Indicator, Distance Measuring Equipment
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2005.0192.001
- MANUFACTURER
- King Radio Corp.
- MODEL
- KDI 570
- LOCATION
- Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2032
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- Indicator, DME
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predom. aluminum; plastic knobs; glass (?) windows
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.2 cm
- Width
- 8.3 cm
- Height
- 8.5 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
- King
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Kansas
- City
- Olathe
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
-
Distance measuring equipment (DME) is a transponder-based radio navigation technology that measures distance between the aircraft and a land-based transponder by timing the propagation delay of VHF or UHF radio signals. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Lettering centrally located on face reads: "NAUTICAL MILES"; lettering on masking tape on top of housing reads: "D.H."; lettering on masking tape on side of housing reads: "CF-DHC"; lettering on mfr. plate on back reads:"KDI 570 DME INDICATOR/P/N 066-3003-00/SERIAL NO. (engraved) 2032 WT. 2.2 lbs./KING RADIO CORP. TSO C66/OLATHE KS USA CAT. B-1.P."
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Black housing, face & knobs; white lettering on face; clear windows display white numbering; silver connector at back; tan masking tape labels with black lettering hand written in pencil.
- Decoration
- None.
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