I think Guy is right. Landing-gears are not constructed like that. They are hollow, and most military ones are gas-filled under very high pressure. This is almost assuredly a searchlight yoke. --- diveboss@xmission.com wrote:
The fork looks like part of an old search light... But a pretty one! :D
Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>:
On 03 Feb 2007, at 13:51, Chuck Hards wrote:
What is this? I can't figure out what the aparatus is at the "front" end. Some kind of sub-aperture stop? Yes. I memory serves, the mirror has a turned down edge so he has to stop it down a bit.
Is this a folded-optical-path instrument? Classical Cassegrain. The object in the center of the front of the can (errr, I mean, tube) is the secondary mirror.
Is the fork from a searchlight assembly? Wrong construction to be an aircraft nose-wheel. He's not sure but since he got it as scrap at Hill AFB he thinks it might be part of some landing gear assembly.
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