[ARC5] Un ID Bendix Meter

[Robert P. Meadows]

The main caution is that if you have one of the instruments, they are
probably still original dial face, which used radium and a fluorescent
compound to make them visible in the dark.  The radium is still there, but
for the most the fluorescent is burned out by now.

R

 

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It may be from an ancient autopilot!

 

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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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