Calculator, air navigation
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Balodial
- DATE
- 1941
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0488.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Consolidated Aircraft Corp.
- MODEL
- B-24D
- LOCATION
- San Diego, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- plastic; metal swivel at centre - possibly aluminum
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 25.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 1.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Consolidated
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- San Diego
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945); this model copyright 1942
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
used to determine gross weight & fore & aft centre of gravity of airplane depending on load & loading condition to ensure that gross weight is not excessive and ensure controllability and stability of airplane - Technical
-
especially useful on bombers because of varying fuel, bomb and ammunition loads; this one designed for use on B-24D bomber airplane, but used on Consolidated Liberator - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering includes: [on front face] "BAL-O-DIAL/AVERY/MODEL B-24D/CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION/SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA/Copyright/1942/S.H. AVERY"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- white with black detail; pale yellow rotating slide
- Decoration
- none
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Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Calculator, air navigation, after 1941, Artifact no. 1989.0488, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1989.0488.001/
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