| Description for Image 1: Stephen's modular cockpit needed a dual throttle. (Actually, I'd like to fly planes instead of helicopters, so I decided to build a set of throttles for Stephens cockpit) This is a really quick try at dual throttles, as simple as possible, made from parts we had laying around. Basic ingredients: wood, PVC pipe, bread cutting board, M3 and M4 screws and nuts, woodscrews, hot glue, 2 pots, L-shaped aluminum profile, black PCV part used for carpets, wood glue, and some wires. Here are the two handles made from PVC pipe, with wires prepared for the AT-disengage buttons. | |
| Description for Image 2: The white part is attached to the black with hot glue in addition to a woodscrew that has been glued in. (visible in picture #9) the white bread cutting board piece is attached via an M3 screw and has a 4mm hole for the pot The black levers are "doubled" on the upper part of the levers as seen here at the right side. | |
| Description for Image 3: Bread cutting board detail. The 4mm hole is the pivot point. | |
| Description for Image 4: Mounting to a base board. Both pots mounted on L-shape alu brackets. A long piece of bread cutting board goes in the middle between both levers. I cut off the head of a M4 screw and stuck it into that long piece. This, in addition to the pots, is the pivot point and holds the levers in place. | |
| Description for Image 5: I coupled the pot to the lever via the small bread cutting board piece, then stuck the M4 "be-headed" screw with the long piece of bread cutting board through on the other side of the hole... | |
| Description for Image 6: ... and the same thing with the other lever... | |
| Description for Image 7: push it together and mount the L-shape alu brackets to the wooden board... | |
| Description for Image 8: et voila... we have the basic two engine throttle finshed... | |
| Description for Image 9: Now it'd be nice to have a little more friction... | |
| Description for Image 10: Not the best approach, but it works: Use more bread cutting board to push against the smaller pieces on the levers. Therefore we need to build a support as seen here. Just some wooden pieces screwed on the base... | |
| Description for Image 11: ... and two more to get to the right height. Using two long thin pieces of bread cutting board and some wood glue (white here, still drying) I have a basic friction lock. However, this approach has one disadvantage: If the two levers are not at the same postion, the friction lock is much weaker and pushes the levers slightly across the middle line between both levers. | |
| Description for Image 12: Here the finished piece. | |
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