[ARC5] Expert knowledge needed

[David Stinson]

Is this the impactor switch thing; cylindrical with a flat mounting surface,
clear window in the top, had a weighted rod you could see that would
knock around if you shook it?  I always wondered how they kept from
blowing the destruct during tight turns.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Redlich Tri-State Warbird Museum" 
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Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:13 AM
Subject: [ARC5] Expert knowledge needed


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> Can anyone identify the function of a BC-767?  It's called out in the 
> radio
> installation of our 1943 Curtiss P-40M aircraft as an "indicator". To the
> best of my knowledge it had something to do with the destructor used to
> destroy the IFF radio gear installed in the rear fuselage in the event of 
> a
> crash landing behind enemy lines and may have been purposely misidentified
> in the blueprints to prevent enemy espionage of the IFF technology. I know
> this occurred as the "destructor" (explosive device installed in the
> fuselage is identified as "fire extinguisher crash switch" and the pilot's
> manual does not refer to the IFF set other than to call it "a supplemental
> communication radio".
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Paul Redlich
> Tri-State Warbird Museum
> 4021 Borman Drive
> Batavia, Ohio 45103
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> tristatewarbirdmuseum at fuse.net
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