Inertia switch where would this fit within the air craft and from what aircraft

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By: woodspite - 1st February 2023 at 18:54

an Inertia Switch from what aircraft and its location in said aircraft

 

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By: jamesinnewcastle - 2nd February 2023 at 01:12

Hi

In the Stirling it was fitted on the wall where the Bomb Aimer was. It could be used for a number of things - mainly to initiate fire extinguishers as you could assume that the aircraft would have crashed if it activated.

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By: jamesinnewcastle - 2nd February 2023 at 01:15 - Edited 2nd February 2023 at 01:18

You can see one in this pic. It would have ben fitted to many aircraft types but not necessarily all of them!

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By: Nicko - 2nd February 2023 at 07:32

There may also be two fitted - one for the vertical direction and one for the horizontal - to account for the different rapid decelerations experienced in a crash.

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By: woodspite - 3rd February 2023 at 17:41

Thank you all for your replies, you have cleared my query up.