TomDK Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 Hi all I tried to find an payable, good looking knob for the landing gear. No success ... so I gave one in order from a professionell firm modelling in 3D. It will be printed with a 3d printer :) The material will be clear. It will be made out of 2 halfs and glued together. There is space for a red 5 mm LED There will be a "snake" for the led to bring the light 360 degrees There will be space for a metall shaft and a drill for fixing the shaft The outside will be "antigrip" , riffled The muster was a picture from ebay :music_whistling: If interested, let me know. A prototype will be ordered next week. Price will be around 25 - 30 Euro incl. a red LED and glued together. Shipping worldwide. Let me know what you think :pilotfly: My old, sold, pit: http://bilder.einzelart.de/thumbnails.php?album=74&page=3
JG14_Smil Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 Hello, it is looking great. The more you can 'frost' the clear part of the knob, the better the light will reflect around in it. A light bead blast, emory cloth or steel wool will do it, inside and out.
Dachs Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 Hi Tom, great initiative, sign me up for one please! System: Asus z270 A Prime, Intel i7-7700K 4.8GHz, 32GB DDR4, RTX2080, Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD. Valve Index VR, TM Warthog Throttle & Grip, Virpil MongoosT-50CM2 base, TM TPDR Rudders. OS: Win10 Home
Dropship Pilot Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 Tom, its great that you are giving the landing gear handle a go! However, there is much better information available on it in Deadman's thread: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1552448&postcount=366 From what I can tell from the pictures and known parts the knob has a diameter of 50mm. For the thickness I came up with 15.6mm and 1.2mm for the groove width: Cheers, Stefan
TomDK Posted November 10, 2012 Author Posted November 10, 2012 The diameter is 52mm ... so you are near by :) The hole for the handle is 10mm by 5 mm. I have all respect for deathman´s work and I know, this guy is a 100% pro ! I dont have all the tools and materials he has, therefor my solution will not be as perfect but better to handle. I bought deathmans knobs but cant use them so far due there are no drills in and I am not able to drill them perfectly. The printer-guy made already some parts for my pinballmachines and it is unbelievable. he is not active in sims, nor in pinball but understood 100% what I want: A solution to bring a LED in, let the whole think light red on use and bring a handle on to connect with a switch. I will let you know on the prototype ! Cheers Tom My old, sold, pit: http://bilder.einzelart.de/thumbnails.php?album=74&page=3
Hansolo Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 Looking very good Tom. 132nd Virtual Wing homepage & 132nd Virtual Wing YouTube channel My DCS-BIOS sketches & Cockpit Album
Dropship Pilot Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 Tom, I really like the way you knob is designed. However, I don't get why you are replicating the knob of a differend aircraft if you are aiming to build an A-10. From your description of the manufacturing process (two part design, 3D printing) I'd say that the original knob should be as easy to do. If you like I can send you the CAD-file. Also there might be some additional info available from Gadroc soon here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=96511 Cheers, Stefan
TomDK Posted November 10, 2012 Author Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) @Stefan: Yes, the CAD-file would be nice, maybe my printerguy can use it. Sure, there is a way to bring it straighter to the A-10. But I am not so perfectionist like others, I am happy if my panels work. Also my knobs are way different .. but they do their work. I like on the actual design that you can use a metallstripe as a handle, on the realthing from deathman you need also the metallhandle to be made professionel with the 3 clamps around the handle. As told, I am not the handcraftsman ... so easy and good looking is my main thing , some might call it lazy ;-) Looking forward for gadrocs informations but will also try to get the knobs by time. Cheers Tom Edited November 10, 2012 by TomDK My old, sold, pit: http://bilder.einzelart.de/thumbnails.php?album=74&page=3
Dropship Pilot Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 Just drop me a PM with you e-mail and I'll send you the file. Cheers, Stefan PS: Where did you get the info with the 52mm?
