SAAF Puma's (SA.330)
 

Hi All,

Just wondered if anyone had any details/pics of the instrument panel of the SA.330. I'm trying to restore one to put on display but trying to locate gauges etc is proving a little difficult. Ideally if anyone has the relevant pages from the IPC (Vol 3) covering the 1980's period, that would solve a number of issues.

Kind regards

Nigel (Owner Sea King XV677)

Always a good source for pics.
Helionline.de

Is this one of the SAAF airframes bought by the RAF for spares years ago,or another? The panels may differ as some SA Pumas were upgraded.

The RAF 330 Cs that are now the Puma Mk2 had a conventional instrument panel with the engine instruments on the vertical panel to the left of the flight instruments. The civilian S330 Js I flew had the engine instruments on the console just below the RHS pilots collective grip. This was the original set up as far as I could see having seen one of the 330A (bulbous nose) prototypes at Marignane that was the Super Puma engineering prototype.

You will have to ask a SAAF pilot where they had the engine instruments and then you can build one up from the aforementioned photographs.

Hi Heli1,

Yes it's one purchased for the RAF, 184 c/n 1378 SA.330.

I have copies of the IPC, instrument panel pages for the RAF version but there dated June 2000 and are completely different as I thought they would be.

Cheers

Nigel

C/n 184 is very early so I would hazard a guess that the engine instruments are down on the console as per one of the photos that GoodGrief mentioned.

Hi Fareastdriver,

Sorry the serial is 184, the c/n is 1378. The engine instruments are vertical in the centre of the panel between P1 and P2.

Cheers

Nigel

I can believe that they had one that early. When we reformed 33 Sqn with the first of the HC1s we had a letter from a SAAF Squadron that was already operating Pumas. They had the box section particle separator in front of the engines similar to the S61s.

We were ordered not to reply.

677....sent you email.

Hi Heli1,

Had nothing yet.

Cheers

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SAAF SA330H

Many thanks for the pic 'Claw' excellent.

Regards

Nigel

The instrument layout looks a nightmare to fly with.