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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon allanglen

trim wheel documentation

Open timothy-hart opened this issue 6 years ago • 3 comments

any chance we could see some more details around the trim wheel? thanks

timothy-hart avatar Jul 31 '18 04:07 timothy-hart

I too would be interested in seeing more details about the motorized trim wheel. Thank you for your amazing job and for your time!

adipinto avatar Aug 12 '18 05:08 adipinto

@allanglen I was just about to ask the same question. Curious what stepper motor & controller you used and how it's assembled. I just ordered the 3D printed wheel.

For anyone interested, I found this other build with some really helpful information that could be used here: http://bffsimulation.com/BFF_Motorised_Trim_Wheel.php

acirinelli avatar Dec 21 '18 19:12 acirinelli

Apologies for the very slow response on this. I have moved and all of my equipment and the simulator are currently in storage. As a result I haven't had a chance to continue working on this.

The parts for the trim wheel were scavenged from a broken laser printer so they are all non-standard components. The motor is a DC motor with a rotary encoder. I have not completed the programming yet for driving the motor in response to the autopilot in the sim.

allanglen avatar Jun 29 '19 16:06 allanglen