Spring back starter switches?

[matta757]

Hey guys,

I know most of you are building 737's and I am not sure how their starter switches work, but in the 757/767 the engine start switches spring back from the GND setting once N2 has hit a certain point and the engine becomes self-sustaining. I was just wondering if anyone has any ideas or suggestions for how to make this work with the physical switch in the sim? If anyone has ideas, I would love to hear them!

Regards,
Matt

[Garys]

Hans Krohn has a very nice design but somewhat complicated as it requires some machining  http://www.hanskrohn.com/start.htm
look at the building tips page

Trevor Wimmer's design is great  and even gives you the sioc code. http://www.flightdecksolutions.com/view_tutorials.php
Very bottom of page.

Hope this helps you with some good ideas.

[Kennair]

Hi Matt,

Ruscool electronics in NZ make one.  Here's their prototype demo'd on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ54O_oI4nQ

Ken.

[dharrison]

You could always pick up the read deal from APHS!

I also saw another guy who did it with a simple servo setup. really neat. I will try to find the powerpoint.

Don

[NeoMorph]

I had a look on the APHS site... VERY WORRYING to say the least....

Here is one item that shows what I mean

727/737 cockpit escape rope.
(Instructions for use: Captain hands rope to F/O, and says, "Open your window and jump"...
Must be on ground, not in flight...if the F/O doesn't break both legs, the captain will then follow)
$15

[Efe]

You didn't like the joke?

[NeoMorph]

I'm just worried about people jumping out of their simulator windows. 

Getting back on track, the Ruscool spring back switches look the business.