Helicopter Simulator System
February 18th, 2010 by admin
Heres a video οח һοw I built a home based Helicopter Simulator chair/pedal system fοr X-Plane οr MS Flight 2004 etc…I ԁіԁ originally һаνе a throttle hooked up using a mountain bikes “gripshift’ control linked tο tһе Collective Throttle, bυt іt wаѕ way tοο sensitive wһеח linked tο tһе CH Products controls…
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February 18th, 2010 at 4:15 am
Hey jwa!Everyone check out jwa’s sim-it’s off the hook.Man, this is a fantastic job you’ve done on your simulator….it’s the best I’ve seen yet, you obviously have some electronic/engineering experience, and I like the way you think outside the box.What sim program are you using? XPlane? How did your throttle controls interface with the actual simulator…did they work well? One beef f I had with X-Plane, the heli throttle in a non-governed mode was totally inacurate. yours is awesome!
February 18th, 2010 at 4:20 am
SWEET DUDE!!!! I love how there is no REAL affordable version of this and that we have to build our own! Great job! Check mine out. I love the bungee cord and cable ideas! If I redo mine those will be in in the design. Hope to see you in the skys!!!!
February 18th, 2010 at 5:01 am
Hey Naja,
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It is simply a stiff piece of aluminum wire, and as very little force is required to raise and lower the CH Throttle, it is the simplest way of linking the collective lever to the actual CH products control. If you let go of the collective it lowers on it’s own very slowly, as i have the pivot point nut and bolt fairly snug to be like the real deal.
Thanks for watching and good luck!
February 18th, 2010 at 5:12 am
Nice! Question: The connection between the collective and the CH throttle just looks like a cable…cool, but how does the throttle go down when the collective is lowered? Bungee cord?
February 18th, 2010 at 5:51 am
Great!!.. Simple ideas…..but the great ones always are.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:14 am
good effort, nice job. simple and cheap
February 18th, 2010 at 6:54 am
Brilliant!
February 18th, 2010 at 7:10 am
@CropDusterMan
I posted this on our Facebook page!
February 18th, 2010 at 7:27 am
My pleasure Debbie,
CH Products makes some excellent
hardware…I learned the basics on them!Best,
Jason
February 18th, 2010 at 7:46 am
Very cool indeed! Thanks for posting this for everyone!
Debby McDowell, CH Products
February 18th, 2010 at 8:38 am
Hey Crop Duster, nice work. I’m going to start mine right away! Also, how did you get into Ag? How many hours did you have to get into it? I’m working on CFI currently and am interested in Ag work. Cheers and nice tinkering!
February 18th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Hi Everyone…one day soon, I’ll remake this video on a decent HD camera….this was made with a shitty point and shoot…sorry it sucks so bad!
February 18th, 2010 at 10:01 am
Awesome! Don’t know how to weld, though, but was able to find an old wooden kitchen chair and some lumber in the basement. Doesn’t look as good as yours, but works just like it I guess…
February 18th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Hi Corsair!
Thanks for the nice message mate…I had a lot of fun making it. Although I used 3/4inch Galvanized pipe accessories for the pedals, you could also use PVC and PVC glue-with the galvi, I had to drill holes and rivet them to keep them from twisting in their threads.I think PVC would be the way to go.The video looks a bit overexposed, so I hope you can see details closer…I shot it with a crapy little camera.
Best wishes, CropDusterMan
February 18th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Well this was really impressive. The pedals make my head spin a bit – it’s not very complicated when you show it up close but it still takes a bit to get my head around. The collective is so simply brilliant, it sort of leaves you smacking your head and thinking “of course!”
Really nice work.
February 18th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
There is one thing more: I realized, living in USA is much, much better than living in germany, when you want to fly something!! Simple reason: flying in germany is much more expensive than in USA! One fu…nny liter of gasoline costs about 2 us dollars!! … and sometimes even more! .. and also because of other reasons! Unfortunately!
February 18th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Thank you for your reply! Sounds like adventure, what you are telling! Actually I flew the Robinson R22 in real life, it was in USA, New Mexico, and a long time ago!
February 18th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Hi Piarno,
I was only joking with you mate…ya, I do remind myself regularly of how lucky I am…I worked really hard for it. But let me tell you mate, it can be done…I went from being unhappy working in NYC as a photographer, to selling all my cameras and puting myself through flight school…you can do it too…if you want something bad enough, I’d bet nothing could stop you!
February 18th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
it`s not that necessary to be smart ….. you are telling about the collective and that you are using certain parts “in your real helicopter” …. ;-DD
Lucky guy you are!
That was the moment when I listened even more carefully! Man, you don`t have any idea how much I would like to be in such a position as you are! (beeing a “real” heli-pilot
February 18th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
You being a smart-ass? ;o) Sounds like it.
I fly a 1969 Bell 206 for Ag work.
February 18th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Hey Master, which “real” helicopter are you flying??
February 18th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
awesome invention buddy, i just wanted to know whether the throttle system works with fs2004 or not?? beautiful setup once again
February 18th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
How about using a Thrustmaster for the Cyclic and take the return spring out for added realism? The Thrustmaster is just like a real Hughes 300.
February 18th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Great setup.I would live to have something like that in my room!
February 18th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Thanks for the comment….had fun building it…it’s really easy to make….I lent it to a friend while he’s in flight school for practice.