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John, yes it is a bit of a fiddle to set up unless of course you bought a whole batch of them you wanted to test :roll: It is either a test rig or fit in the vehicle or take it apart meticulousy & inspect to see if it is all gummed up or corroded or the rubbers have perished or gone hard. But why do you want a servo? Did your never have one? What sort of MV is it? How do other owners of the same vehicle cope? Presumably the army managed ok? Is it really worth all the hassle? Chris, just seen your post. It is the very same. I bought 8 last year from another dealer. I have to wonder how many were "Stored vertically"?

After Jacksons sale there have been a number of Lockhead servos that have surfaced on the market, they are used in the Humber 1-Ton & the measurements seem about right for yours. Here is the official test circuit. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/Servo02.jpg[/img]

Well actually I have a small holding (and no funny remarks from the ranks, please) with a few beasts of the field of various kinds, but we definitely don't get up early :wink:

Yup Well 8 are carried, but only 4 are visible.

Neil, I admire your tenacity. But they are not PE cells something more simple, that Swingfire copied directly from Malkara.

Neil, no, I think it's fairly obvious if there was no missile :wink:

No but the FV1620 was originally designed to fire Orange William which was infra-red controlled. But OW was cancelled in 1958 to make way for Malkara which was wire controlled.

Its on http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/NATOparts.pdf although that is a bit misleading No, not as such. But they do light up after launch.

Um, no. The NSN is 6220-99-101-3945 if that helps.

Yes I see what you mean, but it is 3.5in long. Any such tester would have to have a central pin. Think more about what is fitted on the back of the vehicle rather than the front.

Neil a very shrewd question. Just carried on the Hornet FV1620.

Yes but if the worm didn't get up so damned early it wouldn't have got eaten :roll:

No Richard but an ingenious line of thought. It was indeed a problem that the missile may go off prematurely. There was a problem that sometimes missiles fired when the radio transmitter was used. At a cost of £1million it was found the fitting of a capacitor on one of the control wires stopped the problem.

Good suggestion but no as the command cable was 3-core

Not sure what you mean, but no. A fully operational vehicle would carry 8 of these.

Yes, but we ain't finished yet. "Something to do with the Hornet launcher?" is a bit vague, not a prize winning answer yet

Yup

Knowing my tendancies, a good guess, but no.

Yes, one of them. I wasn't sure if you could read the NSC 6220

Good idea, but no. It is to stop the unit falling out & becoming unplugged when travelling at speed.

Jagshemash my old freind & webbed master of special talents. The cliv is still cleaning his oil from his sewedge, but he left his pig behind (not sound right?) he was on his hornit & living (if you call it living) in his 1-Ton Cyder Trailer. I think maybe I was rubbing up his nostrils the wrong way so keep a low down profile since after then. He think I may bee put the blue bottles the wrong way round to make him do a mistake, but no he is barking in the wrong bush. Bush, yes I have a story about a bush as it mean something different in my language. Good bye bye. Chenque

No it's not a bell, Neil.

Yes good idea, but no it isn't.

Matt. There was an earlier version of your User Handbook. It was Army Code No. 12780, might have a different angle on things. The CES was Army Code No.43048. The 3 variants are summarised in EMER WHEELED VEHICLES U 200/10. But the detail of your particular variant is in EMER COMMUNICATION INSTALLATIONS R 020. I am afraid I don't have this.

No, nothing so complex.