MiG-3 restoration by Rusavia at MAKS 2005

seat and floor details

Updated on September 25, 2005                                                   file name:right-cockpit-wall..htm
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Photos copyright by Yuri Pasholok

 

The seat is composed of two elements: the lower one, visible in the center of the image, is concave to contain the parachute bag, on which the pilot sits.

 

The rear armoured plate and backrest is visible on the left of the image.

The seat regulation lever (green and black) is visible on the right of the seat.

The floor doesn't extend under the seat, that is sustained by an adjustable tube strut.

The light blue plate with the hole is the radio receiver support; the radio itself is not yet installed.

Again the lower part of the seat. The khaki stripes could be the removed backrest cushion.

None seat belt is visible. The arrangement of seat belts on MiG-3 is still unclear.

The corrugated black object under the seat should be the ventral fuel tank.

Here we see the supports of the backrest. Some thin rings are on them. Perhaps they are for bonding the back cushion or even the belts.

A detail of the backrest plate. A welding is evident. Screws are to join it to the supports.

The control column.

The upper lever is for wheel brakes.

The black button is for radio (transmit/receive)

Other levers and buttons should be for the armament.

The two-hands handle configuration was typical of fighter planes at the beginning of the war, as I-16 and LaGG-3 too.

The control column seen from the right.

The vertical metallic pipe is for brakes cable.

On the background, we see the throttle panel; at the center of the image, the footstep is recognizable; it could be covered internally with a tissue bag to prevent mud access to the cockpit.

The red handles on the floor should be for emergency release of the landing gear.

Here we see the floor where the control column enters in a slot. The floor starts where the seat ends.

Note the wide space between the tubes strut and the side fuselage panels.

The floor and the pedals are visible.

Note that pedals are contained in recesses on the floor.

An oblique plate under the instrument panel divides the pilot vane from other internal vanes.

Each pedal has a small leather belt for the foot.

 

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