{"id":417,"date":"2015-07-10T14:08:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T22:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/?p=417"},"modified":"2015-07-10T14:08:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T22:08:32","slug":"fw-190-throttle-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"FW-190 throttle grip…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I test printed a model today that I created last week based on SimHQ posting I saw.<\/p>\n

Here’s what the solid model looks like:<\/p>\n

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The lettering on the face of the grip relates to the control that hinges in the center of the grip – it controls propeller pitch.\u00a0 It roughly translates to “Coarse” and “Fine”.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the print came out:<\/p>\n

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As you can see, the lettering didn’t turn out at all.\u00a0 This could be fixed in one of three ways.\u00a0 Increase the size of the lettering (not really practical), print with a smaller diameter nozzle – this was printed on a .5mm nozzle.\u00a0 A .35mm might be small enough.\u00a0 Last, you could print it flat and then mechanically engrave the lettering in post production.<\/p>\n

My choice would be to do the lettering as a post-production step because the smaller nozzle diameter would dramatically increase the print time of the part.\u00a0 At 0.5mm it took roughly 2 hours to complete.\u00a0 With a 0.35mm nozzle, it would be closer to 5 to 7 hours.<\/p>\n

The square pockets shown in the second photo are there to take a C&K 8221 tactile push-button switch.\u00a0 Here’s a photo I shamelessly lifted from Digikey’s website:<\/p>\n

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The rocking lever that goes on the face of the grip would hit the switches as it is rocked from top or bottom.\u00a0 I don’t know if I’ll finish the design, but it was a fun design lesson and an interesting print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I test printed a model today that I created last week based on SimHQ posting I saw. Here’s what the solid model looks like: The lettering on the face of the grip relates to the control that hinges in the center of the grip – it controls propeller pitch.\u00a0 It roughly translates to “Coarse” and […]<\/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-417","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\/417","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=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}