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What guges do you see here?
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 5:34 pm
by Wing Nut
Trying to identify these for a project and just want to be sure...
From top to bottom and left to right:
Altimeter
Tach
VSI
Magneto Switch
Airspeed
Oil Pressure
Fuel selector on the bar below
Plane is the restoration of Pancho Barnes' Travel Air Type-R...
Thanks in advance...
Kevin
Re: What guges do you see here?
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 2:39 am
by dtpitcairn
Wing Nut,
I believe you have the tach and airspeed swapped. That looks like an airspeed next to the VSI but I could be seeing things.
Please tell us more about this restoration and where it is. Any more pictures?
Thanks,
David
Re: What guges do you see here?
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:39 am
by Dave Hadfield
Yes, bottom-center is an old-style tach.
Dave
Re: What guges do you see here?
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 5:58 pm
by Wing Nut
I'm curious then, because the airspeed indicator only has double digit numbers instead of triple. The plane will definitely go over 100 kts. I had thought that would mean it was the tach while what actually IS the tach has numbers going all the way around it. I am not an expert, so I'll take you word for it...
Edit: Never mind, I see it now. The numbers co counter-clockwise ending in 120...
Re: What guges do you see here?
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:00 pm
by dtpitcairn
The airspeed appears to me to be clockwise rotation with 220 mph as the last number at the upper left. The maximum allowable speed for a Travel Air Mystery Ship is 235mph and the airspeed indicator is good to at least 270mph.