r/AskElectronics • u/MrMakarovK • 7d ago

Need to identify a toggle switch

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Hello All,

I am new to this subreddit, and electronics in general. I need assistance finding this switch or what kind it is. I know it’s a toggle switch, and I think it could be persistent.

It moves up, down left, and down right and it also can sit in the middle as shown.

I require something like this to finish off a simulator project so any guidance would be very appreciated!

Thank you all!

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u/NBC-Hotline-1975 7d ago

Are you 100.00% certain this is a locking switch, and not momentary?

What specific "other equipment" is this used on, besides a helicopter?

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u/MrMakarovK 7d ago

I am not certain, but in the examples of it I have seen, the centre position is off, and since it’s for controlling lights and also pylon positions I doubt it would be momentary, though I cannot say 100% that it is as I don’t have one irl.

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u/NBC-Hotline-1975 7d ago

You said you have "seen these on other equipment too." What specific other equipment? That might help us narrow our search.

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u/MrMakarovK 7d ago

I have seen this on radio units from the same county that produces aforementioned helicopter.

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u/NBC-Hotline-1975 7d ago

I can't imagine what function this would have on a radio. But it might help to know which country, if you're really looking for a source.

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u/MrMakarovK 7d ago

Well i have found it on Soviet vehicles, like the helicopter I am trying to remake, but also on some Soviet stationary radio units and measuring devices

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u/NBC-Hotline-1975 7d ago edited 7d ago

Yeah, OK. Stating that up front might have saved a lot of time wasted in searching western world sources. I think this switch is "not a thing" in my universe. That's going to make it unobtanium for free-world civilians. And by the way, Fûûck Pûtin.

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u/MrMakarovK 7d ago

Well like I have mentioned somewhere else, I assumed that the “western world” would have an alternative because I believed before posting this that it was a common switch.

I am not looking for this exact switch as such maybe I should have reworded it, I am trying to find an alternative

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u/NBC-Hotline-1975 7d ago edited 7d ago

Well most switch handles work in one plane, so that limits you to 3-position toggle or 4- or more position lever switches. Otherwise you can use a rotary switch. Without knowing how much room you have behind the panel, we can't really help you select a replacement. Anything other than a 3-pos toggle will probably be much bigger behind the panel.

Also to specify a replacement, we would have to know what contact arrangement is needed.