[simpits-tech] Using real instruments

[Matt Bailey]

I remember talking about using an air compressor to control real gauges 
several months ago. Sounds like a GREAT idea to me, a little more complex 
than just using servos but the extra realism in gauge movement would probably 
be worth it. Not to mention the utter coolness of being able to drop a REAL, 
UNMODIFIED instrument directly into your sim. The instruments themselves are 
pricey though, unless you found an old junk instrument but that would defeat 
the purpose of making your sim accept real instruments since the instrument 
would not work. :)

Driving gyro instruments like the turn coordinator I suppose could be done 
with servos driving the gyro cages (although the ball is just a ball in a 
glass tube, it's not driven by any mechanical device in real life so it would 
probably have to be totally reworked) or just removing the gyros completely 
and hooking a servo directly to the small aircraft representation. Anyone 
done this?

	-Matt Bailey