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Parts: Carb Heat Switch Carb Heat switch I wanted a longer throw or slide for a carb heat switch, and one that didn't click when it engaged/disengaged. That's what's in the plane's I fly and building "muscle memory" is the goal. I couldn't find what I wanted, so I made one. |
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Carb Heat switch
I wanted a longer throw or slide for a carb heat switch, and one that didn't click when it engaged/disengaged. That's what's in the plane's I fly and building "muscle memory" is the goal. I couldn't find what I wanted, so I made one.
Construction: Brass tubing for the sleeve, steel rod that fits snugly in tube as the slide, and a magnet and reed switch for the electrical on/off. Basically made something like a "Tuba" and the steel rod slides in and out. The magnet is glued to the "bend" in the rod, the reed switch mounted near the front and straddles the "tuba" brass (test the location to be sure magnet trips it before securing). I had a plumbing compression fitting lying around and used that to mount to L shaped aluminum piece. And, a old plastic knob to complete the package - just heated up the end of the steel rod with a torch and banged some dents in it for "bite", then warmed up the rod again and melted into the plastic knob.
It "talks" to FSX via an Arduino and PC interfacing software. I custom wrote all that, but see Resources, Jim's Page [Link2FS] for more details about how you might do it.
Couple of pictures below
Carb Heat switch
I wanted a longer throw or slide for a carb heat switch, and one that didn't click when it engaged/disengaged. That's what's in the plane's I fly and building "muscle memory" is the goal. I couldn't find what I wanted, so I made one.
Construction: Brass tubing for the sleeve, steel rod that fits snugly in tube as the slide, and a magnet and reed switch for the electrical on/off. Basically made something like a "Tuba" and the steel rod slides in and out. The magnet is glued to the "bend" in the rod, the reed switch mounted near the front and straddles the "tuba" brass (test the location to be sure magnet trips it before securing). I had a plumbing compression fitting lying around and used that to mount to L shaped aluminum piece. And, a old plastic knob to complete the package - just heated up the end of the steel rod with a torch and banged some dents in it for "bite", then warmed up the rod again and melted into the plastic knob.
- Brass tubing and steel rod from Hobbytown (I think 3/16" for the tube)
- Neodymium magnet from parts bin, you may have one on your fridge...
- Reed switch came from Electronic Goldmine, they had an assortment pack (glass reed switches)
It "talks" to FSX via an Arduino and PC interfacing software. I custom wrote all that, but see Resources, Jim's Page [Link2FS] for more details about how you might do it.
Couple of pictures below