Millenium Falcon Hyperspace Levers - Build Thread

[MattWinchell]

I'm in the process of planning out my approach for machining the hyperspace levers. My main conundrum right now is the scale of the lever. I know that it's supposed to be c3-po's knee pistons, but those are around 5.25" long, which seems quite short. Then i've seen another guy online have it at around over a foot long and I'm not sure which scale is correct.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Tommy]

HackinSpock There are surely far more knowledgeable people than I on this subject here, but in the absence of other responses thus far:

Maybe you've already thought of this, but if I understand your query correctly and no better external reference exists, my strategy would be to estimate the distance to each pivot point via side angles that show the levers in varying positions.

I don't know that we ever get a perfect side view, but some close approximations can be found in ANH as they're caught in the Death Star's tractor beam, and then again as they escape the Death Star hangar.

 

[MattWinchell]

After a bit more digging, I eventually landed on a set of dimensions: 6.25" and rounded it to an OD of basically 1". Here are the results:
The plan is to construct the throttle housing and design a pseudo-sofaking throttle mech, but also sinking in a potentiometer in the shaft so I can read the throttle leverage values on an arduino and do some cool ****.

 

[alexbailey]

Nice work, they look great.

 

[RainmanSWIG]

Just make sure you reflect the proper directional action, which was fixed in Solo, but was incorrect in A New Hope. The directional motion for any flight deck inceptor should coincide with the direction of the resulting state change on the vehicle it controls. In pilot speak we say "push throttle forward, go faster. Pull throttle backward, go slower."

BTW, this directional motion of the throttle inceptor and resulting effect on vehicle motion is also compliant with CFR Title 14 Part 23, 25 and many other aerospace vehicles.

 

[Wavey]

And slowly release the interdimensional phase handbrake, and pull away gently.

 

[ave4uevoli]

 

[TatooineMachine]

I would be interested in a set of these!

 

[RainmanSWIG]

Exactly why there are intuitive design standards for these things!

 

[mgoob]

Which Falcon cockpit are you referencing?