Calculator, air navigation
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Balodial
- DATE
- 1953
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0773.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp.
- MODEL
- 28-5MC
- 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
- 28.6 cm
- Width
- 25.5 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 Vultee
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- San Diego
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- possibly 1950's
- 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
-
useful on cargo planes because of varying fuel and cargo loads & distribution; this one designed for use on Catalina Flying Boats & possibly used on Canso PBY-5A - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering includes: [on front face] "BAL-O-DIAL/AVERY/CATALINA FLYING BOATS/CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION/SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- white with black detail; pale yellow rotating slide
- Decoration
- none
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Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp., Calculator, air navigation, circa 1953, Artifact no. 1991.0773, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0773.001/
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