This is not the post that I started to write. But I can't help myself.
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The Problem: You just bought a new Gables audio panel for your flight simulator from eBay, but you don't know anything about the panel, so before you do any kind of problem solving you grab your trusty simpers and start cutting.. ie.. It time for that rewire.. right?
Wrong.. You should have done a little investigation, made a few calls maybe even to Gables... Hey they have always been helpful with a pin-out diagram. You just have to ask nice. That would have solved the problem of the the two connectors at the rear of the unit. ( See Fig 2.)
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They are just standard Bendix type connectors that are very well understood.
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I am an engineer and you never want to reinvent the wheel!
If you play fast and loose with your cutters then you will end up with this: (See Fig 3.)
But with just a little bit of work you could have ended up like this (image below) Now doesn't this look much better with a whole less work! Just remember that this is for one channel, my ACP is taking its inputs from my RSS or Radio Sub System. In the aircraft you have a 'remote electronics unit' which is a distribution amplifier for 12 radios. Remember a pilot my have 4 or 5 radios in his ear, but can only talk on one radio at a time.
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Keep tuned in more to come!
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