Home Made Throttle Quadrant by 3D Printing.

[b744erf]

Hello guys. I am Jack from Guangzhou, China. This is my first post.
In winter vacation, I designed the TQ with Solidworks by referring photos and very few drawing on line, then 3D printed out. I am happy with building it for almost 3 weeks, though it is a little bit out of scale since lack of reference, and it is not yet finished. I may later build a 2nd version if I can get any more drawings.
This is the pics to share.
http://m.qzone.com/l?g=1336&appid=4&subtype=3&blog_photo=0&ciphertext=F116290EE4E6017BB9C2CF034033C726AED3C109246A0C3C6A7F581040F9D63B39BC3951197C6256CE26B9295DE0F6FA84F9869B5651E038&g_f=2000000392
(This is my pics sharing space, hope you guys can see them.)
Thanks for watching. I will keep updating.
If any one wants to contact me, please feel free to send me emails : B744ERF@163.com   
It would be great if any maestros here could give me more informations about the throttle quadrant measurement.

[Hardy Heinlin]

Hello Jack,

the 3D prints look great.

Congratulations! :-)


|-|ardy

[Hessel Oosten]

Hello Jack,

Looks good ! Thanks for sharing.

Building a cockpit from scratch, is a sort of life-long-project, but like you, I hope it will be finished before I die...
3D Printing is a very good solution for complicated parts, when conventional processes fail (for hobbyists) !
I'm also collecting measurements and will contact you when interesting measurements should come into vision.
I made MIP drawings (and milled it already, see earlier posts). If interested, let me know.



Hessel

[b744erf]

Hello Jack,

the 3D prints look great.

Congratulations! :-)


|-|ardy

I have to give a big THANKs to you, Maestro Heinlin.  I refer a lot from the PSX layout. I think it looks correct as the real scale when zooming is set at 1.000, right? I  knew that quadrant is an arc so its vertical scale looks from the top is not exactly right as measure on the monitor, but it may true in total length and width.

[b744erf]

Hello Jack,

Looks good ! Thanks for sharing.

Building a cockpit from scratch, is a sort of life-long-project, but like you, I hope it will be finished before I die...
3D Printing is a very good solution for complicated parts, when conventional processes fail (for hobbyists) !
I'm also collecting measurements and will contact you when interesting measurements should come into vision.
I made MIP drawings (and milled it already, see earlier posts). If interested, let me know.



Hessel

Thanks Hessel. I hope to build the MIP, too, which makes my "cockpit" feel more like the real one. YES, I am very interested with all kind of the measurement of the 744 cockpit, and will made my drawings to share too...

[asboyd]

Wow your quadrant looks great.
I am working on getting some parts together to build a motorised quadrant using servos and belt drives, but I would be very interested in the measurements for your unit as I am finding it hard to get decent measurements.

Looks as though 3D printing has a lot to offer for those of us on a budget.

Best wishes,
Alex B

[emerydc8]

Hello, Jack. The throttles look great! Have you visited Hans's website? He may be able to help you with the measurements since he is working with the real throttles. http://www.b747-400.net/php/index.php

Cheers,

Jon D.

[Hardy Heinlin]

I think it looks correct as the real scale when zooming is set at 1.000, right? I  knew that quadrant is an arc so its vertical scale looks from the top is not exactly right as measure on the monitor, but it may true in total length and width.

In most areas, the scale is 1:1 at zoom 1.0 if your monitor has a resolution of 96 pixels per inch, if I remember correctly. When I started developing PSX in 2008, the best monitors at that time were still cathode ray tubes, and there were some physical tolerances regarding size and available resolutions.


Regards,

|-|ardy

[b744erf]

Hello, Jack. The throttles look great! Have you visited Hans's website? He may be able to help you with the measurements since he is working with the real throttles. http://www.b747-400.net/php/index.php

Cheers,

Jon D.

Thanks Jon D.  Yes, I did. I even saved lots of pics in my phone from his website for better reference. He did a great job!

[b744erf]

Wow your quadrant looks great.
I am working on getting some parts together to build a motorised quadrant using servos and belt drives, but I would be very interested in the measurements for your unit as I am finding it hard to get decent measurements.

Looks as though 3D printing has a lot to offer for those of us on a budget.

Best wishes,
Alex B

Congratulations! Hope to see your motorized quadrant soon $~$ .
Yes you are right. 3D printing is one of the best way for hobby cockpit building, especially for the parts that is complicated but not too large. It comes with a very cheep price, though the products always comes with flaw which needs some later fixing before making a spray painting. I am lucky that I have a good parter who is running a 3D printer company. It makes me very convenient to print out every thing I designed. What if I sell products with 3D printing... if my friend wants to do it ^_^

[emerydc8]

What if I sell products with 3D printing... if my friend wants to do it ^_^

This would probably be your competition. http://www.throttletek.com/b747-400.html
I was quoted $280 for shipping, which seemed awfully expensive for a TQ.

Jon D.

[b744erf]

What if I sell products with 3D printing... if my friend wants to do it ^_^

This would probably be your competition. http://www.throttletek.com/b747-400.html
I was quoted $280 for shipping, which seemed awfully expensive for a TQ.

Jon D.

Correct. I contact throttletek about 2 months ago. I like their products. The 744 TQ is excellent. I really wish to have one. But after knowing the high price and an 3 months waiting, I decided to give up and just make my own one, since 3D printing is just 1/10 price as throttletek. And I may buy a real TQ  when I have enough budget in the future.
For now, I didn't plan to sell anything I print but just for my own used. It takes too much time to finish a whole TQ. Maybe, if some one want some of the part they need, I may help to print.

[emerydc8]

The 3D printer is interesting. Please keep us updated on your TQ project. If you have the plans drawn up for one already, maybe you could actually get the price down to the point that it would attract some fence-sitters, even if it required some additional parts and assembly at the buyer's end.

[kev32b]

What if I sell products with 3D printing... if my friend wants to do it ^_^

This would probably be your competition. http://www.throttletek.com/b747-400.html
I was quoted $280 for shipping, which seemed awfully expensive for a TQ.

Jon D.

Correct. I contact throttletek about 2 months ago. I like their products. The 744 TQ is excellent. I really wish to have one. But after knowing the high price and an 3 months waiting, I decided to give up and just make my own one, since 3D printing is just 1/10 price as throttletek. And I may buy a real TQ  when I have enough budget in the future.
For now, I didn't plan to sell anything I print but just for my own used. It takes too much time to finish a whole TQ. Maybe, if some one want some of the part they need, I may help to print.

Hi,

Looks great any chance of some measurements so i can build my own,

Cheeky i know but you dont get if you dont ask.

Kev

[Chris Kilroy]

Edit: Me stoopid

[cavaricooper]

Chris-

The quadrant is $2,200.... Shipping was quoted as $280.....

C