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MAD Boom
7th Aug 2014, 10:28
Any of you Benson/rotary chaps able to tell me which company made that little analogue clock on the instrument panel in the Mk1?
Fareastdriver
7th Aug 2014, 14:57
An instant brain flash said it began with a 'B' and it wasn't Breitling. We were told that it was the same as in the Concorde. Clockwork timepieces were compulsory at that time.
rotormonkey
7th Aug 2014, 15:15
http://www.onthedash.com/Guide/_DashMounted/Monte_Carlo.jpg
One of these I think.
Can't quite remember.
ShyTorque
7th Aug 2014, 16:20
There was an earlier version than that one.
Btw, that's a stopwatch, not a clock!
Thommen. Extra words added to let me post.
NutLoose
7th Aug 2014, 17:24
Would it not be like the Gazelle one, one for sale here
Air Precision French Aircraft Clock Valjoux 551 Movement Lynx Gazelle Helicopter | eBay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Air-Precision-French-Aircraft-Clock-Valjoux-551-Movement-Lynx-Gazelle-Helicopter/171410200702?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D201 40107083358%26meid%3D8869793162707763309%26pid%3D100011%26pr g%3D20140107083358%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D151345456078)
rotormonkey
7th Aug 2014, 17:51
http://www.helitechevents.com/__novaimages/419558?v=635114793644370000
The Mk1s I flew had something like this, placed just left of the gear indicator. Indeed a Thommen.
Now, I think I might clock-off :ok:
NutLoose
7th Aug 2014, 17:55
Going by the picture above, is it this.?
SINN NaBo18 DASH COCKPIT AVIATION AIRCRAFT RALLY CLOCK TIMER CHRONOMETER | eBay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SINN-NaBo18-DASH-COCKPIT-AVIATION-AIRCRAFT-RALLY-CLOCK-TIMER-CHRONOMETER-/351125375673?pt=UK_CPV_Aviation_SM&hash=item51c0b40ab9)
Fareastdriver
7th Aug 2014, 18:12
IIRC the AS330J had the same clock as the Puma. The photo of the J's cockpit in Airliners.net show the a clock with the second hand dial at the bottom, as does the picture of the Concorde's cockpit.
However it could have well been a Thommen.
ShyTorque
7th Aug 2014, 18:55
Rotor monkey,
That's the later version. The original aircraft clock had to be manually wound up.
MAD Boom
7th Aug 2014, 19:57
Thank you for your replies. Pictures of Thommen I've looked at seem to be the one I was thinking of.
Anybody have one they don't want ?!?!?!?!
John Eacott
7th Aug 2014, 21:48
Thank you for your replies. Pictures of Thommen I've looked at seem to be the one I was thinking of.
Anybody have one they don't want ?!?!?!?!
Still in use for new aircraft: I had to wind up the one in an AS350-B3 Squirrel I flew only three days ago :cool:
They have AA battery now on puma HC2 I think.
diginagain
8th Aug 2014, 12:55
They have AA battery now on puma HC2 I think.Every little helps.
"The original aircraft clock had to be manually wound up."
Sigh.......yet another job for the Crewman?!
lsh
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charliegolf
8th Aug 2014, 13:50
"The original aircraft clock had to be manually wound up."
Sigh.......yet another job for the Crewman?!
lsh
Could you reach Si?:E
CG