767-300 speed of throttle movement
 

Hi there,

Can any of you proffesionals help me out on a technical question?
I've started building a 767-300 simulator at home. There are two things I couldn't figure out so far.:rolleyes:
At what speed do the throttle levers move and what's the angle of the movement?
My guess it would be some 5 seconds or so for a 90° angle, but maybe one of you experts can be more specific.
:ok:
Regards,

Erwin.

Do you promise there's a decent non terrorist use for this simulator you're building?

Scouts honor
:ok:

(Except for terorising my wife's spare time... :))

G'day Erwin,

From what I've seen, on the net, of homebuilt airliner simulators and the amount of money spent on them you'd be better off spending the money on a licence and then flying the real thing.

I'll have a good look at my B767 next time I go flying and get back to you. :ok:

Regards,
BH.

Freedom of flight
 

Well to be honest... I also like the freedom of the virtual airspace. I can fly wherever I want... Take off from Boeing field turn around an do a low altitude pass (gear up if I like) without getting sacked ;)
It also keeps me off the streets and gives my wife some rest so I won't drive her crazy:ugh:

Here's my site:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/erwinvansteen/767home.htm

And one of my fellow builders and software guru's Nico Kaan that make all this possible:
http://www.lekseecon.nl

If you have put that much time and effort into building a home made CNC-Milling machine I am sure your 767 simulator will be impressive.

Your website says you are a paramedic - where did you acquire your technical knowledge ? If it is self taught I am impressed.

Knowledge
 

Well... I haven't always been a paramedic. I've studied Biochemistry and one part of the curiculum involved basic electronics, math, physics and Analogue/Digital signal processing for Laboratory puposes. This in combination with me being a 'wingnut' and a portion of stamina enabled me to start building my project. :}
Ofcours I didn't invented all the stuff myself. I contact other builders on regular basis. Each one of us has his own skills, ideas and inventions. Together we help each other out providing eachother with critical notes, hints andf tips.:8
And nowadays the internet supplies us with lots of technical websites, pictures, etc. So contacting experts with valuable knowledge like you guys is easier then ever.:ok:

ambuman, Why don't you call ATC Eng at Lasham Airfield. They part-out 757s. Most of the stuff will be sold on but bits of trim, and even control yokes, throttle quadrants etc, may not have any re-sale value. They're proper aeroplane people there and I'm sure they'll help you out. Here's one -

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/cumpas/757.jpg

No reply
 

I've sent an e-mail to the people from ATC Eng at Lasham. So far not even a reply...:bored:
Anyway...

@ Bullethead:
Could you also measure the angle of the yoke-stand in rest and it's full angle of movement for me? The measurements of the displacement of the rudder peddals would also help me very much!
Thanks!:ok:

Erwin.

G'day Ambuman,

I'm next flying on Wed 9Apr, so I'll make a note and see what I can discover. I think your project is impressive but there's nothing like the real thing.

My son went for his first flight in a light aircraft many years ago when he was about 14 and when he came home I noticed him hard at work on his computer, he was deleting all his flight sim programmes and he said "There is nothing like the real thing!"

Good luck with your sim, I'll get back to you.

Regards,
BH.

Bullethead,

Did you already had the chance to measure the speed of the throttle movement?
I'm realy hoping so.

Regards,

Erwin

Hey Erwin, do these help?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pilot...spagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Boeing-767-fli...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Boeing-Airplan...QQcmdZViewItem

The angle of throttle movement is 56 degrees. The thrust reverser lever moves through 88 degress of travel. Not sure how in depth you want to go but at 10 degrees of T/R lever movement the T/R control switch is closed and at 29 degrees the Directional pilot valve switch closes and the Thrust reverse actuation system lock switch closes.

I dont have the figures on hand for time taken for full movement with AT engaged. I will try to find out for you.

Hope this helps.

Whooooopeeee
 

That realy makes my day!
Thanks a lot for your help!!!!!
:D

Can't wait for your figures on the timing :ok:

If you mean the time taken for the throttles to move from idle to TOGA then I would say it's a lot less than 5 secs. This can be done using the MCDP test. I would say it's more like 2 secs. (That's on a B757 BTW)