Saitek TPM teardown...

[Danielbobbersmart]

Hi there thank you for sharing this information just ones question do you know if the knobs can be easily removed at all ? also what do the pins do that are in the main metal shaft ?? thanks again ...Dan...

[geneb]

I suspect the knobs are glued on.

What pin are you referring to?

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[steveteva]

knobs are screwed or glued I dont remember but it was easy to take out, I ll check tomorow and let you know.

[SimSupervisor]

What I'd really need isn't a unit like this but individual controls to interface myself trough arduino... Saitek should sell spare parts to us. Lol

[steveteva]

Ok so I can't help you with that.
But for info, end knobs (red, back, blue) have a screw behind the metalic sticker. Pull out gently the metalic sticker and you'll see the screw.

[Damo78]

Thanks for this post, would love to get my hands on some of those regulators!

[Zach Ireson]

I cut in between Prop and mixture to have throttle and prop only then assign mixture control to prop level and swap the red for the knob. It is a risky task as my brand new TPM is under guarantee and will no more be. All went fine, working, more than happy, was easy.

On the real cessna 172 you don't need all these Saitek (Prop + switches) For the C182T prop will be fine.

Did you replace the whole piece or caps?

[Damo78]

Hi peeps.
I've just built a throttle/mixture much like that above for around £45. I'm at work but if you're interested I could add some pics.

Leobodnar joystick interface £25 or so
2 Door knobs - £6 homebase
2 Sliding potentiometers - £8 ebay
scrap wood
scrap metal tube (optional, can be dowel)
Paint
Syringes (optional) £4 ebay (I used these as a push/pull dampener originally but have since discarded when down scaling)


Door knobs on end of metal rods
Metal rods attached to potentiometers
Potentiometers housed in box of scrap board.

Nice easy build, anyone can make it, plug and play with Leo's board, plus you can add loads of switches etc to your hearts content.

Blue skies
Damo

[Zach Ireson]

I cut in between Prop and mixture to have throttle and prop only then assign mixture control to prop level and swap the red for the knob. It is a risky task as my brand new TPM is under guarantee and will no more be. All went fine, working, more than happy, was easy.

On the real cessna 172 you don't need all these Saitek (Prop + switches) For the C182T prop will be fine.

Did you take off the switch wires? and keep the circuit board?

[Eric5150]

Can you post pictures and directions? I can't find the Saitek TPM anymore and want to build one for sim flight training to get my private pilot's license done.

Eric

Hi peeps.
I've just built a throttle/mixture much like that above for around £45. I'm at work but if you're interested I could add some pics.

Leobodnar joystick interface £25 or so
2 Door knobs - £6 homebase
2 Sliding potentiometers - £8 ebay
scrap wood
scrap metal tube (optional, can be dowel)
Paint
Syringes (optional) £4 ebay (I used these as a push/pull dampener originally but have since discarded when down scaling)


Door knobs on end of metal rods
Metal rods attached to potentiometers
Potentiometers housed in box of scrap board.

Nice easy build, anyone can make it, plug and play with Leo's board, plus you can add loads of switches etc to your hearts content.

Blue skies
Damo