Moving parts

[Guest]

Hi,In a Boeing cockpit, when the autopilot commands a (for example) right-climbing-turn the flight crew can see the yokes turn right, slide back a bit, and the throttles move up the pedestal. Does anyone know how this can be replicated for a home cockpit?Cheers.

[Guest AirPanther]

Gears, pully's and motors my friend! You will need to install motors in the yoke shaft, yoke base and throttle encasement. Though you really need an EPIC card to acheive realistic motion, some just use limit switches to control basic positions. Using limit switches, the motors would basically detect a movement to the left or right, then deflect the yoke to a predeterined position. This means that your yokes would physically displace to the same position everytime there is a control input. However, since the yokes would slowly transition until they reach the limit switches, the result could still be quite impressive.Motors can also be used to emulate yoke pressure (just like hydraulic pressure in a real aircraft). With an EPIC card, you can tell the motors to move opposite to any physical motion. The opposing force can be determined by as many variables as you'de like such as thrust setting, flight control mode, position of flaps/spoilers, loss of hydraulics, etc.Robert