{"id":266,"date":"2022-09-06T11:14:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/buildlogs\/?p=266"},"modified":"2022-09-06T11:14:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:14:27","slug":"ah-64d-cpg-dash-for-desktop-use-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avimator.net\/buildlogs\/2022\/09\/06\/ah-64d-cpg-dash-for-desktop-use-design\/","title":{"rendered":"AH-64D CPG dash for desktop use – design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whilst still planning & designing the full tandem AH-64D simpit,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AH-64D full tandem simpit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was sadly denying myself any flight time at all, so I decided to build an interim platform for short term use, whilst I also designed & fabricated all the flight panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the complexity of the TEDAC grips, I was pondering the viability of 2x (L&R) off the shelf grips that might prove a more readily accessible alternative to those who wanted the manual dexterity but were not in a position to manufacture their own grips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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tedac concept for off the shelf joystick grips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I threw around some ideas & settled on the concept above that allowed for grips to be mounted from below in order to use existing connections & mounting points. The crude system indicated the basic layout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had previously purchased a gladiator stick & a LH kosima SCG grip with the intention of making a’collective’ again using off the shelf components, but attention to detail bit me & I was unable to action it as intended & got caught up trying to design a replacement gimbal with a single axis travel etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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tilted (single axis) joystick as collective <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The plan was to mount the collective to the rear of a throttle so as to provide use of both fixed wing & rotary wing alternatives to sim pilots. Other projects & real life continued to interfere with this though & it was constantly put on the back-burner. Eventually I acquired a K-51 collective, so my requirement for this item decreased in priority significantly. Recently I saw posts where someone had done exactly what i was intending, though they utilised a base that had a metal gimbal which allowed for an axis to be locked out, which is perfect, no reinvention necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To continue on with the full tandem pit was a test in futility, so to soothe my flying habit, I needed to come up with a solution that would allow me to fly as well as take advantage of each panel as they were created & mount them to prevent them from becoming damaged within the catastrophe that is my workspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The criteria was pretty simple<\/p>\n\n\n\n