Job Lot:- What is this?

Started by zooma 12 hours ago

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#4 10 hours ago 18

@DJW

You are right David - it is stamped ED and "Made in England" - I never noticed that.😱

Electronic Developments (ED) made electrical components - presumably before they started making their famous range of diesel engines that used their same existing brand name?

I wonder what other electrical items they may have made in the early days of radio control - did they have their own radio control system - galloping ghost maybe............?

I need to get all the thick blobs of paint removed from this escapement as it is a shame to see this historic item from our hobbies past left in this poor ...but otherwise very sound condition.

Bob.

Never too old to learn

#3 11 hours ago 25

@zooma the stamp 'ED', sounds like the manufacturer 'Electronic Developments', who also made the small diesels in the 60s, the ED Racer was one I owned back in the day. I think you're right Bob its an escapement of some description...

Best regards
David.

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#2 11 hours ago 29

I'm pretty sure it's a radio control "escapement" - a VERY primitive type of control. I'm not sure how they work in the real world, to be honest. I would assume it ran the rudder.

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#1 12 hours ago 32

Job Lot:- What is this?

In my recent small "job lot" purchase was this interesting looking device.

I have no idea what it is, but it was taken out of an old model power boat of some sort or other.

Large blobs of paint suggest that it has been laying around and un-cared for some time, but the quality of the machined gear wheel and pinion on the underside suggest that it was quite a well made unit in its day.

The green metal parts are anodised alloy and the large T bar shaped part still has a push-rod connected to it behind a slot that I assume allows a bar to slide up and down along its length.

This bar in turn is connected to some sort of simple escapement mechanism that may be activated by the small solenoid that has a pivoted operating arm connected to it?

I would really like to find out more about this oddity and to know what function it had.

Any thoughts or ideas to help identify this would be greatly appreciated.

Bob.

Never too old to learn

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Job Lot:- What is this?

Job Lot:- What is this?