Quadrant building. -design stage-

[machineman9]

my tutorial says 200Kohm


hmm, ill do a right and left engine, be suitable for a 737 or other prop. i just need a good design, i dont want anything goofy looking lol

[machineman9]

oh wow, on Maplin there is a key switch. that could work as the magneto couldnt it?

i am so going to have to check this all works as i dont want to waste

[machineman9]

the landing gear would be a button wouldnt it? its either on or off, you cant as such leave the gear half up or down can you?  so, this is probably to JBaymore... how could i make a landing gear go on this thing? i am going to make it so that 3 seconds after flipping the gear, the lights change. how did you make your gear? how could it fit into a single button switch?



current things it will have:

1x magneto key switch
2x toggle (stick) switch- 1 for lights, unsure about the other
1x landing gear (consulting how it would work)- 3 lights for it
2x throttles, for left and right. if im not using the trim or the L.G is a switch, i will have 4 throttles.


so, thats the Alpha release of how the thing will function. ive only got 4 pots and 4 switches to use remember


any ideas? please say

[JBaymore]

machineman,

Again,... see the master thread that links to all of my pit construction.  Liekly the answers to ALL trhese questions are in there.

best,

................john

[machineman9]

i looked at section 19 (the bit about constructing the gear) and some later ones (you have 2 lots of part 24 in the master thread too) but i couldnt find anything on how the actual componant functions. the lights should be quite easy i think. i can take power from another 5v in from the MIDI, and then im sure i can figure out how to construct a PCB or something to change the power to the the red/green LEDs respectively. if i cant, ill either ask for help on on here/another forum, or ask my grandad who is an ex-electrician

[JBaymore]

machineman,

To light lights like the gear lights you want to extract the data from within the sim itself.

[machineman9]

my birthday is in february, unfortunately.

but thanks, that does answer those questions yes. i just spent the last half hour drawing a basic diagram for how the wiring could go for the button and lighting rig too

ill look into it. i wanted to keep this project as close to

[JBaymore]

Here's the Phidgets TextLCD:

http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/c/ ... t-LCD.aspx


Here's an output only controller that will light up up to 64 LEDs:

http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/c/ ... oards.aspx


Here's a selcetion of combination in and out units:

http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/c/ ... oards.aspx


Here's an assortment of "kits":

http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/c/ ... -Kits.aspx


best,

.....john

[machineman9]

aah, i thought it was more of a PCI type thing. thanks, but that is really getting too expensive for this project. i cant go spending

[machineman9]

here is the very basic design of how it will look... a half hour replica made in anim8or




the lights will be slightly submerged and other things, but thats a basic view of things

[JBaymore]

machineman,

Lookin' good.  You might want to add a sixth lever on the left of the throttles which is set up to act as one for the speedbrake/spoilers.

[JBaymore]

Mini-Tutorial Part II

So now we likely want to actually "DO" something in the sim.

[machineman9]

alot of long and short words there john, but still, very useful stuff to refer to if i get stuck or need ideas for the thing to work.


i would add a sixth lever, but if the landing gear is to be a button (i looked at your landing gear) i will make it so that at half way, a spring or something pushes into toggle switch... so then this toggle switch will be recognised to adjust the landing gear and make it go up/down depending on how it needs to go (hopefully down will send the gear down, though yesterday not even my keyboard could get the gear to go down)

so, im pretty much out of space on my MIDI connection (unless i added a second cable to it) but i think ive used the space for what i use most



again, thanks muchly, youve been a great help. im just checking the prices up again, and checking the final compatibilites of the hardware ill be using

cheers

[gokhotit]

I have just "finished" my console (is it ever "finished?).I have 4 mixture controls set up, along with an annunciator panel (that I just got working today

[machineman9]

the console test fit pic looks good

i thought that X52 thing was a throttle in itself though