New update on my dual yoke construction

[Guest Ramsberg]

Have a look at it and tell me what you think.Check this out:http://ramsberg.nu/modules.php?name=copper...bnails&album=12/ Olle Ramsberghttp://ramsberg.nu

[Guest MikePowell]

What I think, Olle, is that I'm jealous. Looks like you're making good progress. The detailed pictures are a motivation to the rest of us.Mikewww.mikesflightdeck.com

[Lillebe]

WOW,It seems that somebody serious out there ;-)- honestly, it really looks great, looking forward to see next phase!// Joni

[tigert]

I love these clever ideas: to use inline skate wheels as pulleys.. This is just the clever spirit I like in these forums. I mean: pulleys from some engineering company would probably cost 10x more.. :-)Very nice construction otherwise too! Keep up posting pics and good luck with the project :-)Tuomas

[Guest Ramsberg]

Sure will, I "borrowed" a digital camera from work... I'll keep it until they threaten me :-)Next thing for the yoke construction:1. Mounting of the potentiometers. These will be the push ones. There is a problem to solve yet: I want the Yoke wheel movement to be limited at 90 degreens left and right. (What is the turn angle in a real 737, anyone?) The problem is that the linkage wire travels a few milimeters to far in each direction, so some sort of gear will have to be fitted. Not a round gear, but a simple lever to shorten the movement to fit to the potentiometers range.Thank God i threw the circular pots away, besides that the push-pos aren't completely linear, there aren't any reason to go for a circular one. Is it? If I had kept them, I would be head down in the scrap heap at the xerox repair company looking for gears to fit my purpose.2. Another yoke wheel.... boring to do the same thing again...3. Housing for the yoke columns. Drawing some plans right now... Lets see what happens.At last I found a company who is willing to make some panels for me!!! They even said they would do some for free, just for the fun of it! Sometimes it really helps to just say: Hey, im a stupid guy building a 737 sim in my basement, could you give me a hand? :-)My idea is to engrave the mirrored panel into the back of a gray painted transparent 4 mm plastic board. That way the the engraved text will let the light through... Will post some pics of it when its done. Only downside is that i have to draw all the panels in a compatible format, tedious work :-( (.ai adobe illustrator, .plt some plotter propriatary format) Almost finished the EFIS as a test panel. Anyone tested this engraving technique?Until next update!Olle http://ramsberg.nu