[simpits-tech] Hackerizing a King ADF indicator?

[Cris Harrison]

On 4/1/2012 1:36 PM, dabigboy at cox.net wrote:
> ---- Gene Buckle<geneb at deltasoft.com>  wrote:
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012, dabigboy at cox.net wrote:
>>
>>> My first thought is that it uses a series of air core movements to drive
>>> the needle with great precision throughout 360 degrees, but my
>>> experience with air core movements is still very early. Without
>>> dissecting the indicator (and possibly damaging it), I have no way to
>>> test this theory reliably and safely.
>> Matt, it probably uses a synchro and not an air-core motor.
>>
>> g.
> Well I got brave and opened it up....there are two cylinders inside, one bigger than the other, each has a bunch of wires coming out of it. I google'd the part # last night and did not come up with anything, will be doing some more research today. I was thinking maybe a stepper motor, but would a synchro also fit this description?
>
> I suppose the compass card moves after all, since there appear to be two motors/synchros/steppers/whatever inside.
>
> If it's a synchro, I'm guessing it will be much easier to just gut the thing and go the stepper router, rather than trying to drive a synchro.......
>
> Matt
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send me a pic.. btw how many wires are coming out of each.. most likely 
5 syncro, 4 or 6 resolver
Cris