Ebay Toggle Switches?

[Joe Lavery]

I agree,
there is a significant difference, my point being that if you're building a full sim, to have real switches throughout would cost a small fortune, even from The Airline Historical Society. A friend of mine is a 737 co-pilot and I sat with him and run a check list for the fun of it, so I know what the difference is.
Unfortunately this applied to just about everything inside the cockpit, from the MFDs to the Knobs. In fact the rotary encoders are optical in a 737 and cost almost as much as most sim producers are charging for the whole radio. I suppose it depends how far you want to go and how much you can afford to spend.

Regards

Joe

[Jackpilot]

The problem with cheap toggles is that they break or wobble after some time.
Even on a full sim overhead half of the toggles are rarely used...the cheapos are Ok for that. The others need high cycle heavy duty ones, not necessarily aerospace but costing more than the cheap ones.
A very good source of aircraft quality toggles is the constant offer of various aircraft panels on Ebay which come with nice real hardware and cost usually $25 - $30.
Throw away the panel and keep the hardware, These toggles and switches are indestructible.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Boein...QQcmdZViewItem

3 toggles 3 lights= $4 each

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/A207-...QQcmdZViewItem

2 toggles 3 push buttons= $5 each (plus a nice panel if reequipped with cheapos)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/C-826...QQcmdZViewItem

5 toggles for $10

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AZ1-C...QQcmdZViewItem



Put very low bids and with the constant offer of such panels you will end up with a lot of "real " hardware for a lesser cost than the Radio Shack type.

Another nice source for very specialized applications like APU start for example...
http://stores.shop.ebay.ca/White-Haw...__W0QQ_armrsZ1

[Michael Carter]

Hey now! Don't be giving all of my secret sources away!

You can find all sort of aircraft grade hardware on e-Bay. Fortunately, a lot of the hardware is already installed into the correct panel...for the 727 anyway.

Even if you can't use the panels you can strip the hardware from
them. Ever price a real Korry?

[Jackpilot]

I agree fully...727 is so easy to populate!!! piece of cake hey?