What Cockpit?
Polikarpov P2???
"Close but no cigar"
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Glider pilots are good at arithmetic! The Polikarpov R-5 it is:
![](https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/731x467/0085_polikarpov_r_5_img0_021f54d9708f312296698ab285ce54a417734b5e.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_R-5
It featured in a recent What Aerodrome, hence it looked familiar to me.
866 has control.
![](https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/731x467/0085_polikarpov_r_5_img0_021f54d9708f312296698ab285ce54a417734b5e.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_R-5
It featured in a recent What Aerodrome, hence it looked familiar to me.
866 has control.
I think it’s an early German motor glider - Scheibe or Schleicher? I can’t decide if that giant lever is for pitch-change or engine retraction.
The operating arm on the lever goes forward so I think it's the pitch change mechanism for a nose-mounted engine. I see a Both position on the mag switch so presumably dual-ignition.
![](https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/546x447/whatckpt2_c2871ee64f5317ade876788a5c0b49119c697c78.jpg)
Prominent lever is indeed for mechanical pitch change. Interestingly for this particular type both UV and I42 are part correct! My uncle Brian in the prototype.
Last edited by asw28-866; 3rd Jan 2021 at 04:48. Reason: Add image
I've seen similar levers in an RF-5, but less massive, and mounted in the middle of the panel. Is this an earlier Fournier?
There is a Fournier element to this aircraft, but not an “RF” type. A clue was provided when I wrote that both your initial response and that of UV correct in part.