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05-04-2008, 03:33 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Ohio
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Andair is making a throttle quadrant
All,
In my quest for alternative throttle quadrants I came across this link:
http://kitplanesmag.blogspot.com/200...-quadrant.html
Looks kinda cool and might be an option versus the DJM that Vans offers as the deluxe. The DJM is very nice, but the notion of switches on the left hand (RV-8 guy) would be cool!
It's twice the price, but hey it's only money!
Not sure when they will be available. This one shown is actually for a -7 but hopefully they'll remember us tandem guys, our money is green too!

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05-04-2008, 08:49 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
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Funny but before I had even started on my fuselage I dreamed of putting switches on the throttle. The problem I had was what wold those switches control.
The only thing I could think of was flaps. What would the 2nd button be for in the picture above? Could one be flaps up and the other flaps down?
PPT and trim can be done on the joy stick.
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05-04-2008, 09:10 PM
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The red one is for air brakes!
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05-04-2008, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Milwaukee, WI area
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I had one of these on order from Andy at last year's ('07) Oshkosh...they STILL aren't being delivered? I cancelled my order after almost three months becoming frustrated with delays...
Andy is a great guy with a great company, we all know that. It was just an over promised, under delivered deal. It happens.
Andair products are top notch. 
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05-05-2008, 12:26 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Houston, Tx
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Reading the post..
The two buttons are for flaps up and flaps down. I like the thought of that quadrant, but to me it just looks a little oversized as compared to the others I've seen. Smaller with a rocker switch for the flaps would make more sense to me.
Just my $0.02 
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05-05-2008, 12:59 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Mendon South Carolina
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My F1 has way too many buttons on the stick that have caused me no end of trouble when either I or the rear seat pax pressed them inadvertently so in building the radial I took many off the stick. There are, however, things I do not want to have to reach out and touch the panel for so I put them on the throttle quadrant in my Radial.
Took a stock Vans quadrant and extended the throttle and prop levers so I could get my fat hand between all the knobs. Mounted a hat switch in the throttle handle near where my thumb can easilyreach it and put two micro momentary contact switches on the lever itself where I can reach with the 4th and fifth digits when my hand is on the throttle.
The hat switch controls the flaps and rudder trim the red micro is AP disconnect and the black micro is frequency flip flop through the EFIS.

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05-05-2008, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Martinsville, IN
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EGAD! I hope that's just a prototype. Personally, I like the throttle horizontal versus vertical, and I don't want the other knobs to get in the way of the trottle since I really don't move them all that much once I'm situated at cruise.
I have to say I like their fuel valves very much so hopefully, their quadrant will turn out as nice.
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05-06-2008, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sacramento, CA
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Interesting
My first inclination was to suggest that Andy might want to scale back the throttle size to something closer to a canned ham.
After a little thought, the system looks tactilely designed, so maybe you don't need to look at the quadrant as much during an approach. Might be worth my consideration.
(I still have some riveting ahead of me, so I have the luxury of time for throttle quadrant selection.)
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05-06-2008, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Livermore, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Sacto
After a little thought, the system looks tactilely designed, so maybe you don't need to look at the quadrant as much during an approach. Might be worth my consideration.
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I tried this quadrant at OSH last year. Large yes, but very comfortable in the hand. It's still in the running for me, but we will see where Andy is with production this year at OSH.
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05-06-2008, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 659
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What are the buttons for!!!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by N941WR
Funny but before I had even started on my fuselage I dreamed of putting switches on the throttle. The problem I had was what wold those switches control.
The only thing I could think of was flaps. What would the 2nd button be for in the picture above? Could one be flaps up and the other flaps down?
PPT and trim can be done on the joy stick.
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What about the Ejection seat?
or Nitrous oxide?
or a Horn?
or the Rear window defroster?
.....just to name a few.
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