A340 Throttle quadrant project
Re: A340 Throttle quadrant project
WOW!! Very nice congrats!!! Amazing craftsmanship!!
Regards,
Roberto
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Gwyn just amazing. I love the real look of them. I will have to try and do a little duplication and see if I can get a set made for my self. Excellent work.
Just one question? Is it acrylic that you used for the parts?
Thanks,
Jeff
Re: A340 Throttle quadrant project
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Originally Posted by
totalflyer
Gwyn just amazing. I love the real look of them. I will have to try and do a little duplication and see if I can get a set made for my self. Excellent work.
Just one question? Is it acrylic that you used for the parts?
Thanks,
Jeff
Hi Jeff,
I use 6mm PVC sheeting called "Trovidur", it's quite easy to machine and work with. It's really quite heavy so the finished parts have a real solid feel about them. I use Loctite 424 to glue parts together, it goes off in seconds and produces a very strong weld. All of these parts were made with a bandsaw, a router, a drill press and a Dremel. (Oh and the lathe for the knobs!) I cut my patterns from 3mm aluminium and then use a laminex trimmer tool in the router to reproduce the shapes, this keeps the top parts of the 12 main lever pieces the same size and shape.
Gwyn
Re: A340 Throttle quadrant project
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dodiano
WOW!! Very nice congrats!!! Amazing craftsmanship!!
Regards,
Roberto
Thanks mate, don't tell anyone I'm buying a throttle from you lol!!!!!
Gwyn
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Your the King of throttles Gwyn!
Joe
Re: A340 Throttle quadrant project
Just wondering when you go to connect them how are you going to do it?
Will they be USB or through another form of connection?
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totalflyer
Just wondering when you go to connect them how are you going to do it?
Will they be USB or through another form of connection?
I supply my throttles with all the potentiometer drives and switches in place with wiring to terminal blocks. Typically I aim for driving the lever pots through about 240 degrees, this gives a smooth span which is easy to calibrate. (I have only ever used FDT Simboards and they have given me 3 years of excellent performance in my sim). The end user can hook my TQ's up to Open Cockpit/BUO386/SimBoards whatever interface they like just using a small screwdriver. I don't really make plug'n'play because the electronics is a it out of my field. Mechanically my TQs are built tough and should provide years of trouble free service. I use PVC, aluminium and stailnless steel in construction, there are no parts that can corrode. The Spitfire flight controls I made for member "Tony Hill" were plug'n'play because I used a hacked Microsoft Sidewinder joystick for interface, we had a good 2 or 3 hours "testing" them, it worked a treat! It's pretty easy to do for single engine sims.
This is the pot drive on my A320TQ design
http://www.mycockpit.org/photopost/d...0630TQ0005.JPG
Gwyn
Re: A340 Throttle quadrant project
Really nice,
I'm working on my 727 quad also.
amazing work really like those levers.
Stijn
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