BAC32 - NON-FERROUS

Broome Aircraft Wrecks

Cylindrical radio component
1. Outer casing of component: Half of outer cylinder eroded away. Singular screw and wire protruding from base of the cylinder. Cylinder topped with flat metal plate held by three screws. Slightly off-centre of the metal plate sits a cylindrical metal coupling with two grooved rings, held in place on a square base with four screws. A short metal spike protrudes from one of two holes in the top of the coupling.
2. The inner part of the component has a solid metal disc at its centre with thin metal bands running around its radius and a pin protruding. On either side of the disc is a ring of corded metal fibre, and remnants of a fabric covering. Inside the ring is a metal component which appears on one side as a large metal bolt. This narrows and extends through the centre of the metal disc, and appears on the other side as a metal pin with a large bolt head. The component rotates within the disc but is very stiff. The larger side of the centre component extends out and back around its side to connect with artefact 1, the outer casing.