AH_Solid_Snake Posted January 31, 2021 Posted January 31, 2021 Hey, has anyone attempted or had some ideas how to go about recreating correctly functioning levers for these? From what I can see there is a pull -> up / down motion for standard use but also a pull and twist function for the emergency actuation, I can see mounting a lever between a couple of momentary switches in some kind of channel for the up / down motion but I have never seen any plans or even pictures of someone managing these.
No1sonuk Posted January 31, 2021 Posted January 31, 2021 Do you have a video/photos of the operation?
AH_Solid_Snake Posted January 31, 2021 Author Posted January 31, 2021 For the emergency mode there was a discussion on the F14 forums
No1sonuk Posted January 31, 2021 Posted January 31, 2021 OK. So maybe a bar that comes out at 90 degrees from the end of the lever that when rotated, will contact a switch when pulled.
PSYKOnz Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) I've just finished building them. did all the research I could and then built them scoured the youtube for videos of them being used in a real pit read the natops (i now know how both systems work in their entirety) and spoke to or anyone who might know something, that plus comparing the laser scan to the in game images to find the right sizing for everything and figuring out the correct angel that they needed to move through it was a lot of work but I think I did alight, ofcorse where i live i have no access to a real pit so i did the best i could , ill be posting up pictures of my simpit build in march, with video and loads of pictures and all that plus of Corse plenty of Q&A on the subject, but here's a sneak peak for you... everything is as accurate as I can make it, both levers function correctly, they both have 3 buttons on them, up, down, emergency, all buttons activate at the correct part of their movement and the arm does move the HYD ISOL switch into the down position as you lower the gear lever. I'm pretty happy with the results Edited February 3, 2021 by PSYKOnz 2 Tomcat, Tomcat über allen
Doc Harley Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) Did you make these? Here is a Real F-14A set up, going into a restored F-14A flight sim cockpit. Edited February 9, 2021 by Doc Harley 3 Retired Baby!
PSYKOnz Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 Yes, I made both of them took a lot of the thinking with my brain but they came out great Tomcat, Tomcat über allen
Doc Harley Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 I am considering reproducing 3D parts for home sims. 2 Retired Baby!
PSYKOnz Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) There’s a market for it that’s for sure! That real pit going into a sim pit will be insane, looks like the cat has inspired a lot of people to do a home pit! the 3D parts would make it a lot easier to do that’s for sure, my pit build has taken a year so far and I’m still not done, there’s a lot of things that need to be figured out and hand built. If there were true 1 to 1 scale and functional things out there available it would make things much easyr, surly there are people out there who want to do a build but don’t want to go through everything I’ve been through with mine. reading the natops and scouring the internet for information and stuff is fun but tiring and also past what most people want to do. readily available and affordable parts for a pit is a great idea I don’t know if I could be any help to you but im keen to help if I can Edited February 9, 2021 by PSYKOnz 1 Tomcat, Tomcat über allen
AH_Solid_Snake Posted February 26, 2021 Author Posted February 26, 2021 I only just noticed your replies, those look amazing - can you give any more details or drawings for how to reproduce them? Do you plan to sell panels yourself?
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