Joystick Assembly - Part 2

The Infinity stock grips were selected for this project as they fitted into the theme. A pair of right hand set were located on the local RAA market and purchased. It was decided that not all of the switches were required for the pilot with even less for the co-pilot, so the switches not required were removed. The unused openings were plugged with plastic buttons.

While the hand piece were open the cable was split and the unnecessary core's removed and the remaining cores fitted into loom tube and installed in the joysticks, threaded through the air frame.

Fixing Mounting Grip's
The hole the base of the grip was the correct size as the stick grips 1.0'' [25 mm] so the installation requires no adapters and are secured using the mounting provided.

As this aircraft is from a styling view point RAF meets RS Warbirds, a collar was machined and painted yellow to place under the stick as per the image opposite.

Joystick installation

The collar is machined from ABS Plastic and painted yellow and fixed with one [1] 3/32'' pop rivet to column.