Control Wheels

[APG85]

Some interesting control wheels. Note the control wheel from D.B. Coopers 727.......

I have one from a C-130 mounted on the wall. Pretty neat.....

http://www.angelfire.com/il2/aphs/wheels/wheels.html

[tom d. friedman]

great collection!!!

[tom d. friedman]

i had 1 from a b-26 marauder........ sold it to a guy in france who's father in law flew em with free french air forces during ww 2

[tom d. friedman]

warning.......the control wheel decorative centers of many aircraft are being reproduced like evey thing else at an alarming rate. buyer beware!!!

[APG85]

Beter known as: CENTER CAPS

[JBoyle]

I could use a Convair center cap for my C-131 wheel (the T-29...actually a VT-29 was one of my dad's favorite aircraft.
I bought at a scrap yard next to Davis-Monthan in the early 90s for about $50.

[Larry Kraus]

It is always interesting to see the variety in something as basic as an aircraft control wheel.I flew maybe 8000 hours in 15 or so different examples of the Beech 18.This included a 3NM,SNB-5P/TC-45J,UC-45J,C-45G,C-45H,D-18S,E-18S,G-18S and an ex-Air America C-45G or H that was coverted to a kit version of the Volpar VTB-18 tri-gear turboprop.

The point of this is to state that out of the various versions,the control wheel was mounted as depicted on only two civilian D-18S airplanes.The rest had it mounted in an inverted position to that depicted.I preferred the "inverted" position,probably because that was what I was used to using.

[Mudge]

Larry...All due respect my man, but your posts will be a lot easier to read with the usual spaces between the .'s and ,'s.

Mudge the pedant

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

Hi all,

that is a very impressive collection to say the least. The neat one is definitely the "D.B. Cooper" aircraft control wheel. As a side note to that particular one, in my "former life" as a Maintenance Inspector for the airline who flew that particular aircraft, I can say I have a connection to that particular one, because, as the aircraft was know within the airline as fleet number #2467, I saw it during it's maintenance cycles. F.Y.I, the number #2467 as it was known by the airline is as follows:

2 = Aircraft Type...in this case a 727
4 = Aircraft Model...in this case a 727-100
67 = Last numbers of the "N" registration number

By the time the old 727-100's were retired from service with the airline I was with, they were just "shot"..... the life span of the plane was WAY past it's original engineered life expectancy. Additionally, the older aircraft were such, that before Jet-A because as expensive as it is, that the "3 Man Cockpit" and 3 engine configuration was, as well as maintenance cost, but prohibatively costly from a Flight Crew standpoint.

FYI anyway...I figured a bit of triva would be neat with this post,

Paul

[APG85]

The Cooper case is bizarre. I'll have to read one of the books on it....

[Larry Kraus]

Thanks for the tip,Mudge.I'm always open to constructive criticism and not much of a typist.

[Django]

We've got a C-54 control wheel as the steering wheel in a Model A coupe we are building. Our bonneville car is getting an S-22 control wheel.