Throttle Quadrant & Flaps
Real levers for throttle, prop, and mixture, plus a 4-detent flaps lever with a live servo-driven position indicator. Smooth, tactile, and sent to the sim over CAN bus — no more clicking sliders on screen.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Axes | 3 continuous (Throttle, Prop, Mixture) |
| Axis type | Linear slide potentiometer |
| Flaps lever | 4 physical detents, discrete SimConnect events per position |
| Flaps indicator | Servo-driven, mirrors the sim’s actual animated flap position |
| Microcontroller | Arduino (AVR) + MCP2515 CAN controller |
| CAN speed | 500 kbps |
| Connection | CAN bus → CAN Bridge → USB |
Take your hands off the mouse
Real levers for the controls you reach for most in flight — throttle, prop, and mixture — plus a detented flaps lever that behaves the way a real one does: distinct positions, not a slider pretending to have stops.
Three continuous levers
| Lever | Controls |
|---|---|
| Throttle | Engine power — idle to full throttle |
| Prop / RPM | Propeller pitch or governor RPM |
| Mixture | Fuel/air mixture — full lean to full rich |
All three are smooth, continuous axes sent to the simulator in real time.
A flaps lever that lands exactly where it should
The flaps lever has four physical detents rather than a continuous sweep. Each one fires its own discrete event to the sim, so flaps land on exactly the position the aircraft models — not an analog value rounded to the nearest step.
A small servo-driven needle mirrors the sim's actual flap position, lagging the lever exactly the way a real flap gauge follows the surface it's attached to, rather than just echoing the lever's position instantly.
Connects via CAN bus
Shares the same two-wire CAN bus as every other device — one USB cable from the CAN Bridge to your PC covers everything. See Connecting.
Built-in axis calibration
Lever end-stops don't always reach exactly 0% or 100%. SimLinkHub's calibration tool fixes this without touching the hardware — see Adding a Device.
Firmware
Open source — see the PRD_TPM_and_Flaps repository.