absolutely zero politics in here......

[bell]

tired of the politics crap.........

here's some entertainment.........

first......who can tell me what this is and what's it out of ?
and then i'll show what i used it for.......



these are the greatest thing ever made........


"feed me!!!!!!!"


"i'll just keep knocking down the thermometer until i get fed....."

[928ram]

First looks like a control stick out of a track hoe (not to be confused with a girl who attends racing events), 2nd is yuk but I don't do sweets, 3rd I just got rid of a couple oscars who had attained 8" ea. in a 30gal tank, I *might* have overfed them.

[M.D. Holloway]

I say "1" is a 79 control stick from Zaxon video game, "2" is prehaps the second greatest candy bar next to Zagnut, "3" is Sushi...raw mo betta mon

[ejfbmw]

First is military fighter/chopper contol stick.

[Saintly]

first looks like an f16 fighting falcon stick... altho it looks like it's short of a few gymbles so i think that my guess is wrong.. something older.. maybe a phantom?

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Originally posted by ejfbmw


First is military fighter/chopper contol stick.

so far you're the closest.....it's military......and a chopper

[Seahawk]

Front cockpit cyclic controller, Cobra or Apache. Doessn't look like FLIR controller.

[VaSteve]

It's being used as the shifter in an automatic Corvette and the buttons trigger NOS and something else.

[84porsche]

Originally posted by VaSteve
It's being used as the shifter in an automatic Corvette and the buttons trigger NOS and something else.

The something else is an ejection seat.

[84porsche]

Its not the Boeing AH64A Apache but its close.

Looks closer to this Eurocopter HH65A Dauphin

[bell]

well.......i've been doing some searching myself.....i was told it was out of an early blackhawk uh-60, but i haven't found any corresponding pics of it.
i have the full gimbal control boards too....relays.....tons o little wires etc.....

a few years ago when i was competing in dbdrag (audio competitions)t. he rules for the extreme class is do whatever you want, this translates to making the interior as solid as possible and as small as possible, with a smaller cabin to compress the speakers become more efficiant.
anyway one rule states that the driver and passenger (based on 5'8" adult) must be able to sit in the car with their knees no closer than 10" to the chin.......
rukes are meant to be pushed and the steering wheel of the cavalier (our shop comp car) was in the way.......so i eliminated it.
i never had the time to sit down and figure the electronics to make the steering work perfect.....but when the yolk was pushed left the steering wheel turned left.....same for right.
then lost intrest in the who dbdrag scene and life moved on......

here's is the steering wheel drive assemble, i made it using a hub so in an emergency a steering wheel could be attatched. the yolk was attatched on the center console in front of the shifter chamber.



here is looking through the windshield area.....the floors/doors were filled with concrete.....i'll see if i can find more pics.

[ronin]

at first glance, it reminded me of an UH1 stick, but I remember the coolie hat being quite different

[VINMAN]

#1 looks like its out of a trac hoe excavator or a crane, It definately not out of a copter. If it was out of a plane it would be a side console mouted stick. such as a F-16 but its missing way too many switches and a trim hat.

[Seahawk]

Key here is that it looks like a cyclic contol from the FRONT cockpit from either the Cobra or Apache...the cyclic and collective controls are mounted on each side of the cockpit (collective left, cyclic on the right) unlike the the rear cockpit, which you can see from the excellent Cobra picture above are conventionally mounted.
I've got about 500 hours in Blackhawks, the later L model. There is a trim "coolie" hat on both cyclics so I doubt that it is from the L model...I have not flown the earlier A model, so I can't say for sure other than the rubber seal on the bottom would/could rule out all conventional, "stick mounted" cyclics.
In addition to many thousands of hours in other Sikorsky models, principly the Seahawk family (B/F and H's), I had the opportunity to fly an early Cobra model (not exactly sure which one, but it was OLD, and had a single engine!) with the Maryland National Guard in the late 80's. The front cockpit (the pilot in command flys from the rear) was very low tech, similiar to the controller in question.
BTW, I have mounted cyclic controls on truck stick shifts...it looks GREAT and is very comfortable.