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  2. DIY collective

    in DCS Series

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    Thanks Wingy,  most of the soldering is now done. My original rubber band on the throttle has now got a split so I will need to come up with a new cunning plan. Might get some photos up tomorrow.

  9. DIY collective

    in DCS Series

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    More progress, as I have decided to mount the Leonardo in the button box on the lever I had to feed the wires from the collective pot up the lever along with the USB cable. This meant taking the plate off the side to get access to the collective pot, and taking the lever off the pivot to allow the cables to be fed up the tube. All back together now.

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  12. The Collective Project

    in Hardware Hell

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    More progress on the base

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    I found a small knurled knob for the pot and used a piece of elastic shoelace joined with an electrical connector.

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    I had to cut the top mounting on the damper as it wasnt wide enough to take the top bearing. After it was all bolted in position it worked well. The next part will be the throttle and thumb switch.

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  14. DIY collective

    in DCS Series

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    The Leonardo works. BUT it isnt very obvious how to load a downloaded sketch or even how to download the sketch. After quite a while I have the board set up as a 5 axis controller and it tested OK. Now to find the sketch I need, that is 4 axis, one 4 way hat switch and maybe 10 or so buttons.

  15. The Collective Project

    in Hardware Hell

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    So far I have repurposed a pair of speaker wall mount brackets for the sides. Then marked out the travel of the arm and the pivot point. I transfer drilled the up and down stops, pivot point, and the two spacer bolts. I then drilled the pivot bearing mounting holes and fitted the bearings. I used a long 8mm bolt as the pivot and drilled the arm 8mm and bolted it in positionIMG_0021.JPG

    I was going to use gears to rotate the pot but the ones I got from amazon were too small. I thought the best way would be to use pulleys. I made the large one for the pivot out of a plastic waste pipe union and put a piece of MDF which I cut out with a hole saw to center it

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    All bolted up it looks like this

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    More later.

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  20. DIY collective

    in DCS Series

    Posted

    I am having a nightmare with the project. I cant find a  sketch that will work with my board and the damper set up is far too stiff. Looks like buying a leonardo is the only way forward with this.

  25. DIY collective

    in DCS Series

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    After a lot of thought, well not that much, I have decided to go ahead with the project. Stuff might be inbound next week and questions will be asked. Like do I buy this

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09C1S4TW8/?coliid=IDE4DQ6ANF77N&colid=3GJ0HH41UWZCS&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

    or this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085RHTBJT/?coliid=I3365O26UF01P1&colid=3GJ0HH41UWZCS&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

    and do I need this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01G8F9M9A/?coliid=ILIQ5OVUVSOEV&colid=3GJ0HH41UWZCS&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

    or this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B014SGTP20/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1&pf_rd_p=15c0cc83-c6c5-4d44-aa3d-0de17a9f3682&pf_rd_r=P9JFK2CCBRVTCHCYD5J4&pd_rd_wg=YuDiu&pd_rd_w=rM2M7&content-id=amzn1.sym.15c0cc83-c6c5-4d44-aa3d-0de17a9f3682&pd_rd_r=957852f2-0b4d-4a7a-acf4-73a1bf8f7e1e&s=industrial&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWw

    other stuffz and questions later

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