Ok for the cockpit, like I said before being an air framer I never dealt much with the BN’s side of the pit I will try and describe some of the controls on the pilots side.
#1 is the emergency/parking brake handle puling it straight out set the parking brake,turning it clockwise allowed the brakes to function while the plane was being tow the guy in the cockpit while being towed was the brake rider pressure was supplied by an accumulator which could be pumped up to pressure with a hand pump in the that handles is located just to the left of the wing fold handle #17 it was spring loaded in the retract position you just pull it up and pump away (not fun) this could also be used to open and shut the canopy.
#2 this is the landing gear handle the position of the handle corresponds with the gear up being up and vise versa a switch to the left with the warning stripe is the manual over ride switch, another switch where the #2 is ,is called the isolation switch it was spring loaded in the up position so with the handle up the switch would go up and basically turn off hydraulics to sub systems that are not needed in flight ie.canopy,brakes,nose wheel steering ,wing fold locks, and a few other things.
#3 this panal of gages is the engine monitors like fuel flow, RPM, and EGT (exhaust Gas Temp).
#4 left and right engine throttles
#5 this is the cat grip with throttles all the way forward the pilot would rotate it clockwise and pull up this would engage strut lock and help the pilot to keep the throttle levers from going back down during a cat shot.
#6 this is the fuel management panel it controls all three fuel cells ,wing fuel (A-6 has wet wings) and any drop tanks onboard. The warning striped bar just aft of it is the fuel shut off switches
#7 this is the flap handle used to raise and lower flaps it had two detents for the 30 and 40 degree positions this was for using flaps/slat in normal hydraulic operation flaps/slats could also be actuated electrically in an emergency this was done with the switch #8 it had to be done sparingly as the motors would over heat fairly easy.
#9 these are the igniter switches used to start the motors.
#10 these are one of many circuit breaker panels
#11 Rudder pedals, by pushing the toe or the top of the pedal would actuate the brake.
#12 is the barber pole indicator it shows the position of the landing gear, flaps/slats, tow link and arresting hook
# 13 is the enunciator panel things would light up like strut lock, temp warnings and several other things.
#14 the round warning stripe button is the emergency stores jettison one push and all pylons would jettison anything attached to the plane.
#15 this is the canopy jettison handle, the white switch just above it is the normal canopy open/close switch.
#16 just left of the number and below the gear handle are the hydraulic gages 4 gauges for 4 pumps.
#17 is the wing fold handle it is a 2 position handle first detent actuated the lock cylinders(4 per wing) second detent would actuate the wing fold actuator thus folding or spreading the wings .
I will get to the function of the control stick in the next post. As always hope you enjoy this installment any questions I will try my best to answer.
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