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As you can see the construction is using “Meccanno” but I am using Hall Effect ICs for the sensing of the controls. There are the following:
Pitch Tribe - Large Black Wheel
Rudder Trim - GreyWhell on Top
Aileron Trim - Grey WAheel on the End
Flaps - Grey Lever on End
- All the above are geared down about 3:1 to make them less sensitive - IE about 3 full rotations for the Pitch trim which is very similar to the real aircraft. Infact testing within IL2:1946 showed that the pitch movement pretty much matched the graphic wheel movement in the aircraft!
7 x On - Off - On Self Cetering Switches allocated to
- Chocks and Tail Wheel Lock
- Dive Brakes and Bomb Bay Doors
- Flaps - For those games wher Flaps are no on a lever
- Undercarriage
- Fuel Cock and Fuel Selector
- Wing Fold And Arrestor Hook
- Anything else required....
- Safe/Arm Bombs and Jettison/Release Bombs - This means you can Set the bombs to Safe and then Releaseing them is effectively a Jettison
- Water Radiator - Inlet Cowl
- Oil Radiator - Outlet Cowl
The Circuit board that drive it all is a Leo Bonar BU0836A
All in all most things are placed logically and so fall to hand when needed.
Gosling