burning question - HSI?

[Michael Carter]

Hence the palmtrees and the tranquil sunset no doubt in the avitar image.

[cscotthendry]

Now you're getting the idea

[Michael Carter]

Still have 19 years to go. Probably 24 at the rate the economy is going.

[cscotthendry]

19 Years, yow! You get less than that for robbing banks!!! LOL!

[Michael Carter]

25 to life in the US if armed. Considered armed robbery. If old folks (seniors) or anyone under 18 assaulted during the attempt, it's aggravated armed robbery. Life, maybe with or without parole. If a death occurs intentionally, Man I, unintentionally, Man II, but that's up to the Prosecutor.

[AndyT]

Sketchup is giving me grief.
How do I get it to draw on the surface of an object?

[AndyT]

Ok, figured it out. When you build an object you have to build the outside of it and then draw, then make shape adjustments. They could've said something in the lessons....

[ruprecht]

racing you, but I'm using 3dsmax

[ruprecht]

This is what I meant by the ring gears, and how they would work to mount the heading bug and RMI flags while still leaving an empty core for a swinging CDI servo assembly.

[cscotthendry]

Ruprecht:
Wow, that's looking pretty cool!
BTW, Here's something to consider. The course card/CDI and the heading bug normally rotate with the compass card except when being moved by the knobs. Then they move relative to the compass card. I would bet London to a brick that in the real gauge, these pointers are diven by some type of differential gearing rather than being driven by independant motors. So one motor drives all three at once and the differential gearing just sets the relative positions of the course pointer and heading bug.