Page 7 - August2020

Before the world went into lockdown, Andy began the job of
restoring the elevator trim mechanism down at the Bomber
With all of the fittings removed, the fabric stripped and the Command Museum.
many layers of paint scraped off, the panel is now ready to
go to our wood repair specialists to deal with delamination,
impact damage and some minor areas of rot.

Then it's on to the next panel...
While we have been tackling these panels, Andy has
been busy with the elevator trim mechanism and the
trim indicator, both of which are mounted on the port
side of the cockpit.

In this diagram for the PR.35 cockpit you can just see the trim
mechanism to the left of the pilot’s seat, indicated as item #2.
The trim indicator is mounted just above the throttle, also to
the pilot’s left and is identified as item #3.