A really early 1935 Pre war rev counter in good original condition. Used in the RAFs pre war Bi-Plane aircraft. Has a service date of 1939.

MK IXA

£350

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Here is a MK IV rev counter made for use in Merlin powered aircraft from the Lancaster to the Mosquito all multi engine aircraft used this design of Rev counter Fighters using a larger version.

£95

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This rev counter has a small piece of tape where you can just make out the serial number WJ 477 this makes it from a Vickers Valleta. This aircraft first flew in 1952 and was destroyed at RAF Scamptons fire dump.

The Valetta C.1 entered service with the RAF in 1948, replacing the Dakota with RAF Transport Command and with transport squadrons in the Middle and Far East. The Valetta was used to carry out parachute drops in the 1956 Suez crisis as during the Malayan emergency and operations in Aden.

 £125

Here is a white faced rev counter with the same case as the Mk IV B as used in the Lancaster and Mosquito .

 With a rev limit of 5000 RPM for use with a Piston engine.

 £75

Wartime Air ministry crown marked

Appears in serviceable condition and spins freely.

£175

AM Ref: 6A/1560

Mk. 7A

Code: 59 RV

As used in the Lancaster and Other RAF Aircraft

£175

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These were fitted to the Gloster Meteor and probably other early Jets.

Ref 6A 1559

0-4000 RPM

Hercules engine Wellingtons used this rev counter as did other similarly powered aircraft.

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This is a rev counter generator they converted the rotary movement from the engine to electrical to drive electrical rev counter's in aircraft where the distance from the instrument panel was to far to practically use a turning cable drive. Lancaster's use this type of generator along with other heavy bombers, transport aircraft and twin engine aircraft like the Mosquito. The fitting on this generator is the same as the standard rev counter drive and a short cable attached to the engine was connected to the generator unit from there electrical cables were connected to the rev counter on the instrument panel.

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I have spent quite a bit of time trying to find what this was used for. It looks like a classic car gauge but has an air ministry stores reference.

If anyone has any information about this instrument please contact me.

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This has a small chip in the side of the glass

Out of stock more required please contact me

Boxed New old stock Tachometer Generator

6A/12767

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Here we have a Kollsman 377 series aircraft RPM made by the Kollsman Instrument Company of New York, USA. Has a hairline crack in the glass.

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Gloster Meteor RPM Gauge  named to aircraft WA 594 (Pg 13 Instruments Rev Counter 22)

As above but name to aircraft WA 594

Ref 6A 1559

 £85

Jaeger WW1 Rev Counter (Pg 13 Instruments Rev Counter 20)

This is a very nice Jaeger rev counter believed to be used in WW1 aircraft. It reads to 2200 RPM with a rev limit of 1850 this is consistent with the revolutions produced by early aero engines see pictures. In good original condition.

This is an SE5A Cockpit. Although the rev counter is a modern replacement (Flying Reproduction) you can see the rev limit is just under 2000 RPM

Another SE5A cockpit what a variation from the one above . Click on the picture to enlarge. The RPM counter again does not look original.

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New information leads me to believe This instrument was used in early Bentleys and may have doubled up as an aircraft rev counter however I cannot be sure that. I have been told by a Bentley collector that these change hands at up to £700 so still a good buy.

£499

Used in Heavy RAF Wartime bombers electrical revolution counter. One of the scales is missing but still and interesting piece. Triple pointer

Mk11B A/M 6A/394

Hampden Rev Counter   (Pg 13 Instruments Rev Counter 18)

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Mk IV Max 5000 RPM

Suitable for a Lancaster Panel

Out of stock

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Nice Wartime gauge used to measure the rate of climb and descent of a barrage balloon. This was attached to the winch vehicle.

£300

This is a really unique item a contacting rev counter. I have never seen one of these before, it is definitely wartime as it has a Kings crown stamped on the back so manufactured before 1944. This may be for a test aircraft as a contacting unit usually activates an audible warning when a pre set limit is reached war, contacting altimeters are used on dive bombers to warn the pilot when its time to pull out of a dive so this may have a similar function by warning the pilot a pre set RPM limit has been reached.

£275

I noticed on your site an R.P.M counter with the stores reference Air Ministry 9A/1331.  This was fitted to the Type B Target Towing Winch which was fitted to numerous aircraft including the Defiant TT.I & TT.III, Martinet, Battle and Henley to name just a few.  I have attached a photo showing the instrument in place.

Information gratefully received from Tim Bishop

Seen under a Fairey Battle in target towing livery.

This instrument is in good condition and comes complete with a working drive cable.

£175

Mk IV Max 5000 RPM

This is a nice early Rev Counter as used in twin and four Engine Merlin powered aircraft.

