Original Item: Only One Available.
Model number: Fl.23265-2
Construction pattern: PS 10
Manufacturer: gzy = Albert Patin, Werkstätten für fernsteuertechnik, Berlin
Year of construction: approx. 1944
Installed in: Large aircraft
Purpose: In order to navigate, the angle between the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and that of a fixed star, such as for example, was needed. Sirius or the moon and the azimuth = angle of the height of the star, and a lot of tables as well as the exact clock time. To measure the angle between the longitudinal axis and the star position, use the “star-shaped disk”. This was usually used in a dome over the fuselage of the aircraft (eg in large aircraft, across the Atlantic)
Transport box Fl.23265-1 also included.
Condition of the compass and the box is excellent.