ben1101 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Hello, I just realized that most toasters use an electromagnet to hold the toast down while it cooks, IN THEORY you could use an electro magnet to hold a DIY collective in a certain position until you press the collective brake and move it like in the RL KA-50. I have seen electromagnets used to great effect in DIY cyclic trim systems, see HERE It would be simple to implement by mounting it to a collective stick and having a fixed metal rail adjacent for it to magnetize to. It would be a simple always on until you press a button situation, with the whole thing being able to be turned off to use the collective with other helicopter types that don't feature a collective brake. You could maybe somehow use the same button as an input (for example using MMJOY and an arduino) thats assigned to the collective brake. I don't know what voltage these things run at so it could be potentially dangerous if you don't know how to work with wall power!! Anyway, just an idea that interests me, I think I will start making one. Ben i5 4690K, GTX1070, 24GB 1800mhz, HP WMR, Custom FFB helicopter controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holton181 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 To refine your idea, use a spring loaded piece of metal for the breaking, and you can achieve the same effect but with the electromagnet OFF by default and ON (working against the spring) when hitting the button. A bit safer and less power consuming in case you forget to turn your design OFF. This you might very well have thought of already, but I recommend operating the electromagnet through a relay with the same voltage for the controlling terminal as the digital input on whatever controller board you will use. Helicopters and Viggen DCS 1.5.7 and OpenBeta Win7 Pro 64bit i7-3820 3.60GHz P9X79 Pro 32GB GTX 670 2GB VG278H + a Dell PFT Lynx TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I should have kept my broken ALDI Toaster, damn :doh: Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben1101 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 Thanks Holton181, great ideas. I hadn't thought of using the magnet to release pressure! i5 4690K, GTX1070, 24GB 1800mhz, HP WMR, Custom FFB helicopter controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack_UK Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 How about using a regular magnet which is gripping by default. The release button simply mechanically moves the magnet(or metal rail) a little to break the grip. Get the lever where you want it, release the button and the magnet grips again... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mule Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I should have kept my broken ALDI Toaster, damn :doh: Rookie mistake. Fighter Pilot Podcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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