Single seat cockpit

[Shawn]

I'm enjoying every minute of the build, what worries me is not getting it finished, but what I'll do when it is finished. I'll need to start on a full cockpit after than I guess.

[Shawn]

I got the pitch trim built today. It was finished but then decided that I didn't like the hack job I did on the axle base. I re-built that part and just have to add the rotary encoder back in. It's going to be belt driven, mostly because I had a couple spare pulley's and a belt.





It was built with 1/4" PVC board, I really like working with this stuff. It far better than wood or MDF as far as I'm concerned. Once it's glued together with PVC glue the joint is as strong as the original material.

Shawn

[Shawn]

I wasn't really happy with the gimbal that I built for my cyclic, so I started work on a new stick. The universal joint is hardened steel so it can't be drilled, I used a dremel tool to grind a hole in both sides so that I could insert two bolts that will hold the hall effect sensors.

Grinding the holes through into the centre spider took a bit of time but once I got threw the hardened steel I found there were small holes already in the end of each spider arm.



The bolts will be epoxied into place eventually but the friction fit is already fairly tight. The aluminium plates will be used to hold the hall effect sensors, the magnets will be placed on the body of the U-joint.





Shawn

[Shawn]

[Ronson2k9]

Looks great. I wish I had your welding skills. The welds all look amazing.