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Joystick #27800

nunataknunatak Posts: 2
edited 2011-05-31 15:21 in General Discussion
Hi everyone! This is my first post after reading these forums for a few years and it is a really simple and stupid question but I can't figure it out. I would like to mount the joystick #27800 in my project for menu selection for a BS2P but can't figure out how to get the rubber "top" off. There's no screws that I can see anywhere on it, andI can't pull it off (I didn't pull that hard as I didn't want to break it). I'm hoping someone here can tell me how to do this so I can drill and file the proper hole in the panel. Thanks Tom

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-05-30 18:46
    Welcome to the forum!

    Pull harder. It should come right off.

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-05-30 18:56
    Same as flying.

    If you want to go up, pull back on the joystick.

    If you want to go down, pull back some more.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-05-30 18:58
    erco: Never one to stall with a quip!

    -P.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-05-30 19:25
    All this turbulence is giving me separation anxiety!
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-05-30 19:48
    erco: Totally honest. 'Never one to employ a canard!

    -P.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-05-31 00:46
    What a huge family; the Reynolds numbered in the hundreds!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-05-31 00:49
    All this stalling for time only increases the gravity of the situation...
  • sam_sam_samsam_sam_sam Posts: 2,286
    edited 2011-05-31 08:01
    You two are some thing else this has nothing to with what this post er want to know about al though it is funny to read what you two are talking about
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-05-31 08:11
    erco wrote:
    All this stalling for time only increases the gravity of the situation...
    Whatever it takes to get the OP into Spin.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-05-31 08:23
    Sam's quite right; we really should streamline this conversation and laminarize its flow.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-05-31 08:38
    I'm outta here. I'm gonna attach my Airstream and take off.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-05-31 08:58
    A nice drive on Venturi Highway might lift your spirits!
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-05-31 09:18
    I hear it gets congested where it narrows to two lanes. But at least the speed limit is higher in those areas.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-05-31 09:37
    Quite so; there is much less driving pressure after the merge and people speed merrily along the boundaries of performance. Not sure what their angle is, but they attack the route with aplomb!
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-05-31 10:50
    erco,
    After some flying did you ever get the strange urge to pull back on the steering wheel
    of your car and fly away? :-)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,261
    edited 2011-05-31 10:53
    Sure, to no avail. FYI, the "rudder pedals" operate quite differently in a car as well...
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-05-31 11:09
    Someone asked me once
    "Why doesn't this plane just have a gas pedal like a car instead of that thing you pull"
    LoL :-)
  • ctwardellctwardell Posts: 1,716
    edited 2011-05-31 11:23
    HollyMinkowski wrote: »
    erco,
    After some flying did you ever get the strange urge to pull back on the steering wheel
    of your car and fly away? :-)

    LOL, not only have I done that, but worse is the initial urge to "steer" the plane on the ground with the yoke. That always tips off an instructor that you don't use the rudder pedals for much more than a foot rest...

    C.W.
  • nunataknunatak Posts: 2
    edited 2011-05-31 15:21
    You guys are hysterical!! Thanks for the info!
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