Troll’s Wife “Darling, I said dinner is ready!”
Troll “Ah, INCOMING!”
Troll’s Wife “wait, no… take the stair…”
Troll crashing into the living room from above sitting in a makeshift MartinBaker, still holding an ejection handle and a wide smile.
Pieces of plaster fall randomly.
Troll’s wife “You seriously have to stop visiting that forum…”.
This time around with a softer silicon hose, instead of that steel reinforced and braided one.
With the softer hose I can make the handle shorter, and still maintain flexibility.
I will also use a rail so that the handle module has a more positive connection to the base.
I have accidentally ejected as my thighs moved the handle, when working the rudderpedals.
I’m using AN swivel end fittings to connect the hose handle.
I will use a regular home alarm window magnetic switch and magnets, to make the handle module stick to the base and activate the switch when the handle is removed…
The reed switch (window alarm mag switch) inside the extruded alu case that I will be using, and the steel lid I made for the magnets in the handle module to adhere to. Had to make a hole in the lid, for the mag flux to reach the reed switch Filled the hole with epoxy.
The black lid with glued on magnets will cover the bottom of the handle module, and is the counterpart to the steel lid.
The top of the ejection handle module will have a steel lid, because the black alu lid is too thin to withstand the forces of pulling the ejection handle…
Here it just got a fresh coat of paint.
The old ejection handle gets a new life in @BeachAV8Rs sim pit. Purely as a prop. Heroes like him don’t need to eject. But it looks cool, and even heroes like that.
Even so, I thought I’d put a teensy2 controller in it, and add a safe/unsafe switch. I mean, he may want to show it to someone, occasionally…
The handle was linked to my ConTrollR Throttle, as an external switch.
Now it will become a USB controller of it’s own.
It will be recognized as a 3 button game controller. One pulsing button #1 as the handle is pulled, and buttons #2 & #3 depending on the switch position.
Now… What should I call it. What should the device name be…?
I bet you can spot the change…
No?
Isn’t it obvious that the handle tube is 2mm thinner in diameter, and the loop is about 10mm lower?
The previous silicon tube I used was 16mm and while softer than the steel reinforced tube, I wanted it even softer.
So, this is a 14mm silicon tube.
I made the loop just a little bit shorter, to close the loop diameter slightly.