Make an Attitude Indicator | C172 #46

Don't give me that attitude!
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x1 Laser Cut Acrylic Glass
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x2 Hall Effect Switches A3144/OH3144/AH3144E
x4 Panel Mounting Screws 6/32" 1" Long and Nut
x3 M3 14mm countersunk screws
x2 M3 10mm countersunk screws
x4 M3 6mm countersunk screws
x4 M2.5 20mm countersunk screws
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[@Skynexito]

Duuude you have grown so much

[@CaptainBobSim]

That's true! I have a mustache and everything now!

[@SandiShila]

I can't wait to see this thing attached into some mini aircraft or atleast a paramotor.

[@Cly430]

Bro I’m a fan! Love your vids and your humor

[@CaptainBobSim]

Thanks Clymansi! That means a lot!

[@Xanth3r]

Awesome vid! Stay spicey Cptn ✈

[@CaptainBobSim]

As to you Xanth3r!!

[@geraldcooper6563]

Your interments keep getting better and better. I hope that you never lose interest in flight simulation.

[@CaptainBobSim]

I hope so too!

[@thatguyhazza7278]

2:26 - a-10 brrt also sick stuff, you should totally make a simple stand to mount your instruments on, just a basic T-shape or smth so i can put all your instruments on my desk without needing to make a whole cockpit

[@CaptainBobSim]

That’s a great idea! Id love to run some ideas by you, if you want to email [e-mail]

[@noneNone-mw1px]

Excellent

[@CaptainBobSim]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@polar_baer]

1:34 “Ignore this hole” *not even a second later* “Align the hole right here”

[@CaptainBobSim]

I meant how ugly the hole was, usually I get a nicer finish but this one was drilled 😂

[@ferohora139]

Very, very nice, hot and sweet instrument... EDIT: I am watching this on a device with gray-shade-dislay-color turned ON. :):):):):) So much plastically! :):):):):):):):):) So much 3D! Attitude indicator is my most favourite...

[@CaptainBobSim]

Enjoy!

[@ianmessenger7895]

Hi Trevor. Love what you are doing. Just a question How do you mount this in the actual panel? Which screw holes ?. Ian

[@CaptainBobSim]

Hi! I'm using #6-32 screws, the same as the real plane :)

[@Rcfullscale]

I have been trying to do this for months in cad. thank you so much. But do you know a way to get this working with just Arduino code. I don't already use mobiflight for the switches in my simpit and I don't want to change everything.

[@CaptainBobSim]

My pleasure! Could you share what your Arduino Code looks like currently? (Email [e-mail]) If your arduino code supports reading values from the sim than it totally should be able to be done in Arduino IDE.

[@Rcfullscale]

@@CaptainBobSim i have now emailed you the code running my simpit

[@ferohora139]

Arduino Code should be "0000" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😁.

[@buckrodgers770]

I've Started using air manager and it has tins of stock Instruments like this one that just work. I made a parking brake that way cuz I was tired of moving my cockpit to push the lever.

[@sprint955st]

I’ve made one very much like this which uses servos and has no limit switches. Not mounted or wired yet. Any advantage of your version with steppers vs servos? Thanks.

[@CaptainBobSim]

In my experience the steppers are more precise, quieter and less jittery. Servos have an advantage because they have a built in potentiometer so you don't have any zeroing issues. You're always welcome to try both out and see which one you like better!

[@sprint955st]

@@CaptainBobSim well I might just do that! And then do a YT review for the benefit of human kind

[@CaptainBobSim]

@@sprint955st I'd love to see the vid when you're done!

[@carterscoconuts6224]

How did you make the decal sheet? I’m trying to do the same 3D printed file but for for the IAS and Attitude indicator I’m going to use a F4U design. Specifically 1D varient

[@CaptainBobSim]

I made it using Inkscape :D

[@carterscoconuts6224]

@@CaptainBobSim 🫡

[@andrejjan2240]

17:20 According to rapid and agressive yoke movement, and because the mouse wasnt in the square with a cross in the center, are you using a keyboard to control the C172SP in the X-Plane 11? (roll trim????????)

