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
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.Condition: II + Questions about the lot?