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Yeah it's really hard to explain in text form. Even photos leave a lot to be desired. Glad it's sorted, however my new version is much, much easier to build, explain and use. Unless you are specifically copying a real world gear mechanism I would recommend the easier method. After all, you rarely look at it, you just reach and lift.Quote:
Originally Posted by shafian
Ken.
Ken,
I'm glad I've seen this thread today as I was just about to try and make my gear lever.
I like the simpler style that you now have but can you tell me why you are using 2 miniture switches?
I was thinking of just using 1 connected to an o/c mastercard input.
Using SIOC I was thinking that you would program something like
when switch is ON gear is DOWN illuminate GREEN annunciators.
when switch is OFF gear is UP illuminate RED annunciators.
What are you using the other switch for?
Paul
I don't have my OC Mastercard installed in the new sim yet so I'm just using two intputs of my CH Yoke controller. It's easier having two switches to command each state when using a simple joystick input. In my previous sim with full OC cards and SIOC, I had exactly as you suggest, including a transition light while gear was moving.
Ken.
Ok thanks.
Thought there might have been something that I overlooked.
Paul