Does anyone remember what or which company(s) produce the rudder pedal housing in aluminum?
I think this included the housing as well as the left and right floorboards that rise off of the main decking for cable runs. It also had the little round recess when the control column is moved completely forward.
I saw a photo of this on some vendors site but can't for the life of me remember which site it was.
http://www.northernflightsim.com/pedalskidscovers.shtml (http://www.northernflightsim.com/pedalskidscovers.shtml)
Unless you want the "real" 100% cover, your local tin shop (those guys building forced air heating ducts) can do a decent housing for not much, including the floor part, if you supply them with a thin aluminum sheet.
I'm going to build it myself from plywood, but the site where I saw this had a really great picture that I was going to use as a reference.
Wish I could think of that site.
Ian Sissons had some nice checkerplate pictures.. and Northern flight sim as Scott mentioned has some nice pictures.. (Attached pic)
Attached are also Maurice's Rudder Pedals... If it helps.
YES! Thank you thank you thank you guys. That's what I was looking for.
Sorry Scott I didn't see your post until checking back on the thread.
Maurice, could you please take some rough measurements for me from your rudder pedal housing?
I'm limited by a total width of 20.5" so I've divided this up by three for equal width of the center box and the two ramps. I don't know if this is right, but it gives my feet enough room.
What I'm most interested in, is how tall is the center box, the ramps, and how long are each from front to back. I'm guessing from the photos between 24" and 26" but I have no known reference to use for extrapolating the size other than the width.
Mine is going to be modified somewhat and there will be an extended center section running under the seat, probably 4-5" in height. This will house one of the gas struts and the other will run into and under the center box. No way around this with a surface mounted control column, but it will be a lot shorter that the current box the column is mounted in and narrower too.
Quote from: Boeing Skunk Works on November 04, 2009, 01:09:44 PM
Maurice, could you please take some rough measurements for me from your rudder pedal housing?
Just read your message Mike & will get you the dimensions tonight when I get back home. I think I can find the suckers as I am in the middle of packing for moving, but I'm pretty sure they are safe somewhere :-).
Maurice
Thanks Maurice. It doesn't have to be down to the last mm. Close is good enough.
Here they are. Keep in mind these are not 100% accurate but they are very close to the real thing as I measured them in a real Boeing 737 cockpit. However, I did have to adapt them to my MIP so they are probably not totally accurate now.
This is how I did my rudders but I copied many ideas from another gentleman whose name escapes me right now (senior moment ;D
http://rides.webshots.com/album/560928860GxpIoQ (http://rides.webshots.com/album/560928860GxpIoQ)
Hope this helps,
Mau
Brilliant work there Maurice. Very nice. Thanks alot for the photo with measures. I am going to do this during the winter hopefully.
:)
Senior Moment or not, I am amazed you were even able to build these.. let alone measure them. They are incredible..
But I am curious.. Does your tape measure look like this?
Thanks a whole lot Maurice. I was close, but not quite there.
Plywood is on the horses and the order to McMaster is made up.
As soon as I get this fourth Wideview system squared away I'll start cutting wood.
Quote from: Trevor Hale on November 05, 2009, 11:59:02 AM
Senior Moment or not, I am amazed you were even able to build these.. let alone measure them. They are incredible..
But I am curious.. Does your tape measure look like this?
Quote from: Trevor Hale on November 05, 2009, 11:59:02 AM
Senior Moment or not, I am amazed you were even able to build these.. let alone measure them. They are incredible..
But I am curious.. Does your tape measure look like this?
And where did you get my picture??? This was copyrighted so you owe me royalties now. And what is this mm crap?? Real men use fractions.
Mau
LOL.. Awww.. Too funny.. Your Hilarious.. Sorry for breaching your copywrite ha ha ha.. Additionally you are 100% right.. Real men use fractions :) especially the parents of baby boomers. :angel:
Finally remembered where I stole some ideas (excellent site which I'm sure you have seen before):
http://pages.videotron.com/alain737/rudder/rudder.htm (http://pages.videotron.com/alain737/rudder/rudder.htm)
Mau
Wow, thanks for the link. Those photos (und those in your album) are going to come in mighty handy as I'll probably end up building the foot pedals too.