Hi All, I am just about to venture into the world of building parts to hook up to the FS. I have decided to start with a throttle because that is at the moment what I feel is nice trade-off between skills required and added simulation. I have tried to search the forum but those skills leave much to be desired.... I am looking for dimensions and other stuff that could help me make a B737 (preferable NG) throttle. I saw on some site that I can't remember now someone who had made an auto-throttle (i.e. one that moved in response to the autopilot feedback). Is that extremely difficult to make? Can the parts from a force feedback joystick be used to do this? So many questions, so much to learn...B. Lev

Hi and welcome BoazTO have a thottle with feedback you need to have some kind of servo motors on the levers, positioning motors. Also should be a friction device to be able to manually "Override" the servo motor output. It is quite a bit more complicated than using a force feedback stick I'm afraid. And then we have the reverser levers and their logic. :-)It's a challenge! If you would like some of my CAD-drawings just drop me a note.Regards,PS. I got your mail. Haven't had time to repy yet.

Hi Mats,I would like a copy of your CAD-drawings for the 737 Throttle.My e-mail is: [email protected], Firmo

Hi,i'm looking also for your CAD files, please send me an email in [email protected] ArmaosAthens - Greece

>Hi,>>i'm looking also for your CAD files, please send me an email>in [email protected]>Uh, just post here, I bet half the forum would be interested to see those :-)/Tuomas

You're rightHere you have my work as per 6th Sept 203. Please share any modifications with the rest of us! That's all I ask from you!Unfortunately the main file is too big to be uploaded here. So please mail me if you want it...http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/35355.jpgRegards

Hello people,That is great . But could someone inform the measure of the throlttle.I intend to build one here, but I dont know the right size of itThank you a lotCongratulationMONTA

Hmm, no luck viewing the cad drawings...Tried a viewer software, but it didn't show anything.... autocad is too expensive...Any ideas?/Olle

Olle,Check this free viewer, Volo View Express from AutoDesk:http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index...23112&id=837403You can have the files in DXF as well if that would suite you better? Regards,

Hi Mats,I would also appriciate if you can send me your cad files, I'm at the point to start with the construction of my 737 NG cockpit.Thanx in advance.Jaime [email protected], MexicoMy Simulator system:PC # 1P4 2.8 GHZ 800 FSB HTMotherboard MSI NEO 465PE1 GB PC3500 DDR Corsair XMS RAMHard Drive 80 MB 7200 RPM IDEATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128Viedeo Projector Proxima LX1 100" ScreenFlight Simualaror 2004 "Century of Flight"Windows XP Pro SP1.PC # 2P4 1.7 GHZ 768 MB RAMBUS PC-800GeForce 2 GTS Pro 32 MBGeForce 2 MMX 64 MBMonitor # 1 Sony 17" FlatMonitor # 2 Acerview 15"Project Magenta (PFD & EICAS)Windows XP Pro SP1.PC # 3AMD Athlon 1300 XP 512 MB SDRAM PC133GeForce 2 MMX 64 MBMonitor HP 15"Project Magenta (CDU & MCP)Windows XP Pro SP1PC # 4Toshiba Satellite P3 Celeron 1.1 GHZ 256 RAMFsMeteo 6.01, Active Sky 1.9, PM Sounds, FliteStar 8.1 & Jeeppveiw(Jeppesen), SquawkBox 2.3 and Roger Wilco.All PC's are networked with a registered FSIUPC 3.03 & Wide FS.Additional hardware:PFC Jetliner Yoke & PedalsSafeline Jet throttle consoleSaitek Cyborge force feedback JoystickAerosoft MCP

Some CAD programs:QCad which is free 2D CAD, for Linux and Windows. A bit hard to figure out at first since it has a quite interesting UI, but it is not too bad.www.qcad.comPRO/Desktop Express is a "Lite" version of a real, beefed-up engineering CAD tool called PRO/Engineer. My friend Jari stumbled upon it one day and he liked it quite a bit - did the landing gear handle stuff with it if someone rememebers his pics. Worth checking out.http://www.ptc.com/community/free_downloads.htmMike, that might be a good addition to your list?Tuomas

Yes, thank you.Mikewww.mikesflightdeck.com