Red's A-10C Pit

The suspense is killing me, it's going to look soooo good when you start to put it together.

LASTE Panel (5 of 12) by KLaFaille, on Flickr

I ocurred to me that you might want to look at the Panavise Model 376

head. It's a real solid piece of kit, and I've found that it works well with our panels.

http://www.allspectrum.com/store/extra-wide-opening-head-panavise-model-376-p-1510.html

Cheers,

Colin

Thanks for the heads up on that particular head. I've been meaning to pick up a couple others, one for circuit cards, and one for larger pieces. A panavise is one of the greatest things ever. :)

K

LOL I have a couple Panavise's, I have one that grabs the board from the outer edges, they're like an extra hand!

Speaking of third hands, some of the best ones I've seen were home built using the snap together coolant hoses used on milling machines with clips attached to the ends. Another great setup was one made with the gooseneck metal conduit used on microphones. Super adaptable and way more pose-able than the garbage tiny little ones with the two clips.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Third-Hand-A-multi-use-helping-hand-for-electro/

This is a neat one for soldering too.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Yet-another-third-hand-soldering-aid-with-some-n/

I really have to make a setup like the coolant hose one. I spend more time fighting with the small tabletop one than actually using it usefully.

K

Thanks for the heads up on that particular head. I've been meaning to pick up a couple others, one for circuit cards, and one for larger pieces. A panavise is one of the greatest things ever. :)

K

It certainly is. I dont think I would get a 366 head though. It's not self-centering and doesn't look to be as "industrial" as the 376. Some of our panels, even replicas, can get quite heavy.

For the size circuit boards I do, the Standard Head with the 344 Grooved Nylon Jaws works pretty well.

http://panavise.com/index.html?pageID=1&page=full&--eqskudatarq=33

203 PV Jr. Head is also good, though the last PV Jr. I had, the two adjustment knobs on the end got locked up together and would not separate.

http://panavise.com/index.html?pageID=1&page=full&--eqskudatarq=24

Cheers,

Colin

This is a neat one for soldering too.

I really have to make a setup like the coolant hose one. I spend more time fighting with the small tabletop one than actually using it usefully.

K

Here's something funny: for the longest time I thought from the pictures of the 358 Wire Manager accessory that how you used it was to put a spool of wire on it. Until I saw the In Use Example here:

http://panavise.com/index.html?pageID=1&page=full&--eqskudatarq=38

Cheers,

Colin

need your help

Hi KLaFaille,

can you shed some light with me new mmm none working rwr .

https://picasaweb.google.com/Avlolga/Cockpit4uandmeCom#5680154621778007074

i can get more but cannot check them on spot

what and how to check real instruments?

i can also have ADI and HSI (used F-4) but how to ???

and most important - how you connect them to DCS ???

Thanks

Avi

Hi,

I don't have any knowledge of the RWR or what would be required to make it work, sorry. Mike Powell though has successfully made one work and you can see that here:

http://www.mikesflightdeck.com/rwr_project/rwr_project.html

To make the HSI and ADI work, you are going to need 115V 400Hz AC, 26V 400Hz AC, digital-to-synchro converters for each axis / synchro movement that you want to interface and control, or extra synchros setup with stepper motors connected to the instruments.

Mike Powell has available in one of his books, schematics for building DTS controllers, and a static inverter to get the 400Hz AC. I have 3 or 4 aircraft static inverters that I bought off eBay that supply both 115V and 26V 400Hz when supplied with 28VDC. If you look around and are patient you can find them for good prices occasionally. Commercial DTS units are very very pricey, but occasionally can be found for affordable prices.

You're going to have to find some form of schematic, or break open the units and figure out what is going on inside of them, but be warned, there is ALOT of stuff in a very small space packed into the instruments.

You probably saw this before but here it is again:

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Red

Here's something funny: for the longest time I thought from the pictures of the 358 Wire Manager accessory that how you used it was to put a spool of wire on it. Until I saw the In Use Example here:

http://panavise.com/index.html?pageID=1&page=full&--eqskudatarq=38

 

Cheers,

Colin

Those kind of things are handy as hell. I have something similar that I use to hold smally paint brushes.

Red,

Thanks for explanation, it is very easy when you know !!!

for now i will pass the this stage - to expansive to much to learn.

Thanks for the Rwr Link i will try to follow :book:.

Avi

Hey! How about an update?

This project is too neat to disappear. What's happening?

Agreed! Although I may be saying that for non altruistic reasons as I'm going to be launching on getting my ADI and HSI running as well.

Hey,

Just logged in for the first time in forever! Project isn't dead, but real life delivered a swift kick to the nuts last August that put a huge damper on things.

I've been more focused on the electronic side of things lately, lots of learning, reading, experimenting with stuff. Considering I had zero real electronics skill going in it's taken some time, but things are coming together. I'm currently focusing on a learning a bunch of Atmel microcontrollers, and getting the gist of C programming again after not having touched it since college 10 years ago. I never thought that expensive piece of fancy, useless paper would come in handy, until now. :doh:

Lots I want and need to do still, but need funds and other shit gets in the way. All in due time. :)

K

Hey, yourself!

Good to hear you've still got the project on the active list, even if it's been punched down a few steps by RL. I hope the swelling or whatever from the "swift kick" has subsided.

Cheers,

do you have a final cockpit setup done?

First let me say, WOW! The effort and time that is going into this and other builds is pretty astonishing. You all deserve huge respect! That being said, I feel like I have read every ED Forum post on pit builds and so much information is either lost on my puny brain or perhaps in some cases it just isn't in the threads. I'm in no way an electronics guy and my problem is stemmed from that unfortunate fact. I purchased a UFC and EW Countermeasures panels from pcflights. They are amazing but I need to find toggle switches for them. Is there a specific amperage/wattage/voltage i have to buy? I'm using a Leo Bodnar BU0836X 12-Bit Joystick Board for the interface. I am beyond thankful for any information thrown my way for this.

I have not seen Red in a long time his profile shows he was on in July. I don't think you will get an answer any time soon from him. Leo has a selection of switches on his site but you can use about any thing the amount of current that runs to activate the board is not that much.