I have now dissembled the throttle quite extensively… and found many 9-10 wires over two separate bundles that need repairs or replacement … I had a thought about instead of re-joining the wires I could replace the whole cable and plug … does anyone here have an idea what the below type of connector is called and if they come pre-wired with connections at both ends… and finally where I could get them
Looks like a JST XH 14 connector.
I have a need for a device that has fairly high resolution (preferably .01 degree or better) in the rotation axis. My initial thought was an optical encoder, but I was wondering if anyone has any other ideas before I move forward.
The sensors used in Virpils devices has got 0.006° resolution.
What are you making?
Not exactly sim related, I am needing to build a digital protractor for lapidary use. My initial thought was using a pendulum based inclinometer, but the hypotenuse of the triangle I’d be measuring is only about 5" long, meaning the base will around 4" so getting enough resolution with an analog system would seem to be difficult. The optical encoder idea hit me after that, since old school gaming mice used to use them and the diameter of the disc they were working with was well under 5" and had pretty decent resolution. I figured I’d poll the MS brain trust to see if there were other options that might be better.
As this will hopefully be a set it once and verify it every few months, I am actually tempted to just measure the relevant sides of the triangle and do the math to figure out the angles.
Sim Your Plane
He sells a coil potentiometer attaches to anything that moves or rotates in a straight line. The output is via bluetooth (I think). I met him at Oshkosh 2 years ago and tried his kit in a Mosquito helicopter. No idea what sort of resolution the device works under.
for all the rotorheads with 3d printers 
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