TRANSLATIONAL HAND CONTROLLER FOR RUSSIAN SOYUZ ORBITER MANEUVERING IN SPACE

Description

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TRANSLATIONAL HAND CONTROLLER FOR RUSSIAN SOYUZ ORBITER MANEUVERING IN SPACE
Translational Hand Controller RUP2M, configured for the Russian spacecraft Soyuz, to be left side mounted in the cabin with respect to the Commander's seat. The abbriviation RUP stands for Russian "movement control stick".
Controller in metal, rubber, and composite materials, with aluminum mount, totally about 25 cm (10 inches) length. It comes in original removable protective metal shell, painted with red color and the reminder in Russian "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT".
The Soyuz translational controller is essentially a joystick to move the spacecraft up, down, left, right, backwards, and forwards in space. It's mounted onto the shock absorbing seat assembly (Kazbek) in the middle of the cockpit of the Soyuz spacecraft.
The controller unit itself was used across several generations of the Soyuz spacecraft, with the detachable mount changing between different Soyuz generations.
The controller has a part number on its mount
#7551258192
, as well as the other painted number
#26.
Condition
- perfect looking, without visible damages, smoothly working.
COA
in both Russian and English confirming the controller origin and purpose comes with the controller.
Made for Russian space program!
Translational Hand Controller in its original removable protective metal shell with the note "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT".
The controller in its protective shell at other angle.
The protective shell is removed and standing by the controller.
The number #26 on controller's mount.
The controller without the protective shell.
The controller from the other angle.
More close-up.
Controller's mount with its name RUP2M and the part number #7551258192.
Movable joystick of the controller.
Wires with multi-pin electric plugs.
Original metal protective shell with the reminder "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT".
The tape measure beside the controller (in cm).
The tape measure beside the controller with its protective shell on it.
Reference photo
to show the controller in Soyuz cabin (yellow circled).
Reference photo:
another cabin view to show the controller (yellow circled).
Reference photo:
the controller (yellow circled) in Soyuz training simulator.
The COA in both Russian and English confirming the controller origin and purpose comes with the controller.
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