What is this?

[Customizer171]

Hello folks, I would appreciate if someone could tell what this is on the lower left side of the instrument panel? It pulsate and vibrate when the engine is running.

[gabuzomeu]

Hi, 

I always wrongly thought it was a loudspeaker

According to the below , it is a motor generator for the artificial horizon... (17) 

 

1 Horizontal Stab. Trim; 2 Flap Handwheel; 3 Cabin Vents; 4 Fuel Selector Handle; 5 Tail Wheel Lock; 6 Glove Heater Plug; 7 Stabilizer Trim Indicator; 8 Engine Primer Hand Pump; 9 Bomb or Drop Tank jettison; 10 Prop Pitch Auto/Man. Switch; 11 Man. Coolant Valve Controls *; 12 Momentary Limit Switch; 13 Quick-Stop Handle; 14 Fuel Selector & Cutoff; 15 Winter Start Handle; 16 Throttle with Thumb Switch for Prop Pitch Control; 17 Motor Generator for Artificial Horizon; 18 UV Cabin Lights; 19 Canopy jettison Handle; 20 Starter Handle; 21 Landing Gear Push Buttons; 22 Selector Switch for 21 cm Rockets or MK 108 **; 23 Landing Gear Indicators; 24 Magneto Switch; 25 Switch for MW Installation; 26 Jettison Switch for 21 cm Rocket Tubes **; 27 Windscreen Cleaning Valve; 28 Main Elect. Circuit Breaker; 29 Master Weapon Switch; 30 Ammunition Counters & Indicators; 31 Armor Glass Windscreen; 32 Gun Sight Revi 16B; 33 Gun Sight Mount; 34 Pessure Gauge for MW Installation; 35 Airspeed Indicator; 36 Artificial Horizon; 37 Vertical Speed Indicator; 38 Altimeter; 39 Repeater Compass; 40 AFN2 Instrument Flight Indicator; 41 Instrument Flight Panel; 42 Fuel & Oil Pressure Gauge; 43 Coolant Temperature Gauge; 44 Tachometer; 45 Flare Gun Port; 46 Oil Temperature Gauge; 47 Prop Pitch Indicator; 48 Manifold Pressure Gauge; 49 Emergency Land. Gear Release; 50 Low Fuel Warning Light; 51 ZSK 244A Bomb Arming Panel; 52 Cover for MK 108; 53 Control Column Grip; 54 Charging Button For MK 108; 55 B2 Button for Bomb Release; 56 Bl Button for MK 108 or Rockets; 57 A Button for MG 131; 58 Radiator Flap Control ; 59 Fuel jettison Handle; 60 Circuit Breaker Panel; 61 Compass Deviation Card; 62 Oxygen Monitor; 63 Oxygen Pressure Gauge; 64 Drop Tank Fuel Transfer Sight Glass; 65 Oxygen Regulator; 66 Main Valve for Oxygen System; 67 Control for FuG 16ZY Radio; 68 Frequency Selector for FuG 16ZY Radio; 69 Headphone Volume Control; 70 Control for FuG 25a (IFF) Radio; 71 Headphone Jack; 72 Oxygen Mask Hose.

And a video of the thing in action

 

[gabuzomeu]

More details, and it's called Umformer, used with Fl.22410, Fl.22411, Fl.22415  (Wendehorizont) 

https://milcollectibles.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=136

Transforms between AC and DC current

 

Edited April 4, 2024 by gabuzomeu

[Customizer171]

3 hours ago, gabuzomeu said:

More details, and it's called Umformer, used with Fl.22410, Fl.22411, Fl.22415  (Wendehorizont) 

https://milcollectibles.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=136

Transforms between AC and DC current

 

 

Thanks!

Appreciate it very much.

[Sacarino111]

Hi.

It is, evidently, a telephone dial, to call mum after a mission, to tell her her baby is allright! 

Saludos.

Saca111

[Customizer171]

54 minutes ago, Sacarino111 said:

Hi.

It is, evidently, a telephone dial, to call mum after a mission, to tell her her baby is allright! 

Saludos.

Saca111

It sure looks like one, hahaha.