[simpits-tech] Airspeed (and air-core!) indicator success

[dabigboy at cox.net]

>From what I understand, new commercial motors are pretty specialized and expensive. Fortunately, instrument clusters from cars are chock full of decent-quality air core motors. I picked up a complete instrument cluster from a 2000-2006 Pontiac Grand Prix for $30 shipped on ebay....it has two readily usable motors, plus two more that seem to be some sort of two-pole arrangement (I think I can use them for 0-180* needles). $8/motor may still sound a bit steep, but I figure even if I use 20 motors in the entire sim (unlikely), I will only have $160 total into them at this rate.

Matt

---- Cris Harrison <phoenixcomm at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Congrats! now tell me where you get the motors?? who sells them? and how
> much to they cost?
> cris. h
> *& HAPPY NEW YEAR!!* (in about 15 hrs)
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> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Justin Messenger <jjmessenger at yahoo.com>wrote:
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> > Matt, that looks fantastic!!  Well done! :)
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> > Justin
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> > This week I finally decided to quit putting off the airspeed indicator
> > project.....to great success!
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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h472mXtVmkg
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> > This one is from a Jetstream 31, and came out really nice. I'm also very
> > encouraged about air-core motors.....huge potential here! The
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