MartinN Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I have a Daimler dingo which has a bracket on it for a sun compass. Does anyone have one of these or any pictures/drawings of one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'd imagine it's for a howard pattern sun compass, like the one shown here: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30028093 It looks like someone has the instructions up online here - http://trademarklondon.com/resources/SUNCOMPASSINSTRUCTIONSa.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Martin, I think it was the Cole sun compass on a Dingo, from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0ozs Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) There is a pic of the Howard version at http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?52450-More-bits-from-my-late-father-s-collection-for-ID-and-valuation&highlight=sun+compass (I do still have it). If you want I can do some better photos and measurements to help build a copy. They are on e-Bay item 391319045647 at present although the price seems high to me! Iain Edited February 23, 2016 by g0ozs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Martin,I think it was the Cole sun compass on a Dingo, from memory. Aha, so one of these then - http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30028439 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montieth Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I have a Cole Pattern that is in fairly good order with 2 gomens and a functional spirt level. I'll dig it out some time and get you some photos. Oh, never mind. Here's some photos of one I have on my Harddrive. This unit is not mine but some photos from online some time back that I snagged for reference. But they get the job done for this thread's purposes. As you can see there's a few extra parts for these. There are extra shadow pointers and the rods (gomens) that stick in the center and in the 180° line (or the edge pointer). The spare gomens store in a spring closed box on the underside of the compass with the spare shadow pointer under the spring loaded tabs. How the crew was supposed to safely store it when not using it is beyond me as it's a bulky item. I guess yet another thing that sat in a case on a wing eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craftsmanx Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 None of them look like the ones we used on exercise in Libya in the early 60s , ours looked much more robust as I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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