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Modification of a ACE desktop 737 yoke
published december 1th, 2020
Quite recently I acquired a second hand ACE desktop yoke type 737.
This yoke has a few problems which I intend to fix and furthermore I will also replace
the controller with a new joystick controller. Also the yoke does not turn 90 degrees in roll
and makes a lot of noise when moving and it appears that the spring are responsable for
a lot of noise during movements. It moves nicely in roll, but pitch is far from good, don’t know
yet what I can do about that. Furthermore the “Autopilot disconnect” switch has problems to.
So quite some work to do at this yoke. One more improvement will be a new clipboard on the yoke
Part 1, fix the table mount
I’ll first put my hands on the clamp. According to the guy I bought it from, one of the large
screws, to attach the yoke to the table, was not included with the delivery, I have to make a
new one because you cannot fasten it to a table with only one screw.
The screw thread however looks like it is imperial and the correct size is difficult to find so
I decided to enlarge the hole to 8,5 mm and tap a new thread M10 in this hole that will fit the
new screw. 8,5 mm hole suits threaded rod M10. Two parts were made with the 3D printer,
both have been glued on the M10.
On the positive side the yoke itself is made
of aluminium and feels heavy. I cannot
compare to the real one because I never
had one, but it feels good and has a nice
black paint.
Partslist and stl files and design files
are available on my
https://www.patreon.com/FlightsimpartsEU
Part 2, replace the joystick controller
