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If anyone can recommend specific rotary switches or potentiometers that work the best for each panel, please let me know what you have used. What I'm going for is the same number of positions or stops (if possible) so that the switch position on my panels will match what is shown in DCS. Examples are the 9 position dial wheels on the Master Light panel, 20 position for ARA 63 Control, etc. I have all of the standard 2 and 3 position latching and momentary switches figured out and purchased but do not know what will work for the others as I don't have any experience with these types of components.

I have finished the Displays panel and my next step is to get its Pro Micro and shift register set up. I’ve done this for the AFCS panel but haven’t had to use a shift register before. I am new to 3D design and printing and have just gotten a printer, so there’s definitely room for improvement on the print settings. Currently using a .25mm nozzle on a Creality K1 and the Prusa slicer. The small nozzle was needed to print the fine text clearly and not have it distorted in odd ways when being sliced and printed. Its still not perfect though. The easiest solution is to make the font larger; however, I was trying everything I could to keep the text as close to what is shown in the scaled cockpit image. Momentary push button switches (raised) with integrated LEDs are used, based off of the design I found here: https://github.com/ashchan/tomcat-control-panels/tree/main/TACAN%20Panel The remainder are standard off-on toggle switches, only one being on-off-on. I ordered all of the switches and Pro Micros from Ali Express. If anyone needs it, I can post exactly what was purchased. I have not added the Pitch Lad knob yet as I don’t know what hardware to use and what size hole to plan for. This can easily be added later though. I did design a locking nut holder into the bottom panel which turned out really well. The switches all use two nuts, so one goes between the top and bottom plate and one goes between the back plate and the switch body. With the back plate nut screwed all the way towards the switch, the switch can be screwed in until its flush with the top plate. What would be helpful is for those who have done a complete cockpit, can you please share what switches you have used for each panel? I’d really like to use switches that will look as authentic as possible and where the switch and rotary positions look correct and match DCS. I’ve seen a few switches shared but many posts have linked to eBay and the links have long expired.

Hello. Joining in on the fun and modeling and 3D printing panels for a home cockpit. I read what the standard width is of the side panels to use it to scale, but I haven't read what the correct dimensions are for the vertical panels. Can anyone help by providing the height and width of the right vertical display panel? Currently, my design has the height at about 193mm and the width at about 211mm (at the widest point). Thanks! **Edit: after looking at it again, from what I can tell the panels in the F-14_v1.png file appear to all be 575 pixels wide and since the standard size of the side panels is 5.75" wide, it makes for simple scaling. I'm using Blender so added screenshots of a panel as a reference image, scaled it, then created the panel shape over the reference image. For those that have done this already, if you are willing to share your files, it would be greatly appreciated!