TheBigBang914
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Hello boyz and girlz!
I've got a life project that I'm just starting to draft and put together so I could work on it through the following years. As a fan of the American space program, I always enjoyed rockets and I've always wanted on of my own but a couple months ago I decided to make one. I chose the Mercury capsule because it is small so It won't take too much space and it doesn't have as many switches as the Apollo capsule so it won't be too expensive (also the interior was a little more quickly put together than the Apollo capsule so I won't have to make all the panels in gray with the black writings and everything).
My plan is to connect the switches to a board that with light the annunciator lights and play a sound that match with the current switches ON so in the end you can experience close to what a flight would be.
My current problem is that I want the dials to work so I can monitor the dials during the flight and toggle the right switches accordingly like monitoring the suit pressure and seeing it fail so you move the switch to No. 2 and see the pressure rise on the dial. I've seen businesses that lend capsule replicas for movies with dials that are incredibly close to the real thing. I don't need perfect replicas, just something similar enough that are usable.
Now my question: I know you guys are incredibly ressourceful and can do about anything so how would one go about finding a working dial close to the real thing? Is there some companies that make custom dials on request? Maybe It would be possible to make one from a stepper motor or something? What do you guys think?
Thank you
TheBigBang914
Hello boyz and girlz!
I've got a life project that I'm just starting to draft and put together so I could work on it through the following years. As a fan of the American space program, I always enjoyed rockets and I've always wanted on of my own but a couple months ago I decided to make one. I chose the Mercury capsule because it is small so It won't take too much space and it doesn't have as many switches as the Apollo capsule so it won't be too expensive (also the interior was a little more quickly put together than the Apollo capsule so I won't have to make all the panels in gray with the black writings and everything).
My plan is to connect the switches to a board that with light the annunciator lights and play a sound that match with the current switches ON so in the end you can experience close to what a flight would be.
My current problem is that I want the dials to work so I can monitor the dials during the flight and toggle the right switches accordingly like monitoring the suit pressure and seeing it fail so you move the switch to No. 2 and see the pressure rise on the dial. I've seen businesses that lend capsule replicas for movies with dials that are incredibly close to the real thing. I don't need perfect replicas, just something similar enough that are usable.
Now my question: I know you guys are incredibly ressourceful and can do about anything so how would one go about finding a working dial close to the real thing? Is there some companies that make custom dials on request? Maybe It would be possible to make one from a stepper motor or something? What do you guys think?
Thank you
TheBigBang914
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