Dynamotor

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OBJECT TYPE: Aircraft ARC
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2005.0184.001

MANUFACTURER: Continental Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 18335
LOCATION: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Aluminum & steel.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Aircraft instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Continental
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Newark

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Likely installed before the DHC-6 Twin Otter's first flight in 1965; removed after its last flight in Sept. 1973.
Canada: Unknown
Function: An electrical machine having a single magnetic field and two independent armature windings of which one acts as a motor and the other a generator; used to convert direct current from a battery into alternating current.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on mfr. plate reads: "AIRCRAFT DYNAMOTOR/ A.R.C. TYPE 18335 C.E. CO. DMDZX310TR/ CONTINUOUS DUTY RATING/...../ MADE/ FOR/ AIRCRAFT RADIO CORPORATION/ BY/ CONTINENTAL ELECTRIC CO., INC./ NEWARK, N.P. 50172 N.J. U.S.A."
Missing: N/A
Finish: Predom. dark grey with silver base, screws & connector; mfr. plate has silver border & lettering on dark blue background.
Decoration: None.

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Continental Electric Co. Ltd., Dynamotor, circa 1965, Artifact no. 2005.0184, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0184.001/

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