Nealius Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 There’s this orb thing that vibrates when electrical power is applied, and I can’t find it in any real pictures or diagrams. What is it and why does it vibrate? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKYPORK Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Vibrate the panel to keep the gauge needles from sticking? But engine vibration may be enough? Or not? Maybe I have no idea? On the planes I work on, something that looks like that under the panel is usually a gear or stall warning horn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafspee Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) I would say that this is some kind of electric motor, it starts shakes when you turn on electric power. But why it shakes so much i don't know. Maybe its motor for vacuum pump. Edited September 29, 2021 by grafspee System specs: I7 14700KF, Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite, 64GB DDR4 3600MHz, Gigabyte RTX 4090,Win 11, 48" OLED LG TV + 42" LG LED monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saburo_cz Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Motor Generator for Artificial Horizon 1 F-15E | F-14A/B P-51D | P-47D | Mosquito FB Mk VI |Spitfire | Fw 190D | Fw 190A | Bf 109K | WWII Assets Pack Normandy 2 | The Channel | Sinai | Syria | PG | NTTR | South Atlantic F/A-18 | F-86 | F-16C | A-10C | FC-3 | CA | SC | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB 605 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) Yes, transformer for the artifical horizon. Edited September 29, 2021 by DB 605 screenshot 1 1 CPU: Intel Core i7-2600k @3.40GHz | Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M | Memory: Kingston 8GB DDR3 | OS W10 | GPU: Sapphire R9 290x 8GBDDR5 | Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 24" | Devices: Oculus Rift, MS FFB 2 joystick, Saitek X 52 Pro throttle, Saitek Pro pedals, Gametrix Jetseat [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealius Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Wish we had that in the Allied warbirds. Their artificial horizons are uselss and the suction gauges are stuck below minimum pressure even at max power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafspee Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, saburo_cz said: Motor Generator for Artificial Horizon Something like inverter on older planes where generator was driven by electric motor to provide different voltage/ frequency current for equipment ? Edited September 29, 2021 by grafspee System specs: I7 14700KF, Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite, 64GB DDR4 3600MHz, Gigabyte RTX 4090,Win 11, 48" OLED LG TV + 42" LG LED monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeCuvier Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Yes, an Umformer is an electrical motor/generator. It would produce electrical power different from the general power supply's parameters. For example it might suüüly 3-phase current. LeCuvier Windows 10 Pro 64Bit | i7-4790 CPU |16 GB RAM|SSD System Disk|SSD Gaming Disk| MSI GTX-1080 Gaming 8 GB| Acer XB270HU | TM Warthog HOTAS | VKB Gladiator Pro | MongoosT-50 | MFG Crosswind Pedals | TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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