[simpits-tech] F16 Gearhandle

[Marv De Beque]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris, please tell me how you made it!  What materials did you use?

I am very impressed with the work and anxious to hear how you did it.  
Please tell all.  Inquiring minds want to knw!

Marv

On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 04:42 PM, c.vanlierop wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been working very hard the last 2 weeks on an F16 
> Gearhandle-replica.
> Now that it's finished, I'd like to show it (off ;-) to you. It is
> functional in that it is 'forced' (by a spring) in the down and up 
> position
> and I already included a microswitch that's activated when the handle 
> is in
> the 'gear down' position. I chose not to make the 'down permission 
> button'
> and the 'down lock release button' functional as it would make the
> construction many times more complicated for little gain in 
> 'realism'....
>
> I think I'll make a How-To in the future but at the moment I'm working 
> hard
> on the 'arm rest' and the rarely used 'wrist rest'....
>
> kind greetings,
> Chris "SpeedOne" Van Lierop
>