{"id":114,"date":"2009-10-11T08:05:12","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T16:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/?p=114"},"modified":"2009-10-12T05:50:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T13:50:35","slug":"more-throttle-quadrant-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"More throttle quadrant progress."},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that all the parts are cut and everything fits like it should, It’s time to move on to getting this thing assembled!<\/p>\n

I made one more change to the original BRFS<\/a> design:<\/p>\n

\"throttle<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead of using the recommended method for keeping the main support bolt from rotating when you tighten or loosen the friction knob, I installed a stove<\/span> carriage bolt that has a squared area right underneath the bolt head.\u00a0 This prevents the bolt from turning once it’s drawn completely into the material.<\/p>\n

The first step is to get each lever rigged up:<\/p>\n

\"rigging<\/a>\"rigging<\/a><\/p>\n

The rigging line I used was 36 strand steel beading wire.\u00a0 This and the swag collars can be had at your local craft store.<\/p>\n

I’m using a pull-pull system to actuate the slide pot – the geometry is similar to the BRFS throttle, but because my levers are symmetrical, I didn’t need to use the spring to keep tension on the line.\u00a0 I’ve also drilled two holes (only one is used) to attach the pull wires to the pot arm.\u00a0 Each hole that the rigging wire passes through has been carefully de-burred in order to make sure that no sharp edges existed that could cut the line over time.<\/p>\n

\"all<\/a><\/p>\n

This is what it looks like from the bottom with all three lever assemblies installed.<\/p>\n

The knobs are painted and they turned out really nice!<\/p>\n

\"painted<\/a><\/p>\n

(don’t forget to click the “more” link below!)<\/p>\n

I hate wasting raw material, especially when I’m using 1\/2″ Baltic Birch.\u00a0 The stuff is crazy expensive around here.\u00a0 I had a number of parts I needed to cut out, including the throttle quadrant mount, so I combined a few projects worth of parts in a single ShopBot session:<\/p>\n

\"cut<\/a><\/p>\n

From left to right – throttle quadrant supports, trim & flap wheel center support, replacement rudder pedals and rudder pedal supports.<\/p>\n

The rudder pedal is an Imperial dimension version of Baloo’s fantastic metric pedal design.\u00a0 His original pedal design was an all metal part.\u00a0 I’ll be posting the drawing files for my pedal as well as Baloo’s original plans in the near future.\u00a0 Here’s a shot that’ll give you an idea of how big the pedal is.\u00a0 My shoes are size 11-1\/2″:<\/p>\n

\"rudder<\/a><\/p>\n

The throttle quadrant support is contoured to follow the rib pattern in the cockpit in order to make it fit as well as possible.\u00a0 The support sides are made from 1\/2″ Baltic Birch and the quadrant deck is made from 3\/4″ A1 Birch, but you could use any good plywood of similar thicknesses.<\/p>\n

\"quadrant<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s what the support looks like installed:<\/p>\n

\"quadrant<\/a><\/p>\n

The quadrant support is just a little over 13″ tall.<\/p>\n

Here’s what the quadrant looks like attached to it’s mount:<\/p>\n

\"quadrant<\/a>\"quadrant<\/a><\/p>\n

When I get a chance to get the support painted, and the throttle quadrant skinned, I’ll post pics of both installed in the cockpit.<\/p>\n

More soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that all the parts are cut and everything fits like it should, It’s time to move on to getting this thing assembled! I made one more change to the original BRFS design: Instead of using the recommended method for keeping the main support bolt from rotating when you tighten or loosen the friction knob, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diycockpit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}