[ARC5] Un ID Bendix Meter

[Robert P. Meadows]

It is not engine sync.  I remember  L and R instruments with a center
position.  I believe they were very early, IE: WWII indicators for some
rather rudimentary "long range" navigation equipment used primarily in
Europe for getting a few percentage points higher of bombs on target.

R

 

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Anybody's first guess has to be that it is the indicator for a DF receiver
or some form of ILS. But I agree with the comment that all of the ones I've
seen had very prominent "L" and "R" lettering. The only other notion I had
was that it might be an indicator for engine synchronization to avoid the
"beat note" created by two piston engines operating at slightly different
RPMs. Any takers?

 

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