Catalogue No: | C0652 |
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Category: | Air Data |
Object Type: | Test Equipment |
Object Name: | Height Calibrator |
Part No: | CAL/10A/451/10 |
Serial No: | 62605 |
Manufacturer: | RW Munro |
Division: | Unknown |
Platform(s): | |
Year of Manufacture: | circa 1960 |
Dimensions: |
Width (mm): 185 Height (mm): 205 Depth (mm): 205 Weight (g): 2,203 |
Location: | Rack RAA07 [Main Store] |
Height Calibrator
CAL/10A/451/10
No. 62605
Munro
Range feet 0 - 70,000
Counter reads 0 - 200
Do not exceed counter readings
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R W Munro was making aircraft altimeters as early as 1913 to the design of Clift. The Munro instrument later used a Farnborough design using two single capsules, later modifying it to a single capsule.
These instruments required calibration which was initially done using a manometer. In the early 1950s RW Munro was advertising Variable Resistance units Type HR which gave an output of Voltage proportional to Pitot Air Speed or to Aneroid Height. This instrument would also appear to have an air pressure input and an electrical output; it is marked to cover a range from 0-70,000ft altitude. It is not known at present what calibrated pressure source, if any, was used.