1940 b?12

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: 1940 b?12

That is EXACTLY what I did for my 45 (based on Toms verbal description). I modified the concept some to make it work with my 41 mag switch (found a bad one that was just like the ones in some old pictures). I will have to post the pictures when I am on my other computer. I am trying to figure out how to do the same thing with the switch for the 40.
Hank

[M Towsley]

Re: 1940 b?12

Here you go, Hank: http://www.eaa.org/vintageaircraft/a...12_tidbits.asp

[M Towsley]

Re: 1940 b?12

Hank,

That is exactly what the Bakers did with their '41. I found an online article on doing just that. I will have to try and find it again. I am sure if Tom sees your post he will comment.

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: 1940 b?12

If those Farmall mag switches were what was used I am betting I can make a new one with a Bendix key switch and the original knob so you need a key to start but the panel looks original when you are at an airshow.
Hank

[ajfriz]

Re: 1940 b?12

I was about to post the same question, so thanks for starting this thread Hank.

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: 1940 b?12

Little bit of info I just found. On prewar Cubs with single ignition they used a switch called a Farmall ignition switch. In the picture I saw it was the metal knob version but the plastic knob was also available and that knob looks like the one in some panel pictures in the top right hole of the rectangular panel cover.
Anyone know if this was the mag switch used originally? Sorry the photos are so small but they are all I could find.
Hank

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: 1940 b?12

Man I hate it when I drool on my keyboard!
Hank

[M Towsley]

Re: 1940 b?12

When this plane first went up for sale by the prior Texas owner it was out of my price range. I later learned from the current owner the gentleman passed away suddenly and the wife lowered the price considerably. I would love to own this plane that both of my parents flew during the war.

[M Towsley]

Re: 1940 b?12

And the last ones.

[M Towsley]

Re: 1940 b?12

And some more.

[M Towsley]

Re: 1940 b?12

Hank,

My camera usually takes nice sharp photos, but a couple of the interior are a little out of focus.

This airplane is actually in both of my paren't logbooks when they flew it back in 1943 here in Springfield, IL

Hope these help you.

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: 1940 b?12

Marty,
More photos of Toms plane would always help! Detail nuts always want to see other detail nuts work. I just noticed as I went back through the posts that I never saw Toms post #3! More GREAT info. Can't quite read what it says on the Primer. Looks like "PRIMER" on top, with "PULL XXXXXXXXXX" under it but I can't read it. The writing I thought was a wing logo top center turns out to be the "DO NOT EXCEED XXX M.P.H. at ANY TIME" marking, but I can't read the number (should be on the TC).
I think I may have a compass like in my post #4 if anyone knows what the housing looks like from the side. Looks like just a curved over piece of sheet metal in the picture, but that wouldn't have fit with the design quality of the time.
Hank

[3Dreaming]

Re: 1940 b?12

I have only ever seen aluminum support panels approximately .100 thick. I have had several

When I restored my BL I talked to several people who worked on them when they were new and that is what they told me. I have never seen a wood one though.

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: 1940 b?12

My 41 had a 1/8" plywood instrument panel when I bought her. It was NOT something the factory would have ever built. Building that 41 metal panel from scratch was what got me interested in the panels from the different models (that and a big box of old instruments).
Maybe the wood 1940 plate was something an owner made to replace a missing metal one. Going to be fun making a plate from .100" Aluminum. From my 41 panel, you have to get the holes EXACTLY right or the instruments don't sit right in the panel. No 1/16" tolerances on the holes!
Hank

[Ragwing nut]

Re: 1940 b?12

It was my understanding that the plate was originally 1/8" plywood. When I restored my BL it had been converted to a thick aluminum plate. .090-.125 if I remember right.
I built a control stick from factory drawings and installed it and flew it some. It did not work well at all. I flew the airplane to Sun"n"fun in 1995 with the stick installed. Most of the time I reached over to the wheel to fly the airplane. Tom

I have only ever seen aluminum support panels approximately .100 thick. I have had several