well coda described it in a round about way but kiwi nailed it! yep its an auto pilot servo for the elevators. and yes those little buggers are expensive!
your up kiwi

Coda - if you have something you want to post - go for it - might be a bit slow finding something here at the moment..

OldMech - snow on the hills here this morning, southerly gales as promised.. fun ride in..

here in the states a southerly wind is a warm one that comes up from mexico. first one i encountered in nz felt like someone opened the freezer door!

Hmm, heres something old, and still working



Its a special type of Radio transmitter - see if anyone has seen one before..

Very old TV transmitter

Quote from: adidasguy on May 27, 2013, 08:27:37 PM
Very old TV transmitter

Swing and a miss 

Heres the partner photograph - was going to put this up orginally

reset/problem warning transmitter .. automated... for a substation?....that can also accept a signal to close breakers again... maybe? ...  i figure?

if it is.. i always vaguely wondered about how do they know when something goes boom/pop .. and or how the reset worked... i mean without 'old mate' driving over to poke it with a stick?

Not a circuit breaker - think what else high voltage wires can be used for.. think coat hanger.. car..

Radio Transmitter?

Quote from: codajastal on May 27, 2013, 11:43:52 PM
Radio Transmitter?

Well - I will give you the title - it is a Power Line Carrier - IE SSB radio that gets a signal jammed down the overhead wires to emerge at the other end.  The round red thing is a line trap (inductor) and there are a few other sundry items required.

I hear they still use these over long distances in Russia - we are finally removing them here..

Can use them for voice services (there is a handset that plugs into the cabinet) or really really low baud rate modems (2400 baud max)

... but you said it was a radio transmitter after the photo....  .. then cods said radio transmitter .. without specifics .. and then....

.. never mind... 

Quote from: Janx101 on May 27, 2013, 11:56:18 PM
... but you said it was a radio transmitter after the photo....  .. then cods said radio transmitter .. without specifics .. and then....

.. never mind... 

LOL I thin kiwi should do another cause I just wrote what he wrote

Sorry Janx - really I dont mind if you post something - am expecting to be called out for power related woes here - 4 degrees C outside and gale force winds..

I should stop posting obscure relics that arent seen very often..

EDIT - you did throw about 5 things into a list 

Easy one

Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 28, 2013, 12:38:15 AM
Sorry Janx - really I dont mind if you post something - am expecting to be called out for power related woes here - 4 degrees C outside and gale force winds..

I should stop posting obscure relics that arent seen very often..

EDIT - you did throw about 5 things into a list 

Nah it's cool... I threw one thing into the list ... The rest I was trying to describe what I thought the function was and where for ....

But I'm busy today also ... And won't have time ...

So I won't guess that's a tuatara! ? 

Ex's kid?

Quote from: Janx101 on May 28, 2013, 01:51:10 PM
Nah it's cool... I threw one thing into the list ... The rest I was trying to describe what I thought the function was and where for ....

But I'm busy today also ... And won't have time ...

So I won't guess that's a tuatara! ? 

Wonder if anyone else will guess what it is..

Baby Godzilla (Godzuki).

I call dibs on this name for my GS. Godzuki is his name now. Nobody else can use it.

Quote from: pliskin on May 28, 2013, 07:01:13 PM
Baby Godzilla (Godzuki).

A Godzuki it is 

Janx guessed it this morning - but you got in first - time to post something tricky 

Eh kiwi ... Cos I'm being lazy on the iPod and not doing a PM ... What's the weather like around Xmas down there? .. Seems 'we' have decided to do a cruise to Aotearoa over Xmas ... It was there or Pac Islands ... I said frag PAC Isl at Xmas .... Like a friggin sauna! ... I want a sauna I'll go to a small wood room!