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    737 TQ Update

    Hello Fellow Cockpit Builders,

    After seeing other members contribute tutorials and videos of their 737 TQ construction i promised myself that i would post a video of mine when I had made substantial progress. I bought a simparts kit last year in December and now nearly 9 months later I have something that i am proud to share with the community. Its still not finished but it is 90% there. A little background.. I had bought the Simparts 737 TQ from Jorg @ simparts.de in kit form and gave building it from scratch a go. I didnt think it would take this long. The kit is fairly good, but be prepared to do a lot of work. The result none the less are great. I went down the servo and phidgets route. I wrote my own software to interface phidgets to fsx. (software is available in another thread ) Here is a link to a video i took on my camera phone. Its not the best, but hopefully enough for you all to see my progress.

    http://au.video.yahoo.com/watch/5713810/14969880

    Enjoy

    Diego

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    Re: 737 TQ Update

    Very nice indeed. You did a great job!

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    Re: 737 TQ Update

    Amazing job!!!

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    Re: 737 TQ Update

    Thanks Gents!

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    Re: 737 TQ Update

    Lovelly Job there. Well done.
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    Re: 737 TQ Update

    G'Day Diego,

    That looks great mate........

    How much in AUD did it cost you to get it to the present working state???

    Where did you get your MIP set-up from???

    I'd be interested to see some more pics of your set-up as I am keen to build a 737 Sim.

    Cheers, Warren.

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    Re: 737 TQ Update

    Hi Warren,

    Good to see your thinking of building a 737 sim. Ive been taking my time and it is a great outlet to unwind.

    The throttle kit cost me approx $2200 AUD to ship to Australia. Then it was approximately $600 worth of phidget parts and paint to finish it up.

    Im using an FDS MIP which still needs to be worked on.

    Once i finish the throttle, my next step will be to buy the MCP and glareshield for the MIP and then choose an avionics sweet.

    You chosen an expensive hobby mate... be prepared to part with the $$$$$

    Cheers

    Diego

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    Re: 737 TQ Update

    Hey Looking good Diego!

    Ive got the same TQ, but I think the newer Servo card must be higher
    resolution...your servos seem smoother than mine...could be your software too...
    Im stuck with FS2phidgets because of older gen. cards...

    Congrats!

    Nat

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    Re: 737 TQ Update

    Hey Nat,

    Thanks mate. No time like the present to upgrade your servo card . I think the smoothness is attributed to the new acceleration and velocity paramaters which are customizable.

    Quick question for you sir.. How quick are your trim wheels? I think mine are too slow. I might swap the gears around to get a higher teeth count on the dc motor see if i can speed it up.

    Cheers

    Diego

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    Re: 737 TQ Update

    I thought you had magically slowed them down with your software.

    Mine are probably 2-3 times faster, but you know the REAL ones are variable...sigh...
    they vary from deadly to quite slow like in your video,
    If only that could be emulated

    Nat

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