Recent content by mdbuehler

Last bit, as it now sits on my desk finsihed :) I took apart the gyro even though I didn't need it to work, but was now curious. Its acutally working fine, magnets and all. The base of the gyro unit contains 4 electromagnets connected in series in two pairs. First pair are White + and...

The magic of how it works seems to be this. Its spun up, your flying with 40' set on the target wingspan. A plane comes into range so you twist the throttle grip to match the projected sight to its wingspan. Now the sight knows the target distance via those gears and has compensated for...

Now for the cool whirly bits! On the left is the motor that drives the whole thing. Its connected to the gyro via a spring used as a belt (you can see a bit between the two mirrors). The left mirror is the fixed crosshair / circle sight's reflector. It can be fine tuned to center it up...

So with the back removed, looking in from the rear: On the left is the lense / aperture that projects the star pattern. As you rotate the size selectors, it rotates the spiral patterned shroud over the lense, exposing the gap further up the spiral and covering the equalivalent inner...

Having a bit of fun with this, so figured I'd make a few posts to both show how this cool little guy works, and save anybody after me the time of sorting it out again. I picked up a MK 18 gyro lead computing sight off of ebay a week ago (been playing alot of IL2 and wanted something cool for...

Not to dredge up an insanely old thread, but I just picked one of these up off of E-Bay and have been working on restoring it. I've got the lenses back in place and its all looking good, so sorting the wiring out now. The voltage (and some other useful info) I was able to track down in an...