hegykc Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 What about something like this: It has "fake" LED caps, also 3d printed, dimensions and details can be changed to whatever so it can be pretty close to the real thing. The handle is a 10x10 mm aluminum profile, it could even be bent in a metal hardware shop. but can also be changed. It can be glued together, or I can make it a snap-together depending on what resolution the 3d printer has. I don't have access to 3d printing services here. It would be really interesting to see something made this way. www.replikagear.com
TomDK Posted November 10, 2012 Author Posted November 10, 2012 Looks very nice, send me the file , if my printer can use it we will go for it. Cheers Tom My old, sold, pit: http://bilder.einzelart.de/thumbnails.php?album=74&page=3
Dropship Pilot Posted November 11, 2012 Posted November 11, 2012 (edited) Woah! hegykc, that's a really good design and nicely rendered. :thumbup: What type of software are you using? There's one thing I noticed - you have a large radius on the outer "edge" of the knob. Judging from this image (from Deadman's thread).. ..I'd say the knob is "cut" from a sphere with 2" diameter and the corners are quite sharp. Here's a quick drawing with the dimensions I came up with. Let me know what you think. Image removed as more accurate info is available in Gadrocs post (#14) Cheers, Stefan Edited November 11, 2012 by Dropship Pilot
hegykc Posted November 11, 2012 Posted November 11, 2012 Yeah, haven't really put much thought into dimensions, but taking another look, you're right, larger radius, sharper corners. I'll change the dimensions according to your drawings, looks quite close to the real thing. I use solidworks for my models and renders. www.replikagear.com
Gadroc Posted November 11, 2012 Posted November 11, 2012 Dropship, Those dimensions are fairly close. You can find the measurements I took from the real thing here.
hegykc Posted November 11, 2012 Posted November 11, 2012 Dropship, Those dimensions are fairly close. You can find the measurements I took from the real thing here. Haha, just when I re-did it to Dropship's drawings :doh: Well, off to another re-do I guess.. 1 www.replikagear.com
Dropship Pilot Posted November 11, 2012 Posted November 11, 2012 LOL! Gadroc, thanks a lot for those measurements! That's a great help! :thumbup: I just updated my model. Just to make sure: the angle of the lever is 145 degrees (or 35 - depending on the reference), correct? Cheers, Stefan
Deadman Posted November 11, 2012 Posted November 11, 2012 Nice drawing:thumbup: Dropship, Those dimensions are fairly close. You can find the measurements I took from the real thing here. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/133818-deadmans-cockpit-base-plans/#comment-133824 CNCs and Laser engravers are great but they can't do squat with out a precise set of plans.
Gadroc Posted November 11, 2012 Posted November 11, 2012 LOL! Gadroc, thanks a lot for those measurements! That's a great help! :thumbup: I just updated my model. Just to make sure: the angle of the lever is 145 degrees (or 35 - depending on the reference), correct? Cheers, Stefan Yep. That's a rough number but close enough. To get an accurate measure I'd have to disassemble the entire mechanism, which I'm not will to do.
hegykc Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Changed the model according to Gadroc's drawing. I've also put in a cut away for an extra LED. Just in case if the printed model is too frosted, it might help disperse the light better. It should also be about 30% cheaper than the original, since it's basically a shell. This is how I think it would come out printed with a FDM printer (it's pretty frosty when finished). It can be printed on a Stereolithography machine, crystal clear, but it would cost about 120$ so that's a no go. However, I could model the negatives, out of which silicone molds could be made, and then the knobs cast in crystal clear resin. And we know just the guy to do it :D it would be much cheaper and better quality. provided there's enough interest. www.replikagear.com
Panthro Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Looks promising to me. [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic86362_2.gif[/sIGPIC]
TomDK Posted November 13, 2012 Author Posted November 13, 2012 Where to get the black screws ? Fine, I will wait for the drawing and past it to my printerman ... for the european guys, I hold my pricing :) My old, sold, pit: http://bilder.einzelart.de/thumbnails.php?album=74&page=3
Deadman Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 witch black screw are you looking for? The one that screws the handel to the arm on the real unit? I don't think it will do you much good:smilewink: https://forum.dcs.world/topic/133818-deadmans-cockpit-base-plans/#comment-133824 CNCs and Laser engravers are great but they can't do squat with out a precise set of plans.
TomDK Posted November 13, 2012 Author Posted November 13, 2012 No, I mean this 2 black round "screws" or what it will be .. or is it just painted ?! My old, sold, pit: http://bilder.einzelart.de/thumbnails.php?album=74&page=3
Deadman Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) you must be talking about the lens caps that would hold the red filters in place.... I think those will get cast Edited November 14, 2012 by Deadman https://forum.dcs.world/topic/133818-deadmans-cockpit-base-plans/#comment-133824 CNCs and Laser engravers are great but they can't do squat with out a precise set of plans.
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