Not a bug, life is for learning ;) - Me 410 Doppelladedruckmesser ("ata-Meter") is rotated 90 deg. counterclockwise

[CorvusX]

Hi everyone,

sorry if it has already been reported.
Although it was correct on the preview pics in the DDs, in game it looks like this and needs to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise:

 

Edited August 11, 2022 by CorvusX

[Wilhelm_Heidkamp]

Its historical.

 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2022 by PA_Willy

[CorvusX]

Well,

you're right!

But it seems that there where two variants to build it in.

 

This is a photo of the Me 410 at the RAF Museum that was captured by British troops in May 1945 (in Denmark):

 

 

picture taken from: https://www.super-hobby.at/products/Messerschmitt-Me-210-410-in-Detail-1730908.html#gallery_start

Individual history of the "bird" above: https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/85-AF-78-Me-410-420430.pdf

 

Also in the Me 210 panel it was installed as expected: https://www.deutscheluftwaffe.de/originale-geraetetafel-me-210

 

I prefer the mechanic who can read  (I know it has to do with the lack of space for the cables)

 

Edited August 11, 2022 by CorvusX

[AndyJWest]

The 'rotated' version certainly seems to be authentic, anyway, rather than a bug. Which makes me wonder why they did that? If I had to guess it may have been something to do with the awkward corner it is in. Maybe the connections fouled something if put in upright, or perhaps it was just easier to install that way? Given it's position, you are going to tilt your head over to look at it anyway, so it really isn't any harder to read.

 

 

[Pozsgay]

The manifold pressure gauge was built in rotated due cable management issues. It has two connections on the backside of the tube, and because the the fuselage narrows to the front it has not enough space to build in safely. It is depicted in the same rotated way on archive photos and in the original Me 410 handbook (and in Hungarian Me 210 Ca-1 plans I saw).

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3cMByU7LiuS9uiF68

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GsxeamCjecgyVstz7

The plane in Cosford is restored probably wrong.

 

[Gingerwelsh]

From the manual, the rpm is also rotated.

 

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[Pozsgay]

A different photo from the handbook where the homing indicator is on the left panel instead of the RPM gauge. (Maybe a late 210 where the RPM gauges were on the engine nacelles)

14 minutes ago, Gingerwelsh said:

From the manual, the rpm is also rotated.

 

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The RPM gauge is here also rotated :) But that was various as I saw it.