RAN De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.53 cockpit (yes, another one...)
Time for another black cockpit, been a while now. Although I have filed a Sit-Around from a RAN Sea Venom before I think you can take one more. This time it´s the very nice cockpit from from the WZ 939 at the Classic Jet Fighter museum at Parafield, South Australia. The plane itself is beautifully restored and even have the radar disc for show. Please help yourself to compare the interior of the first Sea Venom cockpit I filed http://imodeler.com/2015/12/ran-de-havilland-sea-venom-faw-53-cockpit/, you might find a few differences... The Sea Venom´s cockpit is incredibly small for two persons. Tried to imagine an ejection sequence but couldn´t see that one wouldn´t leave ones legs behind thanks to sitting almost chest-to-instrument board (OK, I´m 183 but no big guts), bulky flight suit and parachute pack. Having two guys leaving the aircraft can´t have been much fun.
More info on this particular aircraft can be found here http://www.classicjets.com/collection/c_Venom.html and http://www.adf-serials.com.au/n4.htm
Great pictures, thanks for sharing.
My pleasure.
Thanks for the comprehensive and enlightening photos. Looks claustrophobic, wonder if they screened for slightly built aircrew? Ergonomics wasn't around then, it appears. The observers position in the Sea Vixen wins the prize, though.
Guess pilots always been screened and British aircraft have never been a wonder of ergonomics and safety as far as I know. Thanks for stopping by.
Great pictures Stellan - thanks for these. Smaller crew only I expect !
Thanks, David.
Yikes...looks like a pretty "busy" cockpit/interior to attempt to replicate in a model (even a 32th scale if they made one)...and I may be wrong, but those don't appear [to me] to be ejection seats - what's the story there?
Paint all in black and a bit of dry brushing and you´re pretty much there.No need to get too busy as you can´t see much anyway.
They are martin bakers Craig. Just not the usual. Sea vixens had a fairly high death rate for the observer in the coal hole as it was known as this seat was slower to eject than the pilot seat. Later sea vixens the observer was able to eject through the hatch rather than waiting on it to open wich helped save lives.
The hatch was slow to jettison and that meant the seat ejection was delayed.
In a Sea Venom, as this is, they used a MB-4A (look at http://www.faaaa.asn.au/5361-2/ for interesting facts re RAN Sea Vixens and ejection sequence) and in the Sea Vixen they used a MB-4DSA.
Cheers for posting Stellan
You are welcome, thanks for your comment.
Great photos!
Thanks, hope they are useful for you.
some nice detail! I'm kinda glad I already built my Sea Venom, or I'd be tempted...
It is not too late to build another one!
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Very good and useful photos Stellan. Nice close up's , thank you very much for sharing these images.
My pleasure. Hope they come to good use for your projects.
My apologies Stellen I went on about sea vixens. I misread. I need more sleep.?
No worries, Sea Vixen IS a cooler aeroplane. Like a Sea Venom on steroids.
thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching. Hope you get some help from my photos.