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[Spudkopf]

Not so sure about No. 11 second panel "ST?D'SS, looks to small to be a W and why would there be both an ATTENDANT CALL switch and a STEW'SS (Stewardess) CALL switch?

But then again No. 12 is a call light, so then No. 11 maybe an intercom, but as Pursuivant also suggests this is more in line with what you'd expect to find on a civilian airliner (DC-3), however I guess then why would you go to the effort of re-inventing a pre-existing switch label if the function is more or less the same, or maybe have its just a case of using up pre-existing civilian stocks of said switch.

[Pursuivant]

Panel 2, Switch 10 Navigation light mystery words are: "Flash" & "Steady."

That is, toggling the switch one way makes the navigation lights flash on and off, toggling it the other way makes them stay continually lit.

For all three-way switches, it appears that the middle position is "off."

I agree with Spudkof about "Mom. De-Icer" and "Pitot" vs. "Pilot."

It looks as if you're working from the 1947 DC-3 Manual. It appears as if there are some revisions in that addition. I'm trying to find a pre-war version of the manual, but no luck yet.

[Spudkopf]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Panel 2, Switch 10 Navigation light mystery words are: "Flash" & "Steady."

That's the way I was leaning.....


1942 C-47 pilot notes, different panel and no clear details:

http://www.maam.org/flightsim/enhance/pfoi.pdf

[Spudkopf]

Pilot's Notes for Dakota (RAF), fairly low res' though.

http://www.maam.org/flightsim/enhance/uk_dak.pdf

[Spudkopf]

Dakota Norway......

Original maunual: http://dakotanorway.no/test/wp-conte...ing-manual.pdf

Current mnual with many photos: http://dakotanorway.no/test/wp-conte...B-03.02.10.pdf

like this for example:

[Pursuivant]

I think that Sita's already found the best resolution pictures of a DC-3 cockpit that we're likely to get from the internet.

But, for what it's worth, the placard above the electrical switch panels on the DC-3C appears to the same as for the C-47B:

Feathering Motor Circuit Not Fused
If No Feathering Action Within Ninety
Seconds Open Switch By Pulling

I can only partially make out the placard to the L side of the Right Side Electrical Panel

Electrical
Operation
After Hand Crank
A.
B.
C.

[Sita]

oohh... that's nice))) Thanks)

[Pursuivant]

I think that the mystery word for switch 11 in the bottom panel is: "STW'SS"

which I take to be an abbreviation for Stewardess. It might make sense given that flight attendants were always female back then. The shape of the letter is sort of similar to the W in "Switch" from the placard at the top of the panel.

I'm not certain that I'm right, though.

Sadly, there's nothing in any of the pilots' manuals about using the intercomm system or the lights, and the C-47 electrics are very different (different switches for various phases of paratroop drop, formation and recognition lights), so no help there.

[Sita]

So hard to choose ...

so many variants ...





but i think most right that one ...


can anybody read all nameplates?

[Spudkopf]

To avoid having to make a choice, make on of each