Finished the EGT indicators. These were U/S units from ebay (one is from N88ZL) and have been converted to Switec stepper motors for cost/accuracy/maintenance/reliability reasons. I decided against switching the original lightning to LED to keep the original look at night. Bulbs are cheap and easy to replace and have between 5000-40000 hours lifetime, more […]
After over a year of waiting I was now finally allowed to take the parts of N88ZL, former Lufthansa D-ABUF. This is only 20% of what we (Guy van Herbruggen and me) bought and we hope to get the remaining parts which are stuck in a court case. This project has turned into a nightmare. […]
Dismantling of the cockpit continues and I have removed most of the original wiring so far.
N1 and N2 indicator are basically exactly the same in terms of construction. The major problem here is the vernier dial and the speed at which it is rotating during engine acceleration. Here is an engine spool up table. It shows that the engine can spool up above 50% at 10% within ~0,2 seconds. After […]
Fantastic find in Belgium! A HUGE number of cockpit parts of Lufthansa’s D-ABUD my father flew with Lufthansa in the 70s. Many thanks for Guy van Herbruggen for this wonderful donation. Most of the parts will be cleaned only and left as is. Note the stickers are original LH. All pilot and F/E panels come […]