lesthegrngo Posted September 3, 2022 Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) ****edit as I realised that I did not state which aircraft!******* For the A10-C, i want to understand the way that some controls work This will probably be a recurring question for me, as I go around my rig gradually getting it nearer an imaginary finsihing line. There are a number of panels that I have made that in retrospect I have wrongly portrayed. This is because at the time I was making them with the resources I had available to me, for instance the knobs and switches commercially available, what I could design and manufacture due to the tools I had etc. Admittedly some have no function in game or at least are not important ones, but I'm sure a lot would agree that it's more satisfying when the details are right Now I have better resources, I can see bits and pieces that while for most intents and purposes are OK, they are wrong and somehow they have started to draw my attention out of proportion to their importance, and so at some point in the future I will go back and fix them. It will also allow me to simplify some things that I overcomplicated when I had no experience with Arduinos. Also, reference material has turned up that shows that I have some things wrong that I didn't know at the time. I also have to say that in a lot of cases I do not know how the real unit functions, so I just took a punt with what I thought at the time, so maybe used a rotary encoder or a rotary switch instead of a potentiometer. Lastly, with my AnyCubic Mono X printer I can now make really nice knobs and switches that match more closely the real ones Two panels are ones that I will start with are the Oxy panel and the environmental panel. On the Oxy panel, I have it as three mini toggle switches, but going back and studying the available pictures it looks like that from left to right, it should be:- either a three position toggle switch, or a three position rotary switch laid on its side (emergency, normal, test mask) a potentiometer (100% oxygen, normal oxygen) maybe a two position rotary switch? (On, off) Also, the shape of the switch levers seem to be a disc with a tab sticking out rather than a toggle lever For the environmental panel I have the following units connected via rotary encoders Canopy defog - potentiometer? Flow level - potentiometer? Temp level - potentiometer? At the moment due to the silly little knobs that I could get at the time all three of the above have tiny liitle knobs that are totally wrong in shape and size, despite my best effors so far, but if I am going to change it I want to do it all in one go - it would need a new fascia and possibly backplate to accomodate the correct size knobs So if anyone can confirm how these units should be protrayed I would be grateful, as in time I will go back and redo to assuage my OCD Cheers Les Edited September 7, 2022 by lesthegrngo
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