another germ

[Sita]

lol ... but i have only two hand and onle life) ...

[Spudkopf]

You'll just have to loose one of those less important aspects to your life then, like eating sleeping, working, etc..........

[Sita]

yep ... not a big deal ...)

[Pursuivant]

Well, panels #2 (red and white stripes) and #4 are right out, since I don't think that LEDs date to the 1940s!

Several of the others are out for the DC-3 because the lights are set up for military ops. A civilian DC-3 didn't need all the recognition lights.

[Pursuivant]

For the bottom most photo:

1. "Radio Panel Lights" = box photo in upper right.

2. ILS Control = horizontal facing box at top right of main photo:

A) Switch - "On, Off",
B) L Rheostat - ??
C) R Rheostat -
"V Y W Z Y Z
Localizer
??"

4. White "bar" left of Compass Light Rheostat = Detent for some sort of switch, probably labeled "Bail Out" (see Spud's picture for details).

5. ON Compass Lights OFF?
6. Prop. Feather Left
7. ON Panel Lights ON
8. Prop Deicer - On/Off

Main Left Panel

9. White "bar left of jump light = Detent for switch "Para Pack Salvo"
10. Caution/Off/Jump = Lights used to signal paratroops/load master
11. Battery Master - On/Off
12. Passing Light - on/off
Switch Off While Using Battery Cart
13. Landing Light Left - on/off
14. Landing Light Right - on/off
15. [Lights] Position Wing - Bright/Off/Dim
16. Lights [Position] Tail - Bright/Off/Dim
17. Pitot [Heater] Forward - on/off
18. [Pitot] Heater Aft - on/off
19. Oil Dilution - Engage? Primer? - Left/Right

Right Panel/Bottom-most picture

1. Cockpit Lights - ON/Off
2. Inverter - On/Off
3. Carb. Deicer - On/Off/Nom?
4. Prop. Feather Right
5. Formation Lights - Off/On
6. Engergize - Left/Off/Right/Starter
7. LH Booster - On/Off/?
8. RH booster - On/Off/:
9. Keying Switch
10. Recognition Lights
A) Key/Off/Steady Red
B) Key/Off/Steady Green
C) Key/Off/Steady Amber
Maximum Ground Operating Time 10 Sec
11. Amps - 0, 10, 40?, 80? - Left [Note: Gauges are slightly different but easier to read in Spud's picture]
12. Ampheres - 0, 10, 40, ? - Right [Ditto]

Can't read words near detent switch just above Recognition lights.

Placard at top of L & R panels: "Feathering Motor Circuit Not Fused. If No Feathering Action Within Ninety Seconds Open Switch By Pulling"

Placard to L of L panel: "Electrical Operation After Hand Crank"???

On Spud's picture, the center-mountd round gauge is the Ignition Switches:

Good picture here:

http://www.maam.org/airshow/images/r4d_cockpit_21.jpg

L On<-->Off R

Off, L, R, Both, R, L, Off

A.C. Type
B-5

For yet another variant! Here's a good site for the R4D-6, basically, the Navy version of the C-47

http://www.maam.org/airshow/r4d_panels.htm

[Sita]

lazy update today ...

[Pursuivant]

Gorgeous!

But, since I'm never happy unless I'm finding fault, I think that you'll need to correct the placement of the "Prop Feather Right" text so it's symmetrical with the "Prop Feather Left" tag (or vice-versa).

[Sita]

oops ... my mistake ... will fix)

[Sita]

hmmm.... i did it directly from that pict ...



as you can see ( even with some distortion on photo) name plate is not simmetric to left patr .. and placed not by center of feather button ...

and if you didn't say to me about it ... i would even didn't see it by my self)))

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Sita

hmmm.... i did it directly from that pict ...

Obviously, an error at the factory! Or, it's meant to be that way.

If it's true to life, you don't have to fix it!