UK Gat-1
08-12-2012, 05:49 PM
Hello from the UK,
I recently bought this GAT-1 from E-bay. The pictures show it before I picked it up, it now resides in a domestic garage.
6874Front View
6875Side View - Showing G-OATS registration (ATS being Air Training Services, who used to operate this GAT out of a London Hotel room. One of there instructors was Monique Agazarian a famous ATA pilot during the war).
6876Cockpit view
6877Programmable controller for 120Nm x 120Nm flight area
I was lucky enough to get a full set of manuals with it. Following these we've managed to power it up, commission it and get it flying (of sorts), albeit with the pitch control working in reverse. Unfortuately, whiist investigating this we blew the PSU. A new power transistor later and we've got power back but have now identified an issue with the Time Division card, which might help to explain the PSU issue .... replacement Op Amps now on order.
I've learnt alot about analogue computers in the last three weeks!
Cheers,
Mike
I recently bought this GAT-1 from E-bay. The pictures show it before I picked it up, it now resides in a domestic garage.
6874Front View
6875Side View - Showing G-OATS registration (ATS being Air Training Services, who used to operate this GAT out of a London Hotel room. One of there instructors was Monique Agazarian a famous ATA pilot during the war).
6876Cockpit view
6877Programmable controller for 120Nm x 120Nm flight area
I was lucky enough to get a full set of manuals with it. Following these we've managed to power it up, commission it and get it flying (of sorts), albeit with the pitch control working in reverse. Unfortuately, whiist investigating this we blew the PSU. A new power transistor later and we've got power back but have now identified an issue with the Time Division card, which might help to explain the PSU issue .... replacement Op Amps now on order.
I've learnt alot about analogue computers in the last three weeks!
Cheers,
Mike