Aero Detail 24 Nakajima Ki-84
c 1999 - ISBN: 4-499-22684-8
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Photos 43-46: Close-up views of the Hayate's windscreen. The small air intake visible on the leading edge of the windscreen in photo 43 could be opened to three different sizes. Note that the rear edge of the windscreen frame appears larger at the top due to the wide-angle lens used to take the shot. The frame is consistent in width, as shown in photo 45. Normally, a piece of 70mm bulletproof glass would be attached to the front of the windscreen, but it has been removed from this example. The compass visible mounted inside the windscreen in photo 46 is not original equipment.
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Photo 47: A view of the entire canopy from the left side. The canopy was a very orthodox construction, with fixed front and rear sections, and a sliding middle portion.
Photo 48: The canopy seen fully opened. This could be jettisoned from the aircraft in an emergency.
Photo 49: A view of the roll bar in the rear of the cockpit, complete with a cushion for the pilot's head. The round holes in the bar are for installation of the landing gear warning buzzers, which are missing from this plane.
Photo 50-51: The canopy seen from the left rear. Note that the handhold below the cockpit has lost its spring-loaded cover, and that non-original support of some kind has been installed immediately to the rear of the canopy slide rail.
Photo 52: Views of the canopy from the rear. The photo shows well how the upper frame on the moveable portion of the canopy varies in width near the center. It's uncertain whether this was due to some manufacturing factor, or whether this occurred when the plane was restored.
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Photo 53: The cockpit of the Hayate. The main instrument panel of the plane was arranged with navigational instruments in the top row of the panel, and engine and fuel related indicators in the middle and bottom rows. Unfortunately, this aircraft has had many of its instruments converted to American models. The bottommost row, however, is generally intact. The electrical box visible to the lower right of the panel, as well as the foot bar, are not original equipment.
Photos 54-55: The left side of the cockpit. The crank handle visible below the windscreen is to operate the sliding canopy. Photo 55 offers a close-up of the throttle quadrant as well as the trim control and other flight controls.
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Photo 56: A view down into the cockpit from directly overhead.
Photo 57: The right side of the restored cockpit. The levers diagonally above and to the rear of the non-original electrical box (lower right of the instrument panel) are to control the oil cooler and cowl flaps (the yellow lever).
Photo 58: A look down at the controls on the left side of the cockpit. Inboard of the red trim control wheel is a lever with the markings "15 hei 30" (the middle character is read "hei" and means closed). This is the control for the aircraft's "butterfly" combat flaps.
Photos 59-60: Close-ups of the pilot's seat and roll bar/headrest assembly. The headrest is not original.
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-Steve