yogi EC-120

Hi,

nearly 3 years ago, a buddy from RC-forum asked me to make the switch-box for the UH collective, which he wants to combine with his throttlestick.

Some days later I could show him this box. Made from pictures and some measurements.

In the following discussion for the adapter and the necessary steering angle I decided to make the base too.

And because I did not want to sell parts, without tests on suitability I decided to make a simpit for my own.

And because the EC-120 is my favorite helicopter with a cockpit that seems not to difficult I started this.

I the following posts I will show pictures and renderings from the simpit I fly in XPlane and DCS.

Looking forward to seeing your setup Yogi!

Hi,

since we also make scale parts for RC helicopters and get the opportunity to measure out a EC-120 based in switzerland, the whole cockpit was re-engineered in Rhino3D and the first parts were made in dez. 2014

The EC-120 is "simple" enough to make the whole Panel with all gauges physically working. It has only 4 little displays for GPS and VEMD.

this is one of my first picture in Rhino3D

a smart seat was mounted on the floor and my additional car seat went back to my car.:music_whistling:

my pedals with our damped base.

my switchpanel, which is still waiting for the substructure. On it's backside works an arduino mega for communication via ethernet with my XPlane.

I think communication with DCS will be realized middle of the year.

Hi Yogi, what kind of seat is that? Do you have any problems reaching the cyclic from that position, seems like it is kind of low and too far forward, no?

Hi souporsonic,

it is from an 2 seater "Smart", buyed on ebay.

the picture shows the swiss original for my simpit.

my switchpanel, which is still waiting for the substructure. On it's backside works an arduino mega for communication via ethernet with my XPlane.

I think communication with DCS will be realized middle of the year.

This is very nice! Happy to hear you are working on DCS integration as well.

I love that you borrowed the seat out of your car for a while!

Hi

This is very nice! Happy to hear you are working on DCS integration as well.

 

I love that you borrowed the seat out of your car for a while!

much simpler: it is one of two additional seats from my minivan. All seats except the 2 frontseat can be taken out of the car simply.

To buy a "smart" seat from ebay was a recommendation from the buddy who gets the first UH collective.

With the shown base parts I could mount it on my pit floor even with the moving rails. And the seat height match nearly the original height.

Only the with is slightly too wide, so I moved my collective 50mm to the left for better moving and gripping.

If someone wants the drawings for these EC-120 / AS-350 style seat-base parts, please simply mail me, I can send them in DXF or other file format.

And I think that I can design some SA-342M Style mounts for the "Smart"

The seats for older models are really cheap at ebay, mine was only 39,-€ + shipping.

Very nice Yogi. I love the look of the EC-120 seat mounts, I already have my seats purchased and will have to make mounts to fit them.

How difficult would it be for you to make me SA-342 pedals? Things I would most like to get are SA-342 style pedals, left hand "video" grip, Co-pilot cyclic grip.

How difficult would it be for you to make me SA-342 pedals? Things I would most like to get are SA-342 style pedals, left hand "video" grip, Co-pilot cyclic grip.

I think the pedals are no problem.;)

For the stick tubes, I will ask my manufacturer, but instead of welding the bow part to the straight part, I will design a 3D printed part.

For the Co-pilot cyclic it would be helpfully to find some more pictures from the original. Then will can offer this grip like our B8 or EC-style grips.

I'd love to see more photos of your pit Yogi!

Hi

after getting my JetSeat parts from Andre, my Smartseat is transformed to a massage-seat.:pilotfly:

The only change I made: I added some centimeters of cable and 2 4-pole clamp-connectors because I have to guide the cables on the backside of the seat. And I can fold the seat if I remove 2 screws from the base.

and here I signed the positions

time to transform 2 hours including 2 cups of coffee :thumbup:

Nice! I too deconstructed a JetSeat. I integrated it into the cushions I made for my RotorWays helicopter fiberglass seat shell.

Do you have the sound module and shakers as well?

I directly ordered only the parts for the JetSeat, so I have only to arrange them under the cushions.:music_whistling: