I am gathering the parts needed to build my center console for my Cessna 182RG.
Only thing is I don't know what to use as the shafts on the Throttle, Pitch and Mixture controls?
Any ideas?
Any rod will do Colin, any rod.
Best is aluminum ¼ inch (5-6mm) sliding into two blocks of nylon or even wood.
cheers thanks, I have had a look at a coat hanger I have for trousers, they are roundish and able to be cut to what ever length I want and the best bit I have hundreds of them laying around already :D
Quote from: ColinB on January 23, 2013, 05:57:23 AM
cheers thanks, I have had a look at a coat hanger I have for trousers, they are roundish and able to be cut to what ever length I want and the best bit I have hundreds of them laying around already :D
Unless your coat hangers are a lot different than ours, they won't be heavy enough. Are they 5-6mm in diameter?
Should be able to find a thin steel rod at Wickes or Homebase there cheap. Usually the 3 or 4 foot length should cover your Throttle, Mixture and Prop.
Quote from: Bob Reed on January 23, 2013, 06:04:09 AM
Quote from: ColinB on January 23, 2013, 05:57:23 AM
cheers thanks, I have had a look at a coat hanger I have for trousers, they are roundish and able to be cut to what ever length I want and the best bit I have hundreds of them laying around already :D
Unless your coat hangers are a lot different than ours, they won't be heavy enough. Are they 5-6mm in diameter?
yes they are about 5mm they are also quite light
(https://www.cockpitbuilders.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hangerworld.co.uk%2Febay%2Fproduct_images%2Fhangers2012%2Fplastic%2Fph-34-trbar-black-620.jpg&hash=f07ce25c2c2bd7c67ef65457508b8c350b9ada74)
its almost identical to these
Quote from: jskibo on January 23, 2013, 06:09:00 AM
Should be able to find a thin steel rod at Wickes or Homebase there cheap. Usually the 3 or 4 foot length should cover your Throttle, Mixture and Prop.
i saw the wicks one, i will have to take a trip to homebase and b&q to get their prices though.
Forgot about B&Q, been too long since I lived there...... I keep thinking Tesco :)
I have a set of real Throttle, Mixture, and Prop control cables with handles I will sell you at a reasonable price if interested? These are from a Cessna 182 to boot! :)
Rob
Quote from: 727737Nut on January 23, 2013, 06:32:58 AM
I have a set of real Throttle, Mixture, and Prop control cables with handles I will sell you at a reasonable price if interested? These are from a Cessna 182 to boot! :)
Rob
I would love them Rob but this whole project is being done on a tight budget and the budget got tighter today due to changes in my circumstances :(
My whole center console including tq needs to cost me less than £30 before yesterday (I havn't worked out how much I can spend on it as of today)
My main panels is going to be done on about £20.
It is thanks to a couple of wonderfully kind members donating some old USB boards that I can even make a start on it.
Colin, head to Toolstation
Rhys b
Collin any DIY shop will sell you a short piece of dowel rod and you can get plain pine knobs for about 50p each. then all you need as jack said is a couple of blocks of wood or plastic. Just paint the knobs the right colour.
To interface them to your boards you'll need a couple of linear slide pots, about £1.00 each on ebay.
Joe.
I wasn't sure about using dowel going through wood, wouldn't it get stuck?
Not if you use a little wax or silicone polish. (Cad drawings sent BTW)
As part of this project I want to include a trim wheel but I am unsure what the best way of doing this is, would it work better with a rotary encoder or potentiometer?
Whats the best way to build it?
I have the Bodnar board so it will interface with the PC but I don't have anything else yet (I don't think).
Colin,
Cheap slide pots here. http://www.desktopaviator.com/Products/parts.htm (http://www.desktopaviator.com/Products/parts.htm)
Halfway down on right, for $2.50
There is a store near me that sell them for £1 each, getting them from Desktop Aviator would cost far too much as I would have to pay for shipping from the states to the UK
Colin,
CPC is the cheapest and best place to get pots, switches etc in the UK
Rhys b
slide pots are more expensive, 38p more individually, 15p if buying 10. I only need 5.
I havn't looked at any other parts but will look later after dinner.
Thanks for reminding me of CPC, I will look at them when comparing prices in the future.