obious Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) Hi All, Long story short, I'm designing and 3D printing my own mini F-18C Hornet throttle unit (with a few associated buttons, knobs etc) and need a little help in working out the gearing ratio for the pots that'll transfer the liner input of each throttle axis into a digital signal (plugging into a Leo Bodnar board). The below pictures detail my progress so far but as mentioned above, does anyone have the technical knowhow to help me create the correct gearing ratio (red highlighted area in mech.png)? I'm trying to transfer the full range of motion from each throttle unit (70 degrees) to utilize the full 265 degrees of motion of the pots I'm using (link to data sheet is here). Any help would be greatly appreciated and as a 'thank you', I'll publish the STLs here once I'm finished so that those with a large printer at home can print their own rather than spend the £600+ on something like Winwing's unit. Also as you can probably tell, I'm trying to keep the size and weight down and am designing the unit to mount to a spare Mounstertech table mount I had laying around in case anyone is wondering how it'll mount to a desk. Thanks! Edited December 30, 2020 by obious Adding additional image Intel 12900k @ 5.2Ghz, RTX 4090, Samsung 1TB NVME, Thrustmaster Warthog & F-18 stick, Pendular Rudder Pedals - Quest Pro AV8B N/A UFC Build Log AV8B N/A PCBs for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sokol1_br Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Nice look project. Why not use Bi-Tech 6120 series HALL sensor "potentiometer" instead P-260 potentiometer? https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/tt-electronics-bi/6127V1A60L-5/2620660 Bi-Technologies and TT Electronics are the same group. This 6120 series have models with 35, 60, 90º (and more) of "effective electric angle" what make more easy match throttle levers movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obious Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 10 hours ago, Sokol1_br said: Nice look project. Why not use Bi-Tech 6120 series HALL sensor "potentiometer" instead P-260 potentiometer? https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/tt-electronics-bi/6127V1A60L-5/2620660 Bi-Technologies and TT Electronics are the same group. This 6120 series have models with 35, 60, 90º (and more) of "effective electric angle" what make more easy match throttle levers movement. Interesting, I didn't even know these were a thing! I'll check them out, thanks! Intel 12900k @ 5.2Ghz, RTX 4090, Samsung 1TB NVME, Thrustmaster Warthog & F-18 stick, Pendular Rudder Pedals - Quest Pro AV8B N/A UFC Build Log AV8B N/A PCBs for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustclar Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Could You send me a link to your current stl files to play with? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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