Klemchen,
it's true that the absence of the MW-50 could be probably considered "irregular" in the G-14, yet it is at least curious that these do appear with such regularity among 464xxx production, as well as the fact that all were delivered together.
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Originally Posted by klemchen
In this context it would be interesting to know if the Italian G-14s without MW had their master compass in fuselage section 6 and the "box" on the lid of their luggage compartment.
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Cannot tell about the compass, but I have already said in my previous message that
"(...) such machines apparently still showed the battery "box" on the rear cockpit section (one of them was the W.Nr. 464380 of which I have a cockpit detail)".
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Originally Posted by klemchen
Another question that occurred to me is whether the G-14 and the G-10 were being produced in parallel by Erla. If so, the reason must have been that there were not enough D engines available and producing G-14s instead of G-10s was merely a stopgap measure. This would also explain why some Erla G-14s were equipped with the 50 l oil tank: The company just did not want to keep two types of tank in store.
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It is a matter of fact that their production continued for some period in parallel. Your explaination can be a good one, only that IMHO it not correct to say that only
(...)"some" Erla G-14s were equipped with the 50 l oil tank (...).
As a matter of fact I have yet to see (and would love to) a photo of any G-14 at least of the 463xxx and 464xxx batches having the smaller oil tank, and that could means many more than "some".
Thanks for your contribution.