Tube, pitot
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2610.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Kollsman
- MODEL
- 518B-01
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2241
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- aluminum; steel screws
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.5 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Kollsman
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- patented 1940
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
airspeed indicator - mounted on nose or wing of airplane, measures speed of airplane relative to surrounding air to calculate speed airplane is travelling/ also measures air pressure to determine altitude - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- stamped or impressed lettering on port side reads: "KOLLSMAN/TYPE 518B-01/SER. NO. 2241"; stamped or impressed lettering on staorboard side reads: "PAT. NOS. 2.204.367/DES. 114.3 32/PAT. CANADA 1940/JAPAN PAT. NO. 137.448/MADE IN U.S.A."
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- silver
- Decoration
- none
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Kollsman, Tube, pitot, after 1939, Artifact no. 1987.2610, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.2610.001/
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