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Ok, so I made a small purchase...







Would one of you, with the talent and the experience, please help me figure out the dimensions for the housing for this?
The knob is actually 2 pieces, which I never noticed, so with a simple adjustment any side of it can be the top/indicator.
Any specs, tips, or experience any of you are willing to share is appreciated. Thanks!

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-mike

Hi Mike,

Great finding !
You may find what you need by downloading from avsim this file "b-17_throttle_project_rev_2010nov9.zip"
You'll find enclosed a blueprint for the MP selector box.
Since I had no real hardware to get proper measurements, you'll have probably to adjust the size of the box for your real knob to fit.
If you are up to mold and duplicate the knob, please count me in !

Keep us posted,
Francois

I would love to buy a copy of the nob from you also if you decide to mold and reproduce it. Would go great with my panel project.

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Hi Mike,

That is so cool!

I can't really help you much though, as I just eyeballed a picture and made mine to fit proportionate to my throttle. I didn't make any drawings.

The blueprints Francois provided a link to for his turbo control dial would be your best bet if you can't find any of the real thing, and then adjust for any size differences.

Darryl (Killratio) will probably be able to help you interface the real dial with the sim and FSUIPC.

Bill

Thanks so much guys!

I thought I remembered Francois releasing some plans, and now I have the link. I have no idea how to make a mold, but am willing to learn if it will help you guys. (hint: someone needs to explain it to me in an email)

As cool as it looks, just about my favorite thing when opening it was the chunks of Minneapolis newspaper from feb 18, 1945 stuffing the box.

I'm sending you guys a pm with a link to where I found it.

I know there are a few Honeywell documents out there pertaining to this thing, and maybe the B-17 maintenance manual has some specs. If anyone has any of that stuff and doesn't mind checking, I'd appreciate it.

The p-40 paint kit is 80% downloaded at this point, so I'm sure that will be my next project. But I'm serious in documenting/reproducing/tracing any part of this thing if you want to use it for your panels. It came with the id plate, lever and all sorts of little bits too. Please let me know if I can help.

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-mike

Hi,

here is molding technic tutorial:
http://www.alumilite.com/HowTos.cfm
Enjoy !

I'm sorry, but sadly, Snuffy's Library doesn't include dimensional drawings of a B17 yet.

I'm still in discussion with the smithsonian though.

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Snuffy

Thanks for checking, I knew if anyone had it, it would be you. Looks like I'll be hitting the B-17 tour stops with a tapemeasure this year.

Francois, thanks for the link to the tutorial. I'll give it a shot. If I can make it work, you'll all have MP selector knobs coming.

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-mike