[@CaptainBobSim]

I'm using a PS3 game controller 🙃

[@andrejjan2240]

@@CaptainBobSim Nice. rest in piece! Shit! :):) 🙃🙃🙃 🤣

[@CaptainBobSim]

It's a bit comical, If I turn my desk to the left I have my full scale flight simulator, and if I turn to the right I have a knock off PS3 controller and for single component testing 100% of the time I'll go to the controller😂 It's easier to test a single function with my PS3 controller than to fit my simulator in front of the desk :)

[@andrejjan2240]

​@@CaptainBobSim Alright, alright! "And if you turn your desk backward" you will see/nastly hit on a nasty green vegetable wall/a vegetable green wall, with a big, wide and high wooden door of the transparentual glass segments. Behind the "glass" door, there are a massive corner stairs leading upstairs, lol. On the stairs there are slepping even dogo........ "green vegetable wall" your words, not mine! :):):):) You cant turn your desk forward, lol, you would land/end in the actual simulator running on the monitor... There are only two more directions, turning up or turning down... The desk can flip over yourself........ Ohh, you are stuck and trapped! :):) Laminal spaces, laminal vibes........

[@andrejjan2240]

​@@CaptainBobSim Yea, yea, its understandable to save the whole simulator from worning out... Its like accepting 10 position grid penalty for changing wornout component in Parc Per Ferme after messed up qualification, than do not finish beautifully ride out race because of Critical Mechanical Failure caused by the not changed wornout component.... :):)

[@ianmessenger7895]

Hi Trevor. I am looking for the Mobieflight files. went to the link provided above but could not find them??

[@CaptainBobSim]

Hi Ian! They are in the Section 2/Instruments/6PackAttitude folder If you are not seeing the instrument folder try this link: github.com/CaptainBobSim/The-Cessna-172-Project-V3/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

[@ianmessenger7895]

As always you are most helpful. Thank you

[@FSMadness]

how thick is the acrylic glass?

[@CaptainBobSim]

3mm

[@LorenzoGiordanoGomes]

Heyy! So I was trying to download the files from your website but I keep having failed downloads and/or 500 errors. It may be because I live in another continent so the servers might not be suitable for my region. It'd be nice if you could feed the download from Google Drive or some other large website so I'd be able to build some instruments too. Right now I'm aiming at the attitude indicator (bought the steppers already) but I plan on building others in the future

[@CaptainBobSim]

Try this link: github.com/CaptainBobSim/The-Cessna-172-Project-V3/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

[@LorenzoGiordanoGomes]

@@CaptainBobSim I did download this file, and I might have been very dumb but I can't find the STLs for the individual instruments, only drawings and STLs for the structure of the panel itself Thanks for the speedy reply!

[@CaptainBobSim]

@@LorenzoGiordanoGomes If in doubt you can use the printables: www.printables.com/model/496916-attitude-indicator I had an issue (I think I know what you're talking about) where it only has like 2 folders. For me redownloading fixed it but mileage may vary

[@LorenzoGiordanoGomes]

@@CaptainBobSim Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!!!

[@josephlarsen]

i wonder if you could become a flight instructor and use the finished sim to save on in air time. That'd let you save money on gas and offer a safer start for people

[@CaptainBobSim]

That's a cool idea! I wonder if I can get it certified or not.

[@yorgle]

once again... i want to build one of these but i have no use for it. :D

[@yorgle]

I figured out what I want to do. I want to make a reproduction of the control panel from Flight Simulator II which I used to play back in the 80s on my Amiga. :D I just "bought" the files, but promise to buy them with actual cash moneys once I start my job next month. :D

[@CaptainBobSim]

That sounds like a way cool idea! If you wanted you could even pixelate the decals to match FSII Good luck with your new job!

[@yorgle]

@@CaptainBobSim oooh. totally awesome idea! (btw, my glowforge doesn't understand the DXF files for the glass... I ended up just creating SVGs for it using tinkercad since it's just a circle with a hole. I should probably get fusion 360 one of these days. ;D ) I 3d printed the bezel for an airspeed indicator overnight, and i'm printing out the seal now.) Love it!

[@CaptainBobSim]

@@yorgle Maybe SVG would be a better format to work with then? I do everything in inkscape so an SVG import wouldn't be too too much work. That's awesome! You should send pictures to [e-mail] I'd love to see it!

[@yorgle]

@@CaptainBobSim SVG would be great and super portable. And yes, will send pics back to you, and if i do the pixelly decals, i'll be sending those to you as well whether you want them or not. ;)

[@geraldcooper6563]

Have you changed your email?

[@CaptainBobSim]

Nope, it's still [e-mail]

[@andrejjan2240]

Arduino Code should be "0000" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😁. What is a difference between code and password? :):):):):):) Is there that much difference between code and password? :):):):):):)

[@CaptainBobSim]

When did I say 0000 I can't find it 😂 I guess I use "code" as saying MobiFlight configuration. MobiFlight isn't actually code, it's more clicking buttons and inputting numbers.