My first build - 737NG. Early days!

[David Rogers]

Hi Mike,

I think so (that's the theory anyway!).

I'll strip the CH's wiring from the buttons, and rig them up to the Boeing trim switch / AP disconnect, etc, that come with the Simparts 737 yoke.

[phil744]

Looking good so far, if my setup was as advanced i would be happy, my "sim" just consists of a cupboard full of parts and thats it.

Keep up the good work, im looking forward to watching this grow

[Geremy Britton]

HI,

I have done exactly that and it works a treat!

I bought the old CH yoke for around £5 on ebay then took the back box off that detects the elevator movement (push/ pull) then i was left with the yoke on a rod that would have been pushed into the back box.

I sawed off some of the rod to make sure i fitted into my control column it is a drainpipe i grabbed from a builders yard - not needed. and it is grey so no need for paint! the frainpipe will fit over a small joystick that will detect elevator movements and will have added tention by springs etc from the drainpipe at the bottom.

Then i cut my boeing yoke in mdf sanded it and it takes forever! put the electronics in the back of it and put the top half of the yoke on the front and covered any gaps between the two with putty.

THe electronics of the ch yoke are in the actual yoke this is good bacuase you build the wooden yoke so it fits over this and it cannot be noticed this detects the aileron movement.,

Now i have both axis covered and a fully functional boeing yoke!

Really pleased how it has turned out -better than expected anyway.


Also if anything happens in the future the two parts of the yoke front and back are just drilled together by half a dozen screws so can be taken apart if say one of the buttons stops woking or something - i dont realy want to have to make another yoke again!! THen you would just need to reapply the putty to seal it again.

Will be painting black soon.

post more pics when finished i added some to the gallery a couple of months ago of this project take a look:

http://www.mycockpit.org/photopost/s...php?photo=1724


This is where i got the basic idea from:

http://users.skynet.be/jcordon/cockpit/YokeGal.htm


all this should help you greatly!


Regards

Geremy

[David Rogers]

Cool!

Excellent, thanks Geremy, that's really helpful.

Dave.

[Geremy Britton]

pleased to be of some help, as i said when i get a change in the next month i will upload my finished yoke and you can see for your self!

Geremy

[mpl330]

Hi Mike,

I think so (that's the theory anyway!).

I'll strip the CH's wiring from the buttons, and rig them up to the Boeing trim switch / AP disconnect, etc, that come with the Simparts 737 yoke.

Excellent - keep us informed of your progress with that as thats what I was thinking about doing too -especially since the launch of the 'more affordable' simparts yoke...

Cheers
Mike

[David Rogers]

Yes, they're great.

269 Euros for an authentic looking 737 yoke (100 unpainted without the trim switches!), as opposed to some of the 'ready to use' 737 yokes that are 1800 euros + ...... !

Simparts also sell bespoke mounting plates so sure it'll work out ok.

Dave.

[David Rogers]

Yikes!

Got the UPS shipping confirmation to say that my Engravity Captains and Centre Panel Kits will be arriving on Friday ..... Stoked, as Westozy would say !!

I expect to be up ALL NIGHT on Friday night, so I can show you some new photos of the Panels, and now that I have my networked PCs and PM running spot on !

Happy days!

[Tomlin]

Wow, David. Those Engravity parts ship VERY fast, huh? Didnt you just order those not too long ago?

[Michael Carter]

I too did the same thing to a CH yoke for my Boeing yoke. I just had to wire the Boeing switches to the CH inputs. Took a little head scratching to get the trim switches working, but they are working fine now.