Its time for my tiller... mounted on my FDS shell

[Nick1150]

As the title says, I need a tiller. I dont want to built it.

A good solution would be the OC one! Fair price and just plug into my Leo Bodnard card. http://www.opencockpits.com/catalog/steering-737800-p-332.html?language=en

I would like though to hear any alternatives that might exist.

Just a side note, I have the FDS shell, with no interior liners yet. Any advise of how it would be better to mount the tiller on the FDS shell with no interior liners yet?

Thaks in advance,

Nick

[Maurice]

Just a side note, I have the FDS shell, with no interior liners yet. Any advise of how it would be better to mount the tiller on the FDS shell with no interior liners yet?

Thaks in advance,

Nick

The tiller mounts on top of the liners so I wouldn't try to mount it on the shell itself. Otherwise, how would you add any liners afterwards (FDS or other)?

Maurice

[tennyson]

I bought the OC one and I think it looks good, all mounted.



Here's the back of it. I also bought an FDS-FC1 axis card, so I can hook up to




I made the decal, laminated and stuck to the tiller:



Mine is mounted on sidewalls that I made according to Vidar's pdf file. I'm saving up to buy an FDS shell next, and they will be fitted inside the shell.


Frank Cooper

[Nick1150]

Thanks guys for the replies,

The truth is that the interior liners from FDS is already pre-calculated in my budget. I will buy it for sure, but I would like to invest first in the aft ovehead, 3 projectors and curved screen. After the above I will get the liners and fit them inside my shell, in a way to do the final cosmetics together with a metal floor.

Till then I was thinking to get a tiller, mount it on the left sidewall to do the job...

I get it though...

I will wait for the liners first.

Thanks

[Sean]

Nick, I can't see any problem with mounting the tiller on the FDS shell, then later relocating it to the liners once you have them.

It means you'll have a small hole in the shell that'll be redundant, but you can just stick a blind grommet in that.

But it also means you'll have the use of a tiller in the time it takes to get the liners.

Sean

[Nick1150]

Hi Sean,

Thats what I am thinking too.

You know what ? Change of plans...

FDS liners are already on order, expecting them in two weeks more or less... Will order the opencockpits tiller by that time, so hopefully by mid November this case will be closed. Next aft overhead and 3 prohectors...

[Nick1150]

Hi to all,

My FDS liners are arriving next week, so I must get ready for the tiller.

Looking back at this thread, I see only two PnP alternatives, FDS and OC.

Any other tiller alternatives ?

Thanks

[rhysb]

http://www.routech.ro/

Very good unit

[Nick1150]

http://www.routech.ro/

Very good unit

Just e-mailed them,

Waiting for their response.

Thanks rhysd

[co735]

Hi Nick,

Just another option:

Simparts.de has a tiller

http://www.simparts.de/Steering-Tiller-Control

3 options, the last (and most expensive) option is plug and play at 225 Euro.

Although, since you are mounting it into liners/shell, this may not work since it has a "faceplate"

Just throwing it out there

Matt

[Nick1150]

I finally decided to go with the opencockpits solution, eventhough I do not have any other part from them. The truth is that the OC tiller is great and it does the job in a good price...

Here is a pic with the interior liners installed

[Boeing Skunk Works]

It looks good! OC makes a good product. I have a couple of his Nav heads and I'm ordering an ADF soon.

I'm not sure how you mounted the tiller, but I would never mount anything to a liner or trim panel. Those are supposed to be mounted to the airframe. Too much stress on the plastic, especially if it's original. I can't believe what a set of 737NG interior panels are selling for these days. I'd like to ask them if they want the fillings out of my teeth too.

[Nick1150]

The specific OC module is supported by a big plate with 4 screws on the plastic liner of FDS. I use it for 2 months now and I have no issue with it, so feel safe in case you want to follow this route...

The alternative was to mount the tiller on the shell but this would mean that I had to create holes on the backplate of the tiller and to the FDS shell, which was a different approach than the above, and actually it would have been completely opposite than the one that OC has designed the model to do.

Hope that helps...

[Boeing Skunk Works]

I designed and built my own tiller based on the structure I had built for a 2/3 cockpit at the time. The mount I have now will likely have to be re-designed because of the new structure I'm building that will more closely resemble the airframe that Boeing built for the 727. The old aluminum mount will not likely work.