Mounting Roberto's Yokes

[dodiano]

[QUOTE=Westozy;47513]

Roberto, the mounting area of the yoke is little difficult to work with as the fibreglass is quite thin. Is it possible to manufacture them with a timber ring installed at the back of the flange area to build up the thickness a little. I can see some builders are possibly going to have problems finding a way to mount them. I had to cut off the protruding section on the back of the yoke in order to have two flat surfaces to work with. I overcame this problem by glueing some thick waste plastic to the inside of the handle to reinforce the flange mount area. I drilled and tapped these reinforcements after the glue had set to take the four 3/16" bolts. Just a suggestion, I don't know what you had in mind as an idea for mounting them.

Thanks for the feedback I will probably make a Plastic ring CNC cut to place on the Back of the Yoke or I will ask the guy that molds them if he can make it thicker... I thought it was thicker on that part I actually specified on it!! As for the protounding section on the back actially that is from the original Yoke that part is where the mechanical Gear goes that connects the Yoke to the Stand itself so I cannot get rid of it but It can be made more solid!! My idea was to throw a nut all the way through the fornt of the Yoke to the back and then somehow attach it to the stand... Could you send me more detailed pictures of what you have done? Will make this second run thicker on the Back!

Thanks.

Roberto

[Westozy]

[quote=dodiano;47529]

Roberto, the mounting area of the yoke is little difficult to work with as the fibreglass is quite thin. Is it possible to manufacture them with a timber ring installed at the back of the flange area to build up the thickness a little. I can see some builders are possibly going to have problems finding a way to mount them. I had to cut off the protruding section on the back of the yoke in order to have two flat surfaces to work with. I overcame this problem by glueing some thick waste plastic to the inside of the handle to reinforce the flange mount area. I drilled and tapped these reinforcements after the glue had set to take the four 3/16" bolts. Just a suggestion, I don't know what you had in mind as an idea for mounting them.

Thanks for the feedback I will probably make a Plastic ring CNC cut to place on the Back of the Yoke or I will ask the guy that molds them if he can make it thicker... I thought it was thicker on that part I actually specified on it!! As for the protounding section on the back actially that is from the original Yoke that part is where the mechanical Gear goes that connects the Yoke to the Stand itself so I cannot get rid of it but It can be made more solid!! My idea was to throw a nut all the way through the fornt of the Yoke to the back and then somehow attach it to the stand... Could you send me more detailed pictures of what you have done? Will make this second run thicker on the Back!

Thanks.

Roberto

When I do the second one this week, I'll take pics of how I modify it to fit my flange. Some novices can be a bit heavy handed flying sims so I think a flange with a hollow axle is probably the strongest way to mount it, it feels quite sturdy. If the centre section was solid it could be drilled and fitted with a tube but that's a difficult drilling operation on a valueable piece of gear, it might break if the drill jammed. It was easy to cut off the protruding piece on the back of the yoke with a hacksaw and I cleaned up the sharp edges with the Dremel sander. This left a hole about 40mm in diameter, it should be easy to feed the wiring through.

Gwyn

[Michael Carter]

Nice work Gwyn.

Will you be using a shaft collar to hold the yoke to the column head?

[Westozy]

Nice work Gwyn.

Will you be using a shaft collar to hold the yoke to the column head?

The cable drive pulley when made and fitted inside the elbow will more or less lock it all together but I've machined interference tolerances so it's all "push" fit, the parts fit together tight without glue or fasteners. There's no real load on these parts only the link cable tension which is not a great deal. The last pics show the handles firmly attached to the column heads, it works! More pics soon...

Gwyn

[Matt Olieman]

[Westozy]

Thanks for posting those pics Matt, could you please send me a small tute on how you do it? I have the new passwords etc, thanks. (No hurry!)

These 12 pics are also in my 2nd album with detailed descriptions here http://www.mycockpit.org/photopost/s...ry.php?cat=560

Gwyn

[Michael Carter]

Thanks for the pics. That explains a lot. Nice work.

[dodiano]

Oh now I understand you!! Well actually that protuberance you cutted out is original from the 737 Yoke as I said before is where the Yoke is connected to the stand! Now I cannot cut it cause that is thick so that people could throw a tube or something in the Middle to hold it... That was my original idea... but your approach is beautiful I would never have thought about that approach!! Now my casting guy is working to see if we can replicate the Axle or gear that goes behind those 737 yokes and they could probably fit a real stand but it would be a trial basically nothing for sure cause I don´t have a stand Yet to try it out!! Amazing Approach Gwyn but is not how I thought it would be reason why the Back part of the Yoke is not that thick...But the protuberance is!!

Thanks for that Gwyn very inspiring I will have to come out with something to linked but then again my idea for these Yokes was to provide an approach for each builder... I want to try adapting it to a CH Yoke will have to buy one and try it out!!"

Regards,

Roberto

[Westozy]

Amazing Approach Gwyn but is not how I thought it would be reason why the Back part of the Yoke is not that thick...But the protuberance is!!

Regards,

Roberto

The cap pieces I cut off were still only 3 - 4mm thick and pretty much hollow, you can see it on the 4th pic down in the previous post. They would only support a tube if it was fixed at the front of the yoke aswel, like you said before it would need to have the front face drilled. That would be a shame to spoil it although a checklist plate could cover it. With a flange fit you can consider any type of adaptation to any size of axle really.

I'll probably fit the switches tomorrow and take some more pics.

Gwyn

[Westozy]

Hi all,

I fitted all the switches and wiring to one yoke today and I've posted all the pics so far on my website like a pictorial tute.

http://aerosimsolutions.googlepages.com/yokebuild

Gwyn