only on earlier or later production.
Did that. I have an otherwise good video of a check flight for Iolar, the Irish DH.84. The problem is, it's shot from the cockpit door to the pilot's right, and it's impossible to see what he's doing to his left, where I suspect the hand brake lever is. The rest of the Dragon videos I've found are mostly outside the aircraft.It is a long shot but look for videos on youtube and vimeo etc
Aha! So that's what that is. I have the B/W photo and couldn't tell what that lever was for. Thanks so much for deciphering it!I looked around some more and found this diagram of the hand brake on the DH.89 & 89A series. The hand brake handle appears nearly identical to the one just to the right of the seat in the picture of the DH.84 cockpit below.
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