Last Sunday's control testing...

[geneb]

It lives! Well kind of...

The throttle problem shown has been repaired.  I had swapped the ground and wiper lines on all three.  Go figure.

The PFD is showing MSFS9 for testing purposes.  I've got the new beta of the G1000-like glass display and I'll be showing that once I'm done re-building the throttle enclosure.

I decided to drop the propeller pitch lever after I tore it down to repair the wiring error.  This thins down the quadrant so I'm building a new cover for it - this time out of .060 black ABS plastic.  With any luck I'll get it finished tomorrow morning and I'll be able to continue to adjust the flight controls.

I'll have the webcam running at UStream again - the link is Rantings from the Simpits Shop.

At some point I'll get my blog updated with the photos that are still sitting on the camera from the last two weeks' work.

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[Trevor Hale]

Gene, you are a machine.  You really are amazing.  Great stuff..

[geneb]

Machine?  Yeah if you mean creaky, rusty and slightly bent.

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[when acting as a wave]

That is such a great Youtube channel!!!

[geneb]

Heh.  I'm glad you like it!

I managed to update my blog today as well - http://www.simpits.org/geneb/?p=207

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