{"id":250,"date":"2022-09-01T10:21:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cessna172sim.nl\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:21:11","slug":"the-base","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/index.php\/the-base\/","title":{"rendered":"The Base."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The base of the simulator needs to be solid and it has to house some of the control mechanisms.  I built a rectangular box and divided it into three compartments.  The middle compartment will have to house the pitch and roll constructions as well as the yokes &#8216;Y&#8217;-bar connection bracket.   Since a picture is worth a thousand words,  here are a couple of thousand words to illustrate how I went to work.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cessna172sim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220818_143032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220818_143032.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220818_143032-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>I did not take any photos while building the initial box, here is a photo of the box with the pully mechanism already installed. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cessna172sim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220818_143036.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220818_143036.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220818_143036-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>The potentiometer for the roll axis can clearly be seen in the 3D printed bracket.  the Potentiometer had a small gear on the shaft which in turn is connected to a larger gear which has been epoxied onto the pulley.  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The base is covered with a 22mm MDF sheet. The sheet that is seen in the images is the old one which I cut before my pedals arrived. I now have new sheets for the   floor and these will be measured, place and cut in the very near future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The base of the simulator needs to be solid and it has to house some of the control mechanisms. I built a rectangular box and divided it into three compartments. The middle compartment will have to house the pitch and roll constructions as well as the yokes &#8216;Y&#8217;-bar connection bracket. Since a picture is worth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.c172sim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}