After a couple of years of casting parts you could end up with a whole viggen 
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Oh gods, don’t give him any more ideas! 
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I woke up this morning to the idea that I really should build an Intruder cockpit for you… But ok, I’ll drop that idea. You’re right, it’s probably better not to build it.
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I have updated the design of the safety and trigger mechanism.
I hoped I could use a reed magnetic switch to sense the opening and closing of the safety catch, but there are too many magnets in there and the reed switch closed within about a centimeter from the assembly…
So I had to rethink the whole deal. Now there’s a microswitch on the outside and a pin from the safety catch activates the switch, very much like the real mechanics, actually.
The advantage of this solution is that I can have different signals for opening the safety and closing it again.
As the trigger resistance is magnetic, and I need to fit two more switches inside the mechanical assembly, I put the trigger switch on the outside as well.
I have also split the assembly into a center core that will be 10mm thick, surrounded by two 1,5mm sides. The trigger and safety will be 9mm thick.
This way I can have all the parts cut from aluminium.
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Looks awesome. Those are some satisfying clicks from the mechanism already, so it will be awesome with metal parts.
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Testing out the buttons…
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Is that 2 3D printed pieces or 1 (ignoring the switch buttons)?
Not sure what you mean? The larger piece, with the holes, is a single piece.
Its just like the Lord of the Rings trilogy films…but very different. 
So what piece is this? What buttons?
How you gonna get the wires in there? Looks nice though! 
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Yeah… All Orchs, no Elves.
It’s the centerpiece of the trigger/safety mechanism.
It will all make sense in the next video. ”The story of the two Viggens”.
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Stay tuned… 
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No movie. Just stills…
I’m doing some thinking about the round buttons and how to make them look the part.
Might have an idea.
Must CAD a little…
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Sweeeet!
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We were flying the DCS Viggen last week. I wondered what the button under the safety latch is for. I think it’s not modelled in DCS module.
It’s all there…
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Ah… so all the effort for a function which can’t be used in the sim.
And people claim that we Germans are prone to over engineering. Pfft
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The Safety still has a function (two, actually) It’s just the button beneath it that doesn’t. And, you can always map it to something else
And, I’m not giving up hope of a JA37, in which the button regained a purpose…
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