AlyMac Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) The stickers arrived from "I Say Ding Dong" - a company who specialise in vintage racing car stickers. Ive dealt with them many times rebuilding Classic race / Rally cars and also my racing car simulators as well and what they can di is superb. Parking brake is just a 75A automotive pull switch from ebay but it works well through the LeoBodnar BU0836A board. Great to get something else off of the yoke - as that will soon become redundant as well. So in the meantime from the left I have - Landing Gear, Parking Brake and Flaps. Landing gear and Flaps will be moved to levers on the floor at a later date. Edited April 19, 2021 by AlyMac I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Trim winders for the Aileron and Rudder are next on the agenda Edited April 19, 2021 by AlyMac I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Unused Brain cells from a recent scan... [ATTACH=CONFIG]226131 you can see where Im going with this. The red and small orange gear are bonded together - this is the intermediate gear. The winder, small orange gear and spindle will be bonded together. The large orange wheels' spindle turns both the potentiometer and the needle on the face of the Aileron trim indicator. Gearing is 20:1 - which equates to five turns of the winder from the centre point for full left or full right. The black plate is 5mm polypropylene sheet which is an excellent bearing surface. The gears will be sandwiched between two of these. However I need to await my local garage to open so that I can use his pillar drill to get the holes straight :-( [/ATTACH] Edited April 19, 2021 by AlyMac I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 This is just the test rig. All up and working well with AirManager :) I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50sqnwopag Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Nice build.....you should make it a multi crew kite.... I made a Lancaster sim in a caravan for 4 people (pilot, flt eng, nav and Wop) then the chinese plague buggered my plans up!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 Sounds great matey. Funny but it was the CCP Virus that started mine ! I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 After a long lay-off due to work commitments the pedestal is almost finished Aileron and Rudder trims are done and working. I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 Its been a while due to other commitments but Im now ready for the next part of my journey. The problem is that I like to fly more than I like to build ! Like all the rest of my Flight-deck, Im going in blind so if it doesnt work - I will have to start again. As with the rest of the project there is a little "Poetic Licence" as there are restrictions in my loft, my budget and most of all - my open plan head... Basically its a 3.5mm ply sheet to go over my two £10 screens which run AirManager for my instruments. Ive also fitted pots to adjust the instruments to rid myself of "Keyboard chores". Not exactly the right shape - but close enough for Government Work :D Not much to show yet but you can see where Im going. Ive traced out the positions of the instruments and to make them fit the small screens - they have all been reduced to 70mm diameter. Enough for me to see without my reading glasses :shock: I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 This was just an experimental video. Lots of mistakes when I look through. We'd never do the mag check with both engines at 2300 ! - and I didnt pull the throttles back to 36" after pumps off... Oops However the interruption from my Number One was just too good to miss :lol: :lol: :lol: 1 I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50sqnwopag Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 how's the sim going any newer photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 just saw this - yes I will upload more today 1 I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Sorry - I didnt think anybody was following this thread found these guitar pickup surrounds to make into radios. Just £2.50 off amazon I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Started making a mold for the dC6 yoke. Looked good for a while then.... I'll try again with carbon fiber tows and less hardner 1 I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Air Manager works quite well with led lights working through Arduino- Oil pressures Fuel pressures Generators Green Gear Down Amber Gear in transit Door light - although they say it works with XP11 - doesnt. Ive tried to write code - but I cant even find the files to enter. Im too old to understand this stuff. If I cant make it work with nuts and bolts then it doesnt work - period ! My radios and navs are at the bottom. Just the guitar pickup frames and two pots, one for high and one for low plus a push on each for ident and test/NAV-Radio2 whatever. More details in 2 or 3 weeks after my euro trip with work. 1 I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlyMac Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Petrol Problems... The fuel taps have become a bit of a nightmare. I tried soldering up 10 way switches as there are no 5 way switches I can find with the correct "dwell" with the 5 five position fuel taps on the Dak'. This doesnt really work well as the levers are always out of sync a little. I bought one of these Oven Grill switches which has a pleasing - quite smooth and positive click-click movement (5 in the right places and a 6th at 6 o'clock) but it operates 6 cam lobes on a shaft which give a mix of on +1, on+2, on + 2 and 1, on + 2 and 4 ... grrr! Cant make it work at all. I will grind off the cam lobes and put slotted aluminium tube rings at the correct 5 positions to close the contacts. Nuts and bolts again I always keep a bottle of stimulant handy just in case I see a serpent - which I also keep handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50sqnwopag Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I take it you're in the uk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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