Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - B727 Throttles finished.

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | B727 Throttles finished.

DVA1767
Captain, B727-200

Joined on July 02 2004
Century Club
Online Century Club

Midwestern United States

107 legs, 156.8 hours
104 legs, 153.2 hours online
6 legs, 12.1 hours event
501 legs, 763.5 hours total

Posted onPost created on September 07 2004 19:09 ET by Michael Carter

The B727 throttle quadrant turned out better than I expected. The Thrustmaster was a bit of a challenge to get mounted in the housing and then construct the linkage, but it's working.

As I suspected, all of the wiring going into the grip was on a plug attached to a socket on the main board, so no wire cutting was needed. The only thing I used was the potentiometer set up for the throttle itself.

The base is mounted inside the quadrant housing at about a 20 degree up angle towards the front to get the correct throw on the throttles. The linkage was made from sheet steel after I folded the edges over to increase stiffness. The linkage is attached to the throttle levers using 4-40 stainless screws nuts and washers and is attached to the Thrustmaster arm using the stock cap head scews that secured the original TQS grip.

The start levers under the throttles have not been installed yet, but this is minor since they are cosmetic only. They also don't sit in a lowered portion of the center of the quadrant because of height clearance needed for the base of the Thrustmaster TQS.

The flap, speedbrake, and trim markings didn't turn out as planned because my print cartridge is running low on ink and they turned out sort of a light purple. They look good but they're the wrong color. THey are attached using a spray adhesive that is removable, so when this ink cartridge finally dies I'll re-do them in white on grey instead of white on purple.

When I get aroundtuit, I'll get some photos up. The only thing I don't like is that it's to my left instead of my right because I'm using an FLSC stick which is right-hand only.

Michael Carter (DVA1767)

DVA1738
Captain, B737-800

Joined on June 23 2004
Century Club
Online Century Club

Southeastern United States

135 legs, 194.2 hours
112 legs, 157.4 hours online

Posted onPost created on September 08 2004 11:54 ET by Ryan Wuerz

Wow Michael, that didn't take any time at all!! Must've really been working on it.

Ryan Wuerz (DVA1738)

Posted onPost created on September 08 2004 14:03 ET by Michael Carter

When you're semi-retired you have to find something to do besides fly three times a day.

This quadrant is a lot bigger sitting next to me than it looked on the bench. It is as close to full-size as I could determine from the many photos I used based on the size of known objects in the area of the quadrant. The commercially available quadrants just didn't do it for me. All generic-looking and not even close to anything I've flown with a rotating type throttle.(As opposed to a push-pull arrangement on the panel)

I flew my first flight with it earlier this morning, and plan on the return trip in a little while.

Michael Carter (DVA1767)

DVA1641
Captain, B777-200

Joined on March 22 2004
Everett Century Club
Globetrotter
Double Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"NATCA - FAA Controller"
Hartford, CT

292 legs, 1,319.5 hours
66 legs, 235.0 hours online
222 legs, 1,105.0 hours ACARS
5 legs, 35.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 08 2004 18:34 ET by Rob Hernandez

Hey Mike,
You gotta get a pic on the site!

Rob Hernandez

Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on September 08 2004 19:17 ET by Michael Carter

When able!

Michael Carter (DVA1767)

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