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Computer Hardware & Software Forum >> HomeBuild Cockpits >> First simpit Part 14-Lear AP head /yabb?num=1186101008 Message started by rottydaddy on Aug 2nd, 2007 at 8:30pm |
Title: First simpit Part 14-Lear AP head Post by rottydaddy on Aug 2nd, 2007 at 8:30pm
I made sure to rummage through the shelves and bins at the AeroMart in Oshkosh this year, but all I found that iI could afford was this- a Lear L2 AP control head, such as was installed in many Beeches, etc. back in the day.
My 'pit will have a modern AP panel, but I enjoy using this type of primitive AP, and it might even emulate the function of the old Sperry found in the DC-3 reasonably well... so I will mount it somewhere in there and hook it up. All the knobs still move smoothly. Fifteen bucks, BTW... a good price even if I only end up using it as a paperweight. ;D |
Title: Re: First simpit Part 14-Lear AP head Post by Jayhawk Jake on Aug 5th, 2007 at 1:34am
COOL! And yet another reason why I need to get to Oshkosh ;D Spot any DC-3 parts/components?
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Title: Re: First simpit Part 14-Lear AP head Post by rottydaddy on Aug 5th, 2007 at 11:23am Jayhawk Jake wrote on Aug 5th, 2007 at 1:34am:
Nope. But with 1/2 dozen operational Gooneys there, chances are good that any Douglas parts got snapped up the first day by their crews. ;D |
Title: Re: First simpit Part 14-Lear AP head Post by Jayhawk Jake on Aug 5th, 2007 at 12:16pm beaky wrote on Aug 5th, 2007 at 11:23am:
Probably ;D I got a piece of skin from an old TWA DC-3 that's being rebuilt in Kansas City, but I want to get some sort of recognizable component like a yoke or a trim wheel or something. |
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