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Need help identifying what these three boxes are. Front pit of an OV-10 on the pilot's left. Any and all help much appreciated.

Left to right: UHF radio control, most likely VHF Lo radio control and IFF control.

Middle panel is actually Intercom for the A-10. Every other a/c would call it an audio control panel. Also looks like right panel is an ARC-186 VHF control head rather than an IFF control head.

Thank you Cvairwerks, much appreciated! I am currently building up a couple of cockpits for customers who have 1/6 scale radio control models of the Bronco. Mostly just trying to fill up the big space under the canopy with something that looks believeable. They won't be 100% authentic by a long shot but I prefer to at least try and duplicate things accurately to a reasonable degree rather than just make stuff up altogether. (Also known as "creative gizmology"!)

Pics for the members of our fraternity who are interested in such things.













Here's one of the finished models, sans cockpit, with it's builder John Morgan. He does very nice work.

The box on the left is not a UHF box. It is a controller for a Collins HF radio. 27185 khz is for CB channel 19 incidentally.

Thanks for the info R7000. Using the info provided by Cvairwerks, and with some judicious Googling, I was able to find a good picture of said box which was identified as both a "714E-3" control unit as well as an "ARC-94 frequency selector". Not sure if either one, or both, of them is correct but it got me what I needed! I would still like more info on the center box as a good picture of that one continues to elude me. (Good meaning I can read the text!) Thanks again for the assistance.

Hi, Excellent work! Love the detail on the seats, and the Black Ponies OV-1 is really cool too! (We had one at our museum but traded it back to P-cola for a Harrier - the Pilots family wanted it on display there ( Pilot was KIA in Vietnam like "Flight of the Intruder")).
Here are some scans from the CH-3 flight manual showing the ARC-186 and intercom boxes. If you still need the HF control I'll do some more digging.
Good luck with project!

Brian

Those two diagrams are beautiful Brian! And just in time as I just started cutting parts to build the side consoles for the Bronco. With the two drawings you just provided I have everything that I need to finish this up accurately but I appreciate your willingness to help further. Thank you again and to all WIXers for your generous help and for the kind words.

Middle box is probably an AIC-18, and common to the Tweet.

You probably already know this, but on the front seat the chute is on the left side of the seat and on the rear seat the chute is on the right side of the seat.

The OV-10 was the first aircraft I worked to after completing Tech School for Aircrew Life Support, I was assigned to the 27th TASS, 602nd TACW at George AFB California (May 86 - Jun 88). I can still remember how to install the chute and survival kit on that aircraft after all these years.

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