[simpits-tech] Vibrators

[Matt Bailey]

On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:44:25 -0700 (PDT)
geneb <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Mar 2014, Matt Bailey wrote:
> 
> > I realize wrapping your fingers on the glass of a cantankerous
> > analog instrument can be a suitable fix for sticky gauges (ditto
> > for old CD-ROM drives..).
> >
> > I did NOT know aircraft manufacturers actually installed devices
> > behind the instrument panels of their planes to do the job for you.
> >
> Yep.  I've got a pile of those things.  How much does it vibrate the 
> panel?
> 
> g.
> 

They're actually not very severe. There is no visible rattling or
vibrating of the panel or gauges, but you can feel it pretty strongly
if you grab the panel within a few inches of where the things are
mounted.

I may leave them in there for grins....I suppose it's something you
would notice when starting up the cockpit of the real thing, so I might
as well have it. Besides, with the amount of OLD, real analog gauges
I'll be running, who knows...they may continue to fulfill their original
purpose. :)

-- 
Matt Bailey

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Sabreliner 60 Flight Simulator
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