[simpits-tech] SimKits

[Roy Coates]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Justin Messenger wrote:


The simkits are luvverly toys, a pricey way to build a cockpit though.

I use only one servo in the J41 cockpit for the flap position indicator
and I find that quite noisy - how's a bunch of the things !?


>
> >
> > 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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Roy Coates.
Dept of Engineering.
Liverpool University.
E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 794 4862
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