jeff2space
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Does anyone have any tips or tricks to drilling holes in switchband so they line up perfectly with altimeter switch inside?
Does anyone have any tips or tricks to drilling holes in switchband so they line up perfectly with altimeter switch inside?
I install my switches on the switchband and run wires to the sled. It's much easier that way.
Steve Shannon
I did that for my L3 bird. Recently I've been building using the 3D printed sleds with the switches mounted on the sled.
I install my switches on the switchband and run wires to the sled. It's much easier that way.
Steve Shannon
Unless it is a 2.6" diameter rocket and you are installing a Schurter rotary switch. Because then after you install the switch there isn't enough room left inside the av bay to slide the sled in. Don't ask me how I know that . . .
Does anyone have any tips or tricks to drilling holes in switchband so they line up perfectly with altimeter switch inside?
Unless it is a 2.6" diameter rocket and you are installing a Schurter rotary switch. Because then after you install the switch there isn't enough room left inside the av bay to slide the sled in. Don't ask me how I know that . . .
I did that for my L3 bird. Recently I've been building using the 3D printed sleds with the switches mounted on the sled.
The question here is really how to design/mount switches on a sled so that they match the switchband. Using a switch band really limits your av-bay layout by forcing the switch to the center (assuming your band is in the middle of the coupler, which is typical).
Using the current 3D sleds available you are limited to location of switch. Of course one solution would be to make own sled (either 3D or wood/fiberglass). I could update my original question to: When using an manufacturers 3D sled, how do you drill hole(s) in switchband accurately?
Drill the hole through the switch band first. Then use the drill to mark the spot where the switch needs to be.
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