[simpits-tech] Treasures from ebay! (and name that part)

[dabigboy at cox.net]

---- delor lauchang <echotech1452 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Sweet, you hit the jackpot there, its just like buying a panel. I think you
> can easily interphase that with a Saitek yoke for a short cut.

Thanks! Actually I have some nice slide potentiometers, my plan is to construct a chassis for the existing yoke and use a slide pot for pitch, and a traditional rotary pot for roll. I will probably use bungees for yoke pressure, possibly with some sort of shock dampening rig.

The thought occurred to me that this may actually have a movable yoke that is just locked internally for storage/transportation, but upon closer inspection it appears it is attached to the front panel permanently.

Matt


Matt

> 
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Roy Coates <roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 dabigboy at cox.net wrote:
> >
> > >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270650930384
> > >
> > > I was STOKED to nab this one!!!! I don't have the room (or money) to
> > build up a full cockpit or chop off the nose of a real plane for sim use
> > right now, so I've been planning for a desktop simulator that is small and
> > reasonably portable. This finally gives me a platform for all the ideas and
> > little bits and pieces of hardware I've planned or assembled over the years.
> > Actually the yoke alone is worth what I got the unit for, everyone is
> > charging crazy prices for aircraft yokes these days (my last quote was an
> > old Metro II yoke for $450.....)
> >
> > Crap on a stick - that's a bargain!
> >
> > Nice going m'boy !
> >
> > --
> >
> > Roy Coates.
> >
> >
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