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Napkin holder= Throttle Quadrant?

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Yes,I am hooked on flight simming,and making a flight deck.Unfortunately, I do not have much of a budget $$.Here is my first throttle quadrant made out of a napkin dispensor I saw at my workplace. (see attachment)( you should have seen the look on my co-workers faces as I picked this thing up and looked it during lunch).Anyways, it is close to being fully functional, just have to wire 3 more switches up. Thought you guys would get a good laugh out of it.Polmer

Not laughing at all ! Great job there! Would nicely fit into a private jet.

Rob

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Hey Polmer,how are you? How is going with your ATR72 cockpit? I was sending you the ATR72 PFD (beta) but a virus "hit" my computer so I had to reinstall everything....while copying a backup back to the new installation, the hard drive where I've saved everything broke down so I lost 40% of my projects....fortunately the ATR72 glass cockpit is safe !Let me know if you are still interested with my glass cockpit so I could send you the PFD to test.Regards,Bob

Bob,Sorry to hear about the virus (that stinks).Yes, I am very interested in any ATR guages, PFD's, etc.You like my napkin holder throttle quadrant?Hey, at least its better than using a keyboard.......lolKeep up the good work Roberto,Polmer

No laughing here, Polmer.... I'm very impressed !Richard

Well Polmer...you are in a more advanced stage of building than me at least eheh I just have a piece of paper with some switch and LED connected through an IOCard of OpenCockpits.I hope I will be able to make the display I bought from Ebay working since it's not an easy thing according to what I've read in some discussion forums over the net.I will let you know.Regards,Bob

HelloI'm impressed too. This is what I call creative engineering: Building something with limited resources, and it looks appealing too! Congratulations.Greetings from Switzerland

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