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Lekez
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Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:16 pm
Hi, first of all I would like to thank you for the extraordinary design, I've finally finished the FFB Yoke and I was wondering how I set the new endpoint and 0 position? I've got the motors working correctly and the electronics work fine.
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Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:53 pm
Hey
Congrats on the finished yoke, I'm glad another one has been made;)
The range and gears on both axes have been designed to maintain the original sidewinder calibration so all you need to do is adjust the centre point (zero).

Roll Axis:
-Release two little worm screws on the back bearing collar
-Set the yoke wheel straight (middle position)
-Open controller properties window on your PC
-Rotate the collar (not the yoke) until the reading matches zero (centre)
-Tighten the two worm screws
-Done

Pitch Axes:
-Release two motor screws holding the potentiometer bracket and "lift" the pot to disconnect the cogwheels
-Using a tape measure, find the centre position of the pitch sliding range and leave the yoke there
-Rotate the potentiometer until it matches zero in the controller properties window.
-Re-set the pot bracket, tighten the motor screws.
-Done

Let me know how it went.
Jay
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Strale
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Setting end point and new 0 position Empty Re: Setting end point and new 0 position

Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:04 pm
Few questions about this procedure

Admin wrote:
Roll Axis:
-Release two little worm screws on the back bearing collar
-Set the yoke wheel straight (middle position)
-Open controller properties window on your PC
-Rotate the collar (not the yoke) until the reading matches zero (centre)  
-Tighten the two worm screws
-Done

So probably also a repositioning of the pot gear might be required am I wrong ?


Pitch Axes:
-Using a tape measure, find the centre position of the pitch sliding range and leave the yoke there
can i try to measure the impedence and set the center based on the middle of it ?
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Lekez
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Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:42 pm
It worked perfectly thanks for your help jay
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Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:54 pm
Lekez wrote:It worked perfectly thanks for your help jay

Great,
you're welcome

Jay
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Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:57 pm
Strale wrote:Few questions about this procedure
So probably also a repositioning of the pot gear might be required am I wrong ?
Can i try to measure the impedence and set the center based on the middle of it ?

1 - no need for that since you rotate the small pot gear with the collar.
2 - yes you can, just make sure the yoke is set in the middle of its range.

Jay
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