Well, it was time to get my tiller going and finally finished. It started with me scratching my head gazing at my real tiller handle and assembly I had acquired a couple years ago from APHS. Well, after a lot of thought I dug into it and finally done.
Here are some pictures detailing the project.
Scott
Nicely done Scott! I imagine the centering mechanism is your design and not what came with the original tiller, right?
Maurice
Quote from: Maurice on November 18, 2012, 12:34:42 PM
Nicely done Scott! I imagine the centering mechanism is your design and not what came with the original tiller, right?
Maurice
Thats correct. I cut up the housing and the pully. Basicaly cut 3 spokes of 4 off the pully just leaving the hub and one spoke to act as a way of putting hard stops on it. Then I added the springs and put the earplugs in them to keep the quiet (Thank you Jack for that tip in another post of his!). Works like a charm though I have not hooked up the pot to really try it in the sim yet. Getting closer though.
Scott
Hi Scott,
Snap! I have been on the same mission this week making a mechanism for the real tiller handles. I have to make four more of them this week. Well done on converting the real part, I've missed out a sale with you haha!
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Cheers Gwyn
Hi Scott,
Interesting modifications for your Tiller mechanism.
Questions:
- How true to the real 737 are the centering forces?
- What is the resistance value of the potentiometer?
- Is the pot carbon or wire wound?
- What is a good source for the tiller wheel?
- Are the tillers sync'd for the pilot/co-pilot?
Mike
Quote from: sagrada737 on November 18, 2012, 05:41:09 PM
Hi Scott,
Interesting modifications for your Tiller mechanism.
Questions:
- How true to the real 737 are the centering forces?
I don't know how realistic because I have never tried the real on
- What is the resistance value of the potentiometer? 10k liniear taper
- Is the pot carbon or wire wound? Not sure
- What is a good source for the tiller wheel? Airline Pilots Historical Society but probably easier to just get a replica and the mechanism fromOpencockpits
- Are the tillers sync'd for the pilot/co-pilot? Only pilot has tiller
Mike
I gotta tell you, it really seems a lot of us are at the same place with our sims. I got a tiller handle last month, but had the real mechanism for years, and here I am already trying to figure out a way to go about this past weekend.
It has the two grooves for the cabling and is something like Scott's, so what he's done is perfect. I was thinking about another way before this; look at the attached pics that someone else posted a long time ago...
Thanks Scott, you've given me ideas for mine...
John