What instruments are you using?

wulffo · 27 April 2005, 03:50 AM

Here are a couple of Manometers. Dials are actually made from a paper of a roughish surface not unlike business card cardboard. Which brings me to something else, please when producing replicas make sure that somewhere on the back hidden you mark items as such as else another area will start to become unsafe... (see German badges)

wulffo · 27 April 2005, 03:55 AM

A complete Bamberg Compass with, what I believe to be a mounting for the wing and cables for illumination

wulffo · 27 April 2005, 03:58 AM

An Austrian Petravic and two Plaths

wulffo · 27 April 2005, 04:06 AM

Here are three Maximall fuel gauges. All with.... bad news... enameled dials which are not as easy to reproduce. But there is some good news. Later in the war these enamel dials were frequently replaced with cardboard/paper dials stamped as were the enamel dials for the according aeroplane type. I have unfortunately traded this one plus other things against a compass which will be used in my dvii and never seen another since.

wulffo · 27 April 2005, 04:08 AM

Lastly an Absolut (Austrian) fuel gauge. By the way, the Fokker dvii gauge is about half the diameter of all the others (in the previous post)

wulffo · 27 April 2005, 04:13 AM

A Bosch switch (should not have the Bosch logo on it if war time) and a starter magnet (these were also used in trucks very frequently and are probably the most common 'instrument'. Be careful not to overpay on a truck magnet (different backsides)

wulffo · 27 April 2005, 04:24 AM

Now finally a picture of the anemometer (there were two common types one 0-200 and one 0-250 km) Also, and I have no proof for the usage there was a Cannstadt cockpit mounted airspeed indicator which I just purchased but have not got pictures of yet. This one could be very interesting as it would allow for modern instrumentation to be used whereas this integrated into an anemometer would be a wee bit cumbersome. The altimeter is the small 0-5000 m version often seen in Albatri (sanke card goering) and triplanes. later the 0-8000 m versions were far larger and frequently came with a black dial. (can't post as pictures are too large).

wulffo · 27 April 2005, 04:40 AM

Did manage to get a picture of both the cockpit mounted airspeed indicator (would love to know if this used British or German externals) and the large altimeter

joegertler · 27 April 2005, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by wulffo

I have no proof for the usage there was a Cannstadt cockpit mounted airspeed indicator which I just purchased but have not got pictures of yet. This one could be very interesting as it would allow for modern instrumentation to be used whereas this integrated into an anemometer would be a wee bit cumbersome.

Hi Wulffo;
Great photos and great artifacts. I see you have been busy! There is another cockpit mounted airspeed that is confirmed as late WWI. The "Bruhn Original." There is also a three inch image of it in the June 1918 issue of "Zeitschrift Fur Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffahrt" on page 70. Would be an easy copy..

brinesharks · 27 April 2005, 03:35 PM

Wulffo - that's just fantastic. Certainly gives a good idea of what the faces would be like to reproduce. You have certainly done a lot of research. Hopefully it helps others who are trying to collect genuine WW1 instruments.