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6A/778

Classic rev counter as used in the Spitfire and other Merlin powered fighters.

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 Out of stock more always wanted please contact me

MK VII

6A/1559

Used in early jets including the Meteor.

£75

This is in good used condition the case has some surface corrosion and the glass has a crack and needs replacing.

MK IV B

£95

A really nice 5000 RPM used in early multi Engine aircraft powered by the Merlin.

6A/778

Service date of 1942

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£95

Rev counter but with the drive coming out of the RHS rather than vertically.

This was is unusual that it has no reference number or date.

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£275

Rev counter but with the drive coming out of the LHS rather than vertically.

Dated 1943

£275

£225

This is a Flexible Mk. VI Smith and Sons  RPM Drive Cable

27 1/2 inches or 70cm long.

Should  be serviceable with the required checks

6A/1433

This RPM gauge was used in the Avro Tutor. Probably used in other 1930s aircraft with the same engine.

The Tutor was designed as a replacement for the Avro 504 trainer. The prototype was fitted with the lower powered Armstrong-Siddeley Mongoose engine, but production aircraft were fitted with the Lynx engines. The Tutor entered service with the RAF in 1933 and from 1933-36, Tutors from the Central Flying School were famed for their impressive formation aerobatic displays. Tutors were also used throughout the RAF as elementary training aircraft

£275

£375

This rev counter has a really amazing history attached to it. 

It was purchased from the Son of Peter Fuller who relayed the following story.

 My father Peter fuller spent his working life in the film and TV industry, on leaving school he worked at Denham studios where a life long love of engineering began. He was enlisted in 1944 and went to India for four years after training. On his return in late 1948 he started working at Pinewood studios in the camera maintenance department. it was during this time when they were making various war films when he acquired the rev counter. Apparently the Spitfire had been used for filming and was being scrapped and Dad asked if he could have the rev counter as he thought it may be useful. I know we used it once when checking the revs of a boat engine I had , that's when Dad relayed the story to me. He then joined Anglia TV in 1959 where he stayed as a film cameraman until retiring in 1988.

I was intrigued by this story and did some extensive research.  The first website I came across listed two Spitfires used in the 1956 film Reach for the Sky a biography about the life of Sir Douglas Bader the famous RAF Fighter pilot who flew without his legs which he lost in a pre war accident.

The website listed Spitfire TE 351 repainted as VT 151 a MK XVI low back Spitfire as being used in the film but more importantly being scrapped at Pinewood.

Shown above during filming of Reach for the Sky TE 341 repainted as VT 151

I looked up Spitfire TE 351 but the aircraft was involved  in a training accident in 1948 in which the pilot was killed and then sold for scrap in 1948. This really eliminates TE 351 as ever being at Pinewood and I think it a simple case of a typo error on the website in question.

I then look up the film and found out there were a number of Spitfires used one of which was TE 341 this is listed as being sold to Pinewood on the 16/08/55 and actually scrapped there after filming was complete.

Spitfire TE 341 was a Mk XVI low back and was used as a static prop in the film but was repainted as VT 151, it is clearly visible in clips of the film.

Shown above clips from the film using TE 341 repainted as VT 151

 Mr Fuller was at Pinewood from 1948 to 1959 during the time TE 341 was scrapped there so the rev counter was taken from TE 341.

In conclusion I think without any reasonable doubt that this rev counter came from TE 341 and was used in the film Reach for the Sky so has both film and historic interest. These rev counters were generic instruments and it is almost impossible to link them to a specific aircraft type let alone the specific aircraft which makes this a great peace of history. It will come with the letter from Mr Fullers son and copies of information drawn from various websites as provenance.

This is a superb and original rev counter from the Great War. It is totally original and still works. It is marked with the War department mark .

 Made by Smith and Sons nos 4058F

Also on the face its says RAE repair non luminous.

Having done some research this Rev counter is an exact match for the one used in the SE5A seen under in situ under an original SE5A

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The SE5A unlike many of its peers like the Sopwith camel was a stable aircraft which was a rarity in those days. It had a good powerful engine and a strong airframe reported to be able to dive at 200 MPH a huge speed in WWI.

RFC Pilots had no parachutes the story goes that the generals thought it would encourage the pilots to bail rather than fight but in reality there was no room for a parachute in these aircraft.

 Life expectancy was extremely short for an RFC Pilot and they suffered greatly from combat stress and did most of the combatants in this brutal modern war. This instrument has clearly been used and was probably brought back as a souvenir and its amazing to think what this piece of history may have witnessed.

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Superb boxed early RPM gauge dated 1938. Used in the Hawker Fury.

£350

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Here we have a Original  Rev Counter as Used in the BF110

It Measures from 500 to 3500 RPM

I am Unsure of the Reference Number as the Label has deteriorated

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