wings details

MiG-3 restoration by Rusavia at MAKS 2005

instruments panel details

Updated on September 25, 2005 file name:instruments-panel..htm

Photos copyright by Yuri Pasholok

A general view of the instruments panel.

The lack of the PBP-1 gunsight on the tube support is evident.

compass

indicator of vertical speed

manifold pressure gauge (?)

altimeter	compass
speed indicator	slip indicator (turn and bank)

speed indicator	slip indicator	artificial horizon	supercharger pressure ?	oil temper. fuel and oil pressure
water pressure	water temperature from engine	pressure (for gear, left and right?)	water temperature to engine	oil temperature to engine
		landing gear indication lights panel	shutters of oil coolers (on-off)

water temperature from engine		pressure (for gear, left and right?)		water temperature to engine
landing gear panel switch	left landing gear down light	left landing gear up light	right landing gear up light	right landing gear down light	control button

The landing gear lights are actioned only when one presses the control button for check, else they are all off.

UBS armament lever joint

gunsight switch

ultra-violet lamp

ultra-violet lamp
manifold pressure gauge	fuel gauge	ShKAS arming handle

The main landing gear switch:

up=retracted

down=extended

The altimeter has two hands: the short one for thousands of meters, the long one for hundreds.

The compass is a rotating sphere whose scale is parallel to the ground.

A general view of the instruments panel.

The gyro horizon is a model of 1947.

On wartime photos, both light (blue?) and black instruments panels are visible on MiG-3s.