Spitfire Mk V - The Instrument Panel
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2024
- Take a tour of the Spitfire Mk V’s Instrument Panel. Following the 1942 Air Ministry Manual and Pilots Notes to the Spitfire Mk V, we shall look and the various instruments and switches that occupy the Spitfire Mk V’s instrument Panel.
So sit back and enjoy this tour of the legendary Spitfire Mk V, as we embark on a journey to promote UK Aviation Heritage.
Textual extracts from Air Ministry Air Publications are Crown Copyright and transcribed with the kind permission of the National Archives, London. All colour diagrams are based on original Air Ministry Air Publications mono illustrations and transcribed into colour by Bryan Atkinson with the permission of the National Archives, London.
Thanks must also be given to the following superb organisations for their kind support when Bryan Atkinson originally developed The Spitfire Mk V Explored PC CD-ROM back in 2005, all are listed below and are included once again in this series of videos.
Spitfire Mk.Vb, AB910. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Spitfire Mk.Vb, BL614. Royal Air Force Museum, London.
Spitfire Mk.Vb, BM597. The Historic Aircraft Collection.
Spitfire Mk.Vb, EP120. The Fighter Collection.
Spitfire Mk.Vc, AR501. The Shuttleworth Collection.
The Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust.
The National Archives, London.
The material contained in this video is intended for historical, reference, and entertainment value only, and is not to be construed as usable for aircraft or component restoration, maintenance, or use.
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Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:12 - Introduction
00:41 - Brake Triple Pressure Gauge
00:59 - Elevator Tabs Position Indicator
01:17 - Undercarriage Position Indicator
01:48 - The Oxygen Regulator
02:06 - Flaps Control Lever
02:32 - Blind Flying Instrument Panel
02:42 - The Airspeed Indicator
02:55 - The Artificial Horizon
03:16 - Rate of Climb and Descent Indicator
03:25 - The Altimeter
03:51 - The Directional Gyro
03:58 - The Turn and Bank Indicator
04:26 - The Sun Screen Pull Ring
04:52 - The Reflector Gun Sight Mk.II
05:01 - Gun sight Switch and Dimmer Switch
05:15 - The Voltmeter
05:20 - The Generator Switch
05:32 - Cockpit Ventilator Control
06:04 - The Engine Speed Indicator
06:09 - The Fuel Pressure Warning Lamp
06:15 - The Boost Pressure Gauge
06:20 - The Oil Pressure Gauge
06:23 - The Oil Temperature Gauge
06:28 - The Radiator Temperature Gauge
06:33 - The Fuel Contents Gauge
06:53 - The Booster Coil Push Switch
07:05 - The Engine Starting Pushbutton
07:10 - Cockpit Light Switches
07:20 - The Navigation Lights Switch
07:32 - The Ignition Switches
Wish I found this video last night when painting the instrument panel for my mk V kit
Thanks for sharing!
The best reference for detail available. Even better than the previous version.
Thanks Cyril
Excellent channel Sir.
Very nice of you, please keep watching!
Quite interesting.
Great videos! Great, informative, authoritative. You really should be more viewed and appreciated.
Thank you so much, yes I'm hoping in time people will find my channel.
Very helpful, thanks for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
Fascinating! Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Simply brilliant
Thanks!
Great videos and great channel. Greetings from Spain.
Thank you very much!
Greetings from Czechia, former Czechoslovakia - one of the boody foreigners that had their own 4 squadrons in RAF during WWII. Great video as the whole series!
May I have a question?
How are the instrumnets iluminated? I assume it is not backlight (with an exeption of the landing gear gear indicator), but there would be a small bulb in the rim of each gauge like the old cars used to have. I Would love to know it for sure as I am building a model of spitfire instrument panel and would like to build it illuminated.
Thanks for any information.
The cockpit is fitted with two adjustable small floodlights which could also be dimmed.
As usual, nicely done!
Thank you! Cheers!
Superbly done. Very interesting and informative. Just a couple of details: (1) The undercarriage indicator is not 'on a red background' for example. It is red illuminated letters on a black background and, of course, similarly for green. (2) On approaching a destination airfield the barometric pressure on the altimeter is often (perhaps normally) set so that the altimeter reads zero at airfield height, as opposed to the normal setting which, as in the video, is so that it will read zero at sea level.
Thanks for watching
QNH uses station pressure and is the most commonly used pressure setting in the commercial world, thats where the altimeter is set to 0 sea level so it shows airport elevation when the a/c is sitting on the ground. QFE is where the altimeter will read your height and not your alitude because it's set 0 at the airfield elevation. QNE is considered STANDARD setting and is used above the transition levels which can vary from region to region so that all high alitude aircraft are using the same setting.
Brilliant video,love it,this helps so much understanding all of the spit...i was wondering how the cockpit /instruments were lighted...now you showed me the flood-lights,haven't found it yet on the stbrd side..but...what colour was the light,simply warm white? Thanks for your reaction,God bless from the Netherlands !
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
6:50 I'd guess the fuel contents electrics weren't permanently live to prevent a spark or short inside the tanks as the fuel float gradually dropped?
Great video.
Thanks for watching
Excellent video. What are the inner numbers on the airspeed indicator 32-40-48? Thanks.
Once the hand has rotated one revolution, the inner part of the gauge would be read. 32 is 320 mph onwards. Thanks for watching
@@ukaircraftexplored6556 Ah okay, thank you.