Simchair MKIII cessna 182 engine & prop controls by hc625ma

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https://github.com/hc625ma/simchair_models/tree/master/Components/Peripherals/Single%20engine%20GA%20controls
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These are Cessna 182 style engine and prop controls. Good for flying any single engine piston powered plane though. This thing is very easy to make: Just print everything, add 3 slider pots, wire them to an RJ45 socket and plug it into a COL slot of Simchair MKIII controller (or use your own controller). As this is unlikely to be used for RC flying, and due to knobs placement in a real 182, this is intended to be mounted on the desk.
You will need:
6 x M3x25mm screws and 2 M3 nuts
3 x SL-4515G slider potentiometers or similar ones
(https://static.chipdip.ru/lib/996/DOC000996699.pdf)
red, blue and black nail polish (optional)
1 x 8p8c socket
1 x regular Ethernet cable (if used with simchair MKIII controller)
superglue (a drop put under a potentiometer will fix it in place)
Simchair MKIII controller (or another controller)
---- UPDATE 19.05.2018
I2C upgrade!
Connect an Arduino Pro Mini as follows:
PIN10 to pots +5v
GND to pots GND
A0 to throttle pot
A1 to prop pot
A2 to mixture pot
RAW to RJ45 socket pin 1 (orange-white wire on the plug)
GND to socket pin 2 (orange-white wire on the plug)
SCL to socket pin 3 (green-white pin on the plug)
SDA to socket pin 4 (blue wire on the plug)
Flash the ino file to the board and get 3 10 bit axes for your single-prop GA plane!