Lot 8866

A control unit - autopilot - for a Fieseler Fi 103, known as the V1

Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots

Starting Price € 4,000

Countdown for bids : 28 days and 21 hours left

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Description

Device carrier (without cover) with original lacquering and red safety lacquer on the compressed air (for control) as well as the electrical connections. Installed position gyroscope (cables on the support magnets loose) and two damping gyroscopes for altitude and course. The control unit served to maintain flight stability, initiated changes in flight direction of up to 60° after launch, corrections of flight altitude between 300 and 2,500 m, as well as the descent/dive after a predetermined flight distance. Together with the test slips/records of the device and the gyroscopes respectively. Never installed, with traces of age, completeness and functionality not verified.

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General Information

The auction starts on Wednesday, November 25, 2026 at 4 pm (CET), start subject to the timing of the preceding auction, with Lot no. 8001 - 8488 and continues on Thursday, November 26, 2026 at 10 am (CET) with Lot no. 8489 - 9186. The pre-sale view will take place from May 12 - May 15 2026 in our auction rooms at Bretonischer Ring 3 in 85630 Grasbrunn / Munich from 11 am to 5 pm (CET). Please make an appointment if possible to avoid waiting times.