COBRA? cyclic control grip?

can anyone positivley id this grip assy? I was told it was a COBRA cyclic control grip assy from an AH-1S?

It appears brand new, guy even said it was? all switches seem to work fine. I was planning on using it as a shifter knob on my ELMO truck. but if its worth more than a shifter knob i might sell it,,,,ebay?

p/n 58087-1a-73949
fsn 1680-133-6232

i couldnt find any reference o these # anywhere.

anyone ever seen one? know what it fit? whats it worth?

VERY cool, I could think of all sorts of things to do with that.

Be a cool shift knob for a deuce....especially if you could hook some of the switches up to activate lights or such.

I would try and sell it first. If you can find a buyer It might bring a good price, Especialy helicopter. It might be for a huey . too . So this is not a cheap parts.

Here is a view for you.

Northwest Helicopters - Bell TAH-1P Cobra

Multi use grip, can be mounted on any early bell series-I had them on Bell 206's. Switches could be used for the hook, water bucket, etc.

MASON 702 cyclic grip. Make it into a beer tap.

looks like its gonna be a shifter knob in an ELMO truck with switches hooked upto do various things like honk horn, flash lights, run siren, etc.

that is unless someone wants to give a couple hundred dollars for it, then i can buy some more propane to stay warm in my house this winter.

A bell product will always have a part number beginning with the model number of the helicopter. For example an A, B, C, E, F model are all basically Bell Model 204's. The D, H, V (extended cabin models) all start with 205: Bell model 205. The 209 was for the Cobra and 212 was for the N model. According to AF TO's the grip on the F, H, and N models all started with the 204 or 205, depending on the year of manufacture.

All that being said, I don't think that that is the cyclic stick off of any model of a Huey. I am not an expert on the Army Cobra by any means and they had a bad habit of modding things just for S&G. Because the grip NSN has an initition date of 1969, I'd suspect it was a part for the Comanche, Or some such critter. It doesn't look like the cyclic off of a standard Sikorsky either. My NATOPS for the 53 shows what appear to be almost exactly the same stick as a Huey.

The Part number is weird. The CAGE code is for Redstone Arsenal. All indications (To my feeble mind) that this is off a test bird of some kind.

I know what it isn't, but what it is other than being a flight control grip, sorry i can't give you more.
One of the helicopters that were in developement at that time.

Sir,

I looked in my cobra parts manual and the part number is not there.
Then I looked in the AH-64 flight manual, and they have a similiar one.
I did not check the OH-58, UH-1 and UH-60 IPB's or Flight manuals.
But I can if you need me to.

Laterrrrrrr
Avn-Tech

See, now I would be modding it to use as a real-feel flight controller for my PC, then using it as a shift knob / vehicle electric control center when I got tired of it.

Nope, not off a Huey, this is a Huey cyclic grip.

CH-54 Tarhe cyclic

Looks like what you've got is a cyclic grip from an old Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe. Turn your Deuce into a real heavy lifter....

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