Earlier today, I received an email from Nicolas Bouesnard in France who acknowledges he has the same flaws on his Flight Velocity Trim Wheel Pro as I reviewed mine in Post 701.

Instead of leaving them as they are, he applied some mods to the unit and now he gets friction while turning the wheel.

Nicolas said:
For the very little force to apply on the wheel, I opened the module and added a 3D-printed rectangular block between the wheel and the edge on the left in the unit, so as to create the friction needed.
In addition, I also printed a new side-board and used it to cover the left side of the unit.  The Trim Wheel Pro is now more pretty.


Followings are the 3D print file images for the two modification parts.  Anyone interested can click on the images to download the files in STL format.

However, do note that both 3D-print files probably need adjustments since the Trim Wheel Pro is assembled by hand.  The ultimate dimensions of one unit may differ from the others.

Furthermore, the printed parts must also be sanded accordingly in order to fit the specific unit precisely.

As such, it is recommended to firstly measure the gap between the wheel and the internal edge of the module for the rectangular block to be used.  Otherwise, inaccurate measurements will weaken the friction to the wheel or add no friction to the wheel at all.

Lastly, adding a piece of glossy paper to the touching surfaces between the rectangular block and the wheel could create certain lubricating results to avoid over-friction.

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Very nice idea, Nicolas.  Thanks for sharing.

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Edit: Following is the reply from Tiger Summers, CEO and Founder of Flight Velocity:

The V1 trim wheel used a similar method to produce friction against the wheel. We did away with that in the new design because the new hardware has more friction built in. If we get enough feedback from folks that they’d like more friction on the wheel we may revisit this.

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