I'm trying to figure out the differences in the variants of F4Us. Things like lights and some electrical system switches would traditionally be on the right side of WW2 US aircraft, but there are always exceptions to the rules.
If you head back to the site, any kind of part number will do - I think the number with the alcoa prefix is a aluminum heat lot number.
>Things like lights and some electrical system switches would traditionally be on the right side of WW2 US aircraft, but there are always exceptions to the rules.
I spontaneously thought of a cockpit photograph of a T-6 I once saw which had gunsight, recognition light and some electrics/engine related switches on a panel on the left of the centre side below the main panel. However, on re-checking that photograph, I found it were several extra panels actually, not matching Shazzam's photographs.
Still, the "mixed function" panel concept is interesting, and the T-6 (or SNJ, if we're talking Navy) had a lot of variants ...
Could this item be a mechanical flap position indicator?
This might be a lead, I imagine. The T-6 appears to have had a linear mechanical flap position indicator though, not a rotary, so maybe I've just killed my own hypothesis
Hi Guys,
Trying to narrow this down...
Can I assume it is a fighter since it has "gunsight" as a control?
I have scoured some pages looking at Corsair pics (no luck finding a match) and Wildcats (no luck either)...
Any other ideas what I could look at?
Would a "trainer" have a gunsight switch/icon?
Any ideas what type of aircraft would be great. I am spending my lunches looking at cockpit/controls photos...
The T-6/SNJ would have ... it was usually outfitted with a 7.62 mm machine gun on the starboard side of the nose, with the rear end accessible from the cockpit, for gunnery training purposes.
Well, I think we may have to rule out the parts being from a F4U...
I just ran across this great page full of F4U cockpit panel images. One of which has an actual switch panel that has the recognition lamp switches being in it's own cluster. Plus the configuration of the switches doesn't really match the wreck's panel.