Hello Nick, I can feel this wandering off Topic slight.. Again.. LOL
What a wonderful use for a 5C/3023. I did mention earlier that I had a bit of a fondness for Vintage aircraft, I had a complete Vampire T11 in my possession a few years ago XD515 (long story) not the smallest things to house so I donated it to RAF Cosford where it resides in the sheds at the back awaiting re-assembly. Not come across the 'Resin' on the lighting panel, but I know a lot of planes of the era had UV lighting in the cockpit that illuminated all the dials as they had radium? paint inside that glowed very nicely under UV. It could possibly be used to switch on the UV lamps? It was certainly the case in my T11. Is that your Firefly? On Monday, 23 February 2015 13:26:04 UTC, Nick wrote: > On Monday, 23 February 2015 12:34:56 UTC, Paul Parry wrote: >> >> The part used on Gemini was a MK IB Directional Gyro as fitted to the >> Spitfire / Lancaster / Mosquito and most of the other planes of the era. >> They are abundant and you can get them on eBay for a couple of pounds, I >> used a scrapped one so there was no chance it would ever go up in the air >> again anyway >> > > Hi Paul, > > I, too, have a rather eclectic collection of ephemera... My workshop > lights are controlled by an MOD 5C/3023 switchbox as used in Lancasters, > Mosquitos, FIrefly Vs etc. - the MOD liked to use the same kit in multiple > aircraft as it made store-keeping/spares easier to manage. > > Enclosed is an image of my 5C/3023 which I acquired NIB for just a few > pounds, and a photo of the inside of the cockpit of a Firefly V undergoing > restoration, showing the same model box (look closely!). > > EDIT: The "RESIN" switch controlled lights for a type of IFF system - > there is much discussion, even today, on the exact nature of this, most > choosing to believe that it was IR rather than visible-light based... > > Cheers > > Nick > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7561963b-2aa8-4dc1-b3c5-4a9c6c30b0c1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
