[simpits-tech] SimKits

[Justin Messenger]

> 
> Hello all, I thought Id share this email I sent to
> someone else.
> 
> 
> 
> I hope to place a couple of simkits in the Captains
> panel today. Ill have to modify the panel a bit in
> order to get the Simkits to fit perfectly in the
> holes.
> 
> The main issue with the simkits CCU2 is it is
> obviously designed for a C-172 so it is limited if
> you
> want to run more of the complex instruments
> (Altimeter, attitude indicator, VOR) than what you
> find in a C-172 cockpit. In other words it will ony
> run ONE attitude indictor, ONE HSI, and ONE
> altimeter.
> That is not a good thing with a airliner like the
> DC-8! I dont know that you can run more than one
> CCU2
> at a time either. 
> 
> Anthony is running duplicate servos on the same VOR1
> output from the CCU2 to run the VOR needles in both
> the main Horizon instrument and in a smaller standby
> 2
> inch gauge, he's using one servo for each needle
> moving slider pots to drive both of these. This is
> one
> way to run multiple complex guages that require the
> CCU2. 
> 
> He also has a Simkits altimeter and a heading
> indicator which he modified with syncros so he can
> run
> his real F-4  Phantom altimeter and HSI instruments.
> 
> The good news is there is no limit to the number of
> instruments that run from the SimKits multi
> controller
> rather than the CCU, So there is no problem at all
> with, say,  running eight or 12 engine instruments,
> or
> multiple verticle speed or airspeed indicators.
> 
> Anthony just buys servos for the multi controller
> and
> hooks the servos up to his real F-4 Phantom 
> instruments that are simple, like RPM or exaust
> temp.
> 
> 
> Justin


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