PART 1-DESCRIPTIVE
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A.L.2 fitted forward of the master and starter switches. It should be
Para. 17 operated as soon as the burners light up to cause a third relay to
(i) (ii) function, allowing full current for the starter motor thus assisting
Page 19| the engine to attain idling r.p.m. On some aircraft a modified
| system excludes the use of the auxiliary starting switch, in which
| case the switch will be wired in the OFF position
(ii) At present there is no method of restarting the engine in flight.
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OPERATIONAL CONTROLS
18. Guns, R.P. and bombs
(i) The gun firing mechanism is electrically operated. The
gun firing pushbutton (42) on the control column spade grip
is fitted with a spring-loaded safety flap. When the flap
is at SAFE and the cine-camera master switch (66) is ON,
the cine-camera can be operated independently by pres-
sing the cine-camera press switch (41). When it is set to
FIRE, the gun firing pushbutton will fire the guns and
operate the cine-camera simultaneously, providing the
cine-camera master switch is ON.
(ii) The gyro gun-sight master switch (67) is on the electrical
panel, the combined dimmer and selector switch (25) is
on the top right-hand side of the instrument panel, and
the ranging control (10) is incorporated in the throttle
grip. A camera recorder can be fitted on the Gyro gun-
sight (23).
(iii)There is a cine-camera footage indicator stowage (34)
on the lower right-hand side of the instrument panel.
(iv) The R.P. PAIRS-SALVO selector switch (68) is on the
electrical panel. The firing pushbutton (12) is mounted
on the throttle control lever and can also be used for the
release of bombs by operating the coupled master-selector
switch (74) which is on the electrical panel marked R.P.
-BOMBS.
(v) The bomb selector (70), (71) and fusing switches (72), (73)
are on the rear end of the electrical panel.
(vi) The bombs and carriers are jettisoned by the operation of
the wing drop tank jettison lever. There is no means of
jettisoning the R.P.
19. Radio equipment
The type 89 (33) and 90 (35) controller units are fitted on
the lower right-hand side of the instrument panel, whilst
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