I am trying to locate a suitable part for the mike/ics switch that is mounted to the control yoke/wheel. Has anyone ever found a suitable part for that trigger-like three position rocker switch?
I typed in a response the other day but I must have forgotten to actually post it before I moved on to other pages. The short answer is YES, I would truly appreciate your assistance with getting the knobs designed for the AN/ARC-210 comm radio. There are two rather unique knobs on the control head, the frequency tuning knobs (5 total) and the mode select knobs (2 total). There are also two regular round knobs for Channel and Squelch but I can get a good enough match on them commercially. Let me know when you have the time to take on knob design and I can get you some good images of what the control head looks like. There is a function of the two mode control knobs that their last detent (Clockwise) requires you to pull the knob out to get past a restriction. I have checked a few electronics supply houses and could not find one with such a feature but I will keep looking..
I got lucky with the AN/ARC-164 UHF Comm radio as a lot of the control sections showed up on eBay. They are the older style with mechanical display of frequency and channel whereas the new style uses 14 segment LED displays in those functions. They probably became available as discards from radios that were upgraded. They look a bit different but they use the same knobs and both can support the full functionality of the radio. I might make a simulated panel eventually but for the near future the old style will be fine.
I have my Ender 3 Pro assembled but I have not powered it up yet. Those assembly instructions are terrible and there are no instructions on operation that I have seen. I have looked at what came on the thumb drive but that was not much help. I have ordered a couple of reference books on 3D printing and I hope they provide some insight into how to operate the machine. If/when I get the machine figured out I will have plenty to print but I have to take that first step and turn it on (smoke test time).
Hi Sarah! Thank you for all the lovely comments on the blog posts! I think you have just broken my heart! I thought the yoke trigger was like our helicopters, 1/2 in for ics/ full in for Mic. I'm guessing is like a rocker switch where pushing the upper part does the ICS, the lower part does the MIC/TX. If you have knowledge of the operation, please do share and ill try to create the new version switch before i do any more yoke printing. Kind Regards Karl
I have a lot of experience with military aircraft having done software work on sims for over 35 years and I was thinking that the KC-135 would be the same but the flight manual says otherwise. To quote from the description "Three-position momentary-contact rocker switch, spring-loaded to center off position". The labeling on the side indicates that the text is correct and the same labeling is on the side of the 737 control wheel based on the examples I have seen. As I said in the original post I thought OTTO Controls would be a good source but all of their triggers are top hinged and the rocker switches do not have the correct heads on them. It might be possible to modify one of those rocker switches with a new head as they are fairly large and robust so they would fill the space and take any abuse.
I just bought my first 3D printer and it is so new it is still in the box. This weekend I will unpack it and see if I can get it to work. Along with the printer I picked up two large spools of printing materials, light and dark grey, so I am ready to give some of your designs that I have downloaded a try. One big task will be to design and build radio knobs as there does not appear to be a source for them other than the radio manufacturer. I am talking about the AN/ARC-164 UHF and AN/ARC-210 V/UHF radio if you are familiar with those military units. So I have Fusion 360 loaded on my computer and part of the weekend task will be to start learning it. I did order a beginners reference book as well so I am hoping that will help.
Hi Karl,
I typed in a response the other day but I must have forgotten to actually post it before I moved on to other pages. The short answer is YES, I would truly appreciate your assistance with getting the knobs designed for the AN/ARC-210 comm radio. There are two rather unique knobs on the control head, the frequency tuning knobs (5 total) and the mode select knobs (2 total). There are also two regular round knobs for Channel and Squelch but I can get a good enough match on them commercially. Let me know when you have the time to take on knob design and I can get you some good images of what the control head looks like. There is a function of the two mode control knobs that their last detent (Clockwise) requires you to pull the knob out to get past a restriction. I have checked a few electronics supply houses and could not find one with such a feature but I will keep looking..
I got lucky with the AN/ARC-164 UHF Comm radio as a lot of the control sections showed up on eBay. They are the older style with mechanical display of frequency and channel whereas the new style uses 14 segment LED displays in those functions. They probably became available as discards from radios that were upgraded. They look a bit different but they use the same knobs and both can support the full functionality of the radio. I might make a simulated panel eventually but for the near future the old style will be fine.
I have my Ender 3 Pro assembled but I have not powered it up yet. Those assembly instructions are terrible and there are no instructions on operation that I have seen. I have looked at what came on the thumb drive but that was not much help. I have ordered a couple of reference books on 3D printing and I hope they provide some insight into how to operate the machine. If/when I get the machine figured out I will have plenty to print but I have to take that first step and turn it on (smoke test time).
Hi Sarah,
Do you need me to design the knobs for you? as it wouldn't take me long. Let me know.
Kind Regards
Karl
Hi Sarah! Thank you for all the lovely comments on the blog posts! I think you have just broken my heart! I thought the yoke trigger was like our helicopters, 1/2 in for ics/ full in for Mic. I'm guessing is like a rocker switch where pushing the upper part does the ICS, the lower part does the MIC/TX. If you have knowledge of the operation, please do share and ill try to create the new version switch before i do any more yoke printing. Kind Regards Karl