Real 737 Tiller conversion

[XOrionFE]

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

[Maurice]

Nicely done Scott!  I imagine the centering mechanism is your design and not what came with the original tiller, right?

Maurice

[XOrionFE]

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

[Aerosim Solutions]

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

[sagrada737]

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

[XOrionFE]

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

[blueskydriver]

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