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Hi, The text has been raised 0.4mm then I've brush painted on white. Very easy to do with decent results.

First lot of modules bolted to frame. The faces still have to go in and the back plane wired up. cheers John

For the frame that will hold each front module I've built a standard 100mm cubed box that forms a truss. It is printed in 4 pieces then glued together. Each box is attached to it's neighbour with M3 screws/nuts. As this is a modular front panel, other aircraft modules can be swapped in. Though I'll just 3D print an F-16 variant later this year. Here my box prototype. My standard through DSUB bus connectors are carried through with this design. Note there will only be two connectors per module not all will have them as shown here. When bolted together it is lightweight and very rigid, perfect for holding these modules.

Here's is the almost completed master arm panel. Just need to tweak the mechanical design of the jettison button. The buttons are built deep so leds can easily be retrofitted.

Thanks!! :thumbup:

This is very difficult to answer as different printers have different properties. 3D printers are like anything else, you get what you pay for. If you don't mind spending more time on the machine go cheap, if you want it to work out of the box and keep working for a couple of years with minimal maintenance, buy a Zortrax. I've only owned two printers so I'm not the best person to advise. Sorry, for jewellery have no idea. This will probably be getting into the special filament category in which case I'd be looking at printers that can handle a wide variety of materials. Maybe a Prusa? For software, Fusion 360 all the way. It's free (startup license) and parametric. cheers John

Hi, Yes if you go down the Master/Slave route (minimizing USB connections) you'll need a Mega for the master and Nano's for your slaves. If just starting off I'd recommend getting a Nano and build a single box. cheers John

Great move Jester! Grab F360 and start designing. Factor your printer's strengths and weaknesses (material and machine) into your designs. Learn your printer's tolerances. Good Luck!! cheers John

Thank you LynxDK!!

Thank you mate!

Hi Tom, Like this? https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3710195&postcount=139 :)

Master mode side panel is mostly printed, I'll upload pictures soon. Here's the completed CAD model.

HUD Control panel is now complete, also all electronics for the UFC completed. I've decided to replace the buttons with accurate buttons. Thanks for following! cheers John

Thank you all for your comments, it's very much a motivation.

Hi Tekkx, my DCS-BIOS experience has been more forgiving, it doesn't matter when I start socat, I can leave it running between sessions, restart it mid flight, it always reconnects with the sim. Also, though I have a 5V Reg, my entire right hand console doesn't and it's happily running a bunch nano's off the Mega's 5V regulator. So I'm wondering if it comes down to the quality of the Mega and the components within. It sounds like I may have been really lucky with DCS-BIOS, took less than 15 mins to first test master/slave (mega/nano). The issues that people are having must come down to the hardware or maybe electrical noise. A DSO would be useful. cheers John

Rear Housing complete. Ordered a second Zortrax to accelerate the printing. Should proceed quicker to the finish line now. cheers John

Normal is rotate anti-clockwise to the vertical then a long pull, emergency is rotate clockwise then a short pull. Jet starts off with normal pbrake pulled. For me everything works except releasing the normal pbrake.

I have a similar issue, but the normal brake once pulled can't be released. Emergency works no problems.

Hi, as this is a VR pit, at this stage no displays.

Thanks guys! You'll get all the STLs once I'm finished, apolgies for the wait, I appreciate your interest. I want it to be 100% good to print before sharing. cheers John

Hi Everyone, I had to shift the bottom row of buttons back 4mm, it didn't look right, which meant a complete reprint of the UFC. Here is the completed module (except wiring). I've used plexiglass for the dummy displays. I've left plenty of room in there so a functioning display could be mounted. On the rear is the mounted electronics and wiring covers. cheers John

Thanks Hans, I appreciate your comments! cheers John

That's really well done!

Hi Gruman, Which part specifically? Just the handle ends, handles, handles and pivot or the entire mechanism with HE sensors and magnets?

No problems :thumbup: