Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Askania Werke A.G.
- Summary
- This is a fragment of an autopilot used to control the World War II-era flying bomb "V-1," which was launched from ramps in German-controlled territory on the continent of Europe to targets in Belgium and England. A V-1 autopilot used a set of gyroscopes to maintain attitude, data from a magnetic compass to maintain course, and a timer driven by a propeller to determing the point of engine cutoff and dive to the target. This fragment contains parts primarily from the timing mechanism.
- Transferred to the Museum from the U.S. War Department Air Services in 1960.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Air Force
- Inventory Number
- A19601990000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Navigational
- Materials
- Steel
- Plastic
- Aluminum
- Rubber
- Paper
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Base): 36.8 × 34.3 × 19.7cm, 3.6kg (1 ft. 2 1/2 in. × 1 ft. 1 1/2 in. × 7 3/4 in., 8lb.)
- 3-D (Lid): 35.6 × 32.4 × 15.9cm (1 ft. 2 in. × 1 ft. 3/4 in. × 6 1/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19601990000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94b8bf3c7-60c9-4ee1-961a-5fe338b5abc3
