Aircraft Parts Challenge 025

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K4KittyCrew
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Aircraft Parts Challenge 025

Post by K4KittyCrew »

Found this photo on another forum and wondered what you might think this 'tool' is used for.
I will name the forum and source when everyone has made their comment about it.
Cheers,
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The aircraft is listed as an ME109
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at a pinch I'd suggest that it's for harmonising the guns / gun camera

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Looks like a Stuka, and definitely Luftwaffe personnel, so perhaps something to do with bomb aiming !
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AlanW wrote:Looks like a Stuka, and definitely Luftwaffe personnel, so perhaps something to do with bomb aiming !
Must admit Alan that the glass roof looks a little too rounded for a ME109.
I'll see what else l can pull up.
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It's a 109, so the contraption is set up inboard from the guns. Ergo, the sight can't be looking at anything useful unless it's the prop? Is it measuring rpm?

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I must get my bleddy eyes tested :lol:
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Here is the page / link I was talking about but I have no knowledge of what the correct answer is. I'll leave it up to the experts.
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Interesting looking device, must have been a bit of a drag.

Looking at the web others would indicate that it is a Zeiss Ikon ESK 2000, (ESK 2000 just visible) and was a training gun camera. There are also photos of it on an Arado Ar 96.

See link http://www.messerschmitt-bf109.de/displ ... =9&lang=en

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