My first throttle

[Buddym]

I was hoping to see a tutorial based on this. (grin) I would love to have a nice throttle unit. I am attempting my second go at it this weekend.

Buddy

[flatlandpilot]

At the moment i'm trying to backlight my OC mcdu,
I'll post more photo's of the trottle when I made some progress on it.
(last week I milled the text too deep, so have to try better )

[flatlandpilot]

First I used an old joystick to connect it to the sim,
now the analog inputs of an OC Expansion card

This is what I use now:

Var 0202, name Lever_L, Link IOCARD_ANALOGIC, Input 2, PosL 1, PosC 128, PosR 255
{
&lever1 = &Lever_L * 65
}
Var 0201, name Lever_R, Link IOCARD_ANALOGIC, Input 1, PosL 1, PosC 128, PosR 255
{
&lever2 = &Lever_R * 65
}
Var 0205, name lever1, Link FSUIPC_OUT, Offset $089A, Length 2
Var 0206, name lever2, Link FSUIPC_OUT, Offset $0932, Length 2


time to think about getting in reverse.

[flatlandpilot]

The textplates finaly came to an acceptable quality after 3 times.
milling height is still a problem for me when milling text.
I now know that sometimes 0.02 mm. is the difference between
seeing thru a layer or not. And I'm thinking about using red primer
Something to remember: when using 100degr leds with only 4 mm. distance
one led each 12 mm. is enough to avoid dark spots.

[Geremy Britton]

excellent work there martjin

[flatlandpilot]

Backlight works now, it's time for the "handles"
I must admit the black kit is a little "rude"

[Westozy]

Great work Martjin, very neat. I have a spare pare of A320 lever handles in the workshop somewhere complete with buttons. I made them ages ago for someone never paid for them. I would post them to you in the Netherlands for AUD$60.00 + postage. You probably want to make your own seeing as your own work is fantastic but the offer is there if you want them! They are raw PVC and will need painting after fitting BTW!

Cheers Gwyn
www.aerosimsolutuions.com.au

[flatlandpilot]

@Westozy: thnx for the offer, but I want to keep the total cost below 20 euro's