@AchimEngels, the gentleman who supplied the drawings for the propeller, is building a full scale Fokker D.VII replica. If you are on facebook, I can really recommend his group, Flugzeugbau Fokker, alà Engels, where you can follow the progress.
Achim made some extra control sticks for his aircraft. I was one of the lucky few to secure one, for my collection.
I received it today…
It is an amazing piece of craftmanship! Made just like the real thing.
The stick grip has a working throttle grip and triggers. Imagine that. 100 years ago, the germans pioneered HOTAS!
He throttle even has a boost restrictor detent, to inform the pilot that he is entering the high altitude range of the engine.
To me, the stick is a wonderful piece of art.
Holding it sends shivers down my spine…
I know it scary to work on such a beautiful piece, but you know you are going to have to mod in switches and sensors so you can install it on your simpits joystick base, right? Its inevitable. Might as well get on with it
Yes. You could use the first grip for a lower RPM range, and then shift to the second grip, for a higher RPM range. And them there’s a detent for high altitude throttle range.
Considering the design is over 100 years old, it’s quite advanced.
That black thing at the bottom of the wood, curving forward, is a finger guard/protector? Looks like there is a bearing in there between the hub and the wooden handle that would be held in place by a spring and allow it to ride over the little barrier forward of it? That is pretty nice engineering.
