What Cockpit?
Yes - I think there are several hundred still flying - and just about everyone has different sets of instruments
The yoke - something else to cut out of the picture in the future!
Is the challenge American?
The yoke - something else to cut out of the picture in the future!
Is the challenge American?
Certainly is.
please don’t cut out the yokes, they’re sometimes a useful pointer but seldom a giveaway. In this case it was quite a search and but for the yoke I wouldn’t even have tried the challenge as there was nothing else to go on.
please don’t cut out the yokes, they’re sometimes a useful pointer but seldom a giveaway. In this case it was quite a search and but for the yoke I wouldn’t even have tried the challenge as there was nothing else to go on.
Not many questions were asked. - that would have narrowed the search down a bit.
as in - is the challenge single engined?
as in - is the challenge single engined?
American??
Oh dear - senility seems to have struck, I do apologise. I have been referring to a different pic to the one I posted!
To set the record straight it is American and it is single engined.
Oops!
To set the record straight it is American and it is single engined.
Oops!
Ahhh that does help!
think we need another picture
Ah - I've seen that 6 pack bottom right somewhere before - and the lights are some sort of boost indication I think when I enlarge & enhance the image
is this a helicopter??
is this a helicopter??
Certainly no boost on this one, and the six pack looks all but identical to the five-pack on your recent PA30.
The twin-tacho is the dead give-eway that its a helo.
The twin-tacho is the dead give-eway that its a helo.
sorry I was referring to the set of 6 small gauges on the right
the yellow and green lights seem to have the words BOOST PRESS. and LOW and NORMAL when I invert the image and sharpen it in some image software...............
I guess its civilian not military?
the yellow and green lights seem to have the words BOOST PRESS. and LOW and NORMAL when I invert the image and sharpen it in some image software...............
I guess its civilian not military?
The engine is fuel injected. Boost lights indicate normal and abnormal fuel pressure.
There is a manifold pressure gauge on the panel, this variant is not supercharged.
There is a manifold pressure gauge on the panel, this variant is not supercharged.
Last edited by meleagertoo; 30th Jan 2024 at 12:19.
Searching small US helicopter images it might be an Enstrom F28?
Haven't seen one in years................
Haven't seen one in years................
OK, I'll give you that though it's rather un-specific - as you have the info to give the full description.
Being non-supercharged it's a F28a. No other Enstrom panel looked remotely like this one.
Bloody good helicopters too.
Being non-supercharged it's a F28a. No other Enstrom panel looked remotely like this one.
Bloody good helicopters too.
Not a helicopter expert tbh - I always try and avoid them if possible - 
Nothing to hand - so Open House
Nothing to hand - so Open House
