After a week of testing, I can say that the lever is now good enough to be released. You can download it from hc625ma.org or thingiverse. Assembly and test flight videos, along with the manual page will follow shortly, stay tuned!
News on single engine collective with head support
I’ve been working on the new lever for some time, and it’s very close to release now. This lever is a successor of the twin throttle 412 themed lever with some improvements, which simplify assembly process by a considerable degree, yet significantly increase its strength and, most importantly, rotation smoothness. Because of a new tensioner with rubber bands added to it, the lever can hold any type of a head of large enough weight and still feel as light and smooth as the simple one!
I’ve been able to fly with it today for a while, with my old cyclic grip used as a head mockup (to simulate a head’s weight) and it feels just right. It can be set up so that the tension is barely noticeable even with an object as heavy as this dummy cyclic grip. This lever has 200-degree throttle travel range. After a few days of testing, I will release it along with an assembly and demo flight videos.
I have added support for a new lever to simchair software. Check it out on GitHub!
Single engine collective with an i2c head mount dev snapshot!
single_engine_collective_beta_v0.1
An early development snapshot of the collective lever with one throttle grip.
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