P-51 Oil and Water toggle switches

[Rogue Trooper]

Hi All,

I guess this is the best place to ask, perhaps input output would have been better.... any how.

I am looking for any good quality (or even poor quality) toggle switches on the market that act like the Oil and water radiator toggle switches that are in the Stang:

 

Momentary - Off - Momentary - with a third central on

 

Any suggestions or recommendations would be much appreciated.

[G00dnight]

So you want a on(m)--ON--on(m), yes ?.

3 different on's with the center being on all the time yes or no ?.

[Rogue Trooper]

Hi GOODnight, Sorry my bad explanation.

 

The P51 has a toggle switch with "centre off"

 

It then has 3 other positions about the centre off position.

Looking at the toggle switch from the top:

Toggle up is latched on

Toggle centre is the off position.

Toggle left is momentary On (hold only)

Toggle right is momenttary On (hold only)

 

I can find on(M) - off - on(M) but not with the up latched on.

I am hoping to find a P-51 Pit builder that may have found some really nice quality toggles.

Edited April 24, 2014 by Rogue Trooper

[Whiplash]

I too have wondered where I could find a switch like the ones you describe as well as the 5 position toggle for switching between the bombs and rockets. I devoted a lot of hours of searching and came up empty. I've contemplated designing my own but just opted to substitute the bombs/rocket selector for a rotary switch and a three position switch like the one GOOdnight described with a momentar push button above it to simulate selecting the up or automatic position for the coolent flaps.

[acemark]

I too am very interested in this for Black Shark. Look al over closest I found is Called a Gutar switch , Some have 4 positions but its linear travel.I didnt find out if they can even be used as inputs due to the way it must be wired.

And Triggerhappy also tryed to make one in his build thread but he didnt post a compleation of it. It was the APU/TURBO GEAR/LEFT ENG/RIGHT ENG. start switch.

Greatful for any info.

Mark.

T

[Eponsky_bot]

i am use (ON)-OFF-(ON) and two bottoms for up and down poz. (for auto and netral radiators)

 

KN3(B)-223A-A3, Тумблер (ON)-OFF-(ON) (10A 250VAC) DPDT 6P

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.chipdip.ru/product/kn3-b-223a-a3/

Edited April 25, 2014 by Eponsky_bot

[Abburo]

@Whiplash, you will need the followings:

- http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=206 as controller

- http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=207 - as rotarry button

- or you can even use an roatarry encoder (not same s*t as rotary button :))

http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=75&products_id=191

 

This rottary button with this controller needs only two wires to connect (1 board input). Is slightly differrent than a normal rotarry button with a pair of conections for each position.

The rotarry encoder will ocuppy two inputs unlike the rotarry button.

 

I found Leo's goods having a high grade quality.

Edited April 25, 2014 by Abburo

[Abburo]

@Rogue Trooper. I did not find either a button like ON-ON-ON but I found a much better solution within LUA files (thanks to this community). Use he example here http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2032122 and apply it to your "left" and "right" positions . The OFF centre of your button will work as intended.

[Whiplash]

@Whiplash, you will need the followings:

- http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=206 as controller

- http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=207 - as rotarry button

- or you can even use an roatarry encoder (not same s*t as rotary button :))

http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=75&products_id=191

 

This rottary button with this controller needs only two wires to connect (1 board input). Is slightly differrent than a normal rotarry button with a pair of conections for each position.

The rotarry encoder will ocuppy two inputs unlike the rotarry button.

 

I found Leo's goods having a high grade quality.

 

Thanks for that!

 

Here is another tip for everyone... If you want free samples of toggle switches or buttons, etc, Check out http://www.TE.com you can request free samples. I have gotten a lot of my toggle switches and rotary switches from that site and they 2 day fedex it to you with our charging a dime!

[Rogue Trooper]

Thanks for the reply and info guys, very useful.

 

At the moment most of my time is spent researching and ordering "nice" sample push buttons as well as researching controller boards.

 

I will look into this toggle switch more thoroughly.

I think P51s radiator toggle switch could be very useful for all the modules, especially the older modules with their simpler input bindings.