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Pit in action...no logos!!

+1 ....looking forward to that f-18...

Shhh...the sim that shall not be named.... They were nice in game screenshots though! Thanks guys! But no F-14 material?

Anyway... Mysterious forums where threads get deleted.... In the original post I was asking for some help from you guys, to see if anybody has any F-14D material that they would be willing to share. I already have most the material you can easily get on google. I'm specially fond of some cockpit interior shots that you might have taken or have and also sounds for a sound package or any type of document... If you want more info about the pit let me know!! Thanks! Pepe

EDIT: added image

Somehow my thread got deleted?? Was there a problem with it? Please let me know if there was, I thought this was a general 3d modelling section. Regards, Pepe

To get IMO the best Falcon experience until now go to benchmarksims.org , grab BMS 4.32, update 1,2,3 and you are on for a BIG surpirse. If you need help getting your hands on an original CD contact me over on the BMS forums...my username is mykinge

Bought it too...not sure why...:-)

Hi Cali! In BMS microstick is assigned to cougars toe brake right and left. I use dunces profile, in the BMS folder you have a PDF with all the steps necessary, its important to change the main axis profiles otherwise the microstick is not recognised. I had trouble at the beginning but just cause I wasn't able to make the config stay but a bit of tweaking in the menus and got it solved...I'm not a home now and won't be for a week so I can't be more specific! Also I had problems to make BMS recognise any movement of the microstick but I did a manual calibration and chose the option to load it every time the stick started up, since then no problems! Hope it helps... Let me know how you get along. Pepe

To me!:) Oh she is enjoying it... having long nights with BMS Got it to work flawlessly! Thanks! Pepe

Wow that looks amazing! I should have done some PCB to make the whole thing cleaner but the budget would have rocketed...may I ask how much you paid? Where did you do it? Also, on the lettering engraving...how do you make sure you place the piece in the right place after painting? How do you place the piece in the laser cutter bed EXACTLY where it should be? For the separators I engraved the location on the bezel so when you glue them they "kind" of fall into place, I would say most of them are quite nicely located but there is one or two that are a bit...hmm lets say not perfect...:D

Ptbldr thanks for the advice, I was planning on doing the clear coat but only once happy with the overall design...I´m very disorganized in my head as well as in my project so I have bits and pieces from different prototype lying everywhere...never happy with the result and trying again something different...at this stage I wonder if I'll ever finish anything :) The separator pieces are 2mm clear perspex cut with the laser cutter and glued with Superglue, very simple! See pic! Could you give any advice on how to do the lettering? How is the feel of the buttons you´ll be using on yout MFD? Any pics? :P Thanks Succellus! Cheers!

I have done my first ever painting test today! Im really happy with the result, the black hasnt come out as matte as expected but still looks really good, it gives the plastic a metal look wich is quite nice. For the details in white I´ve used a white paint pen which has worked brilliantly for the small lines next to the buttons but I havent been able to do the DAY NGT OFF lettering, its way too thick, any ideas on how to do the lettering?:helpsmilie: A few pics included! I need to buy grey spray paint for the buttons, Im really looking forward to see them on once they are painted!:pilotfly: Cheers!

Its looking awesome! Keep it coming!

I know the feeling Mr.Burns. Last weekend I had the Cougar box in my hands and was about to buy them (I can tell you my gilfriend would have been happy to pay them instead of having bits of perspex everywhere at home now!)...but I guess part of the fun is trying to make them! I think I will use a 22'' monitor to display the MFCD and some other information, probably with Helios dont know yet! A few more pics This is how I've decided to do the button cover. 2 pieces of 2mm perspex glued together. They fit perfectly on the switch and stops the cover from having anoing lateral movement! Cheers!

Thanks guys! The switches CLICK! when you press them. It gives a quite good feedback if you have correctly pressed it or not. I bought them in ebay, 50 of them for £8! It's almost the only expense I've had for now. I have cut many different pieces at this point trying new stuff and adding more details so I have several times the same pieces, sometimes in different colors (I used scrapped pieces of perspex from the office). Cheers!

Hellou! First of all I´m not sure if this thread should be in Input-Output or here so if the administrator feels it should be moved please do so! Second, I would like to present myself, although this is my third post I haven´t presented myself properly! I´m Spanish but currently living in the UK and as most of you I shiver with pleasure everyday I find time to sit in front of the computer and start up the a10.:D And third I would like to present you guys my humble project! For me one of the best things from the C version upgrade are the MFCD, I just love how they look, how big they are how you can fidle around with all the buttons. I soon started considering buying the Cougar MFD to make things easier but I found it was a shame that they were so small...so I decided to give it a try and make my own! So far I´ve finished drafting them with aproximate dimensions, starting from the fact that the screen is 5´´. Also I am the lucky employee of a company with a few laser cutters :D so I have also been able to do some cutting/engraving tests... See below! In order to make bezel as thin as possible I chose to use some tactile switches, I know the feeling isn´t probably realistic but it was the only way to make the thing work. I designed a 1mm perspex board in which I could glue the switches on. To control everything I bought a LeoBodnar board which allowes 48 buttons (counting the 8 direction POV). I will only be using the OSBs so only need 40, maybe later will use the other 8 for something else. The wiring was quite painful (I´ve never solded before) and had to redo a few thing a few times :D. I used 2 ground wires only to limit the amount of cables, but also make failure diagnosing easier (with only one you can never be sure if the problem is the ground!) After all the soldering I tested the wiring and surprise....it WORKS :smartass: (wiring in progress...see below!) Thats kind of how it looks now except with all the wiring. I think I´m changing the way I will attach the buttons cover to the swithches and a few other things...I will put some schematics once I´m happy with the overall design. Hope you find it interesting! Pepe

Very neat and impressive work! I wish I had the skills/time/money/space/patience to do something half as good!

That looks stunning. Could you describe a little more the hardware and software involved? Thanks a lot!