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Mk TIC Seafire equipped with RATOG
(rocket-assisted take-off gear) from the RAE Farnborough carried
Out trials aboard
HMS Illustrious.
The RATOG trials were the direct result of the fact that, other
than Fleet carriers of the Illustrious class, the Navy's
carriers did not have catapults compatible with the spigots and
spools of the Seafire, rockets thus being the only readily
available means of shortening take-offs.The trials
aboard Illustrious were pronounced successful and subsequent
production Seafires were provided with RATOG attachment points.
Rocket assisted take-off
was used as an alternative to
catapult launching for heavily loaded aircraft, or in low wind
conditions. One or two rockets were fitted in jettisonable
carriers each side of the fuselage, above the wing-root and
angled up. The rockets were fired at a pre-calculated distance
from the start of the take-off run determined according to
aircraft weight, wind speed and take-off run available.
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Seafire RATOC Control (pg4 cont)
This is a very rare piece. The control unit
for operating the Rocket assisted take off on Seafire's from Aircraft
Carriers. Mint in its original box.
A/M 5CZ/3077
£89
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Click on the picture to see details of
this control Column and grip on Jets page 7, click back on your
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Click on the picture to see details of this
control column and grip
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Drawing of a
Lancaster trim unit
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pictures to enlarge
Lancaster trim
wheel located to the right of the seat
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Trim Control Unit(pg4 cont) Sorry I haven't
yet identified the aircraft this belonged to and
will offer £20 to spend on the
website to anyone who can identify this very nice trim unit. It
is in great condition and fully functional. I can't help
thinking this would be a good substitute for someone building a
Lancaster Cockpit as original Lancaster ones are impossible to
get.
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pictures to enlarge
£375
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