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Bloody awesome!

There are third party developers already working on the Tomcat and Phantom.

Think of it as saving money as well, $14 bonus credit to put towards Straights of Hormuz, the new carrier and the inevitable Hornet campaigns ;)

No this isn't for the 3rd person view, this is for the cockpit view with the cockpit hidden (shift-F1).

OK so now that I think about it's not as simple as I first thought. And that is because the size of the display and the distance from the IR tracker to the display are both variables. So a certain degree of head yaw is going to make a bigger impact on look offset on a 22" monitor than it is on a 95" projector. However, ED are smart cookies, and I strongly believe that they could implement a fairly simple calibration system that works by getting the user to look at 5 points on their display: centre, top, left, right and bottom of screen.

I would pre-order (in fact I already have!) Late spring is giving them a buffer, in the RPS interview Wags stated that they hope to have it out by early Spring (end of March) so you might be lucky and actually get it before you deploy :)

It's funny seeing all these people complaining about paying $60 for the Hornet, when funnily enough the exact same complaints were made about the A-10C 6 years ago and the price was exactly the same, $60. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=68644

Can't use bonus points on discounted products, so no for the pre-purchase Hornet. I am sure I read somewhere that there won't be training missions as it is too much work to redo them as more systems are implemented. But I could be wrong.

Did you watch the pre-release trailer? If that doesn't get you wanting to throw $60 at your monitor then I guess this isn't the module for you. $60 is a bargain. 18 years ago I paid ~$100 for Janes F/A-18. Now compare the two ...

$60 is cheap. Off to pre-order now!

HJ080IA-01E from ebay There are hyperlinks after every item in the first post going directly to where I purchased each item from.

Thanks for the official response Wags https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3350852&postcount=26

Good question. My current DCS PC has an ATI 7970 with 4 outputs (HDMI, DVI-D and Mini-DP x 2). This works fine for my current setup with HDMI driving the projector and DVI-D driving the 22" Helios monitor. For the final config, I am going to need 5 displays: Projector, HUD, 2 x DDI, MPCD The projector, DDIs and MPCD are all HDMI, haven't started on the HUD yet but will likely use the same 8" LCD as the DDIs so that's 5 HDMI connections all up. As an interim solution I was considering something like this which gives me 3 HDMI outputs from a single display port output. Be keen to hear from anyone who has used on of these or an alternative. The biggest problem is going to be getting a graphics card to drive the required resolution. Projector is 1920x1080 Each of the other 4 displays is 1024 x 768 That gives a total resolution of 6016 x 1080. I have successfully run a 5760 x 1200 resolution eyefinity setup with this card, but not sure if the multiple monitors will make a performance difference. I can't justify $1K for a 1080 ti just for DCS, but I am hoping they might be more affordable by the time I have my pit built. edit: Just did some reading and found out that nvidia cards can't support more than 4 monitors. Full stop. Even with a hub. So ... either I hope ATI bring out a competitor to the 1080 ti or I try and stick two vide cards in the computer (not SLI/Crossfire) and split the 5 displays across them.

That'd be it, a slight case of dyslexia, I read them both as ALQ-126

There is an updated version of the keyboard bindings file on this page http://www.captzeen.com/helios/downloads.asp Direct link is here http://www.captzeen.com/helios/archives/Uh-1h%20default.rar Always pays to check the downloads page for updated components, as the base packages often don't get updated. I've checked the profile with this key binding file and all seems to be working well.

Question for Wags. At 3:14 we get a clear view of the Dispenser/EMC panel. Is it intentional that the rotary is: a) labelled ALQ-126 whereas it is labelled EMC in the NATOPS manual?, and b) that it is duplicated (the bottom instance does not exist in the NATOPS manual)?

Didn't even notice the second seat. Have always been a fan of that tail art. They have A models as well, hopefully we can get a reprieve and have some Aussie hornets even though we don't have C models.

Great success! I wired up a matrix for 2 rows of DDI/OSB buttons and had them interfacing perfectly with the A10. Spent the rest of the night designing some PCBs to support the switches and their diodes, 5 switches per board. Ordered 10 DDI boards and 10 MPCD boards (can you believe the spacing is .5mm closer on the MPCD??) and for the grand sum of US$15 I should receive them in the next 15-20 days. Pretty simple design, and I plan on daisy chaining the Column signals hence the two pads for each column connection on each board. The printed 1:1 version lined up perfectly with both the components and my mocked up DDI/MPCD so fingers crossed!

This one please!

I have been doing a lot of reading over the last couple of months. And started buying some parts for prototyping last week. So here's the gist of what I am planning. Eventually I would like a fully functional F/A-18C cockpit, with every display and switch functional. This of course depends on exactly what is implemented and exported in the ED module when it is released. The plan for my build is: * 95" projected display for the outside visuals (already have this) * DCS-Bios using the RS-485 master slave functionality. Arduino Mega for the master and heaps of nanos (pretty much one per panel) for the slaves. * Will use Cat 5 to run the RS-485 signal. * Separate 5V and 12V power lines running from a PSU to each panel. * 8" HDMI LCD panels for the DDI and MPCD * Building my own magnetically held switches for the 7 that require it using a variation on this idea * Using Stang's plans for the cockpit and panels once they are released * Building the panels out of acrylic with support for back-lighting via LED strip lights which will be controlled by the pots on the INTR LT panel * Building servo driven instruments where possible * Working HUD * HOTAS - Waiting to see what Thrustmaster comes out with, but for the throttle I am seriously considering trying to build one of my own to get the full range of motion, finger lifts and all the appropriate detents. Things I have done so far: * Printed out the NATOPS cockpit display (page FO-19) at 414% for the front cockpit panels, as this seems to give the correct size for the DDIs. * Printed out the side panels from the NATOPS manual (page FO-21) at 400% for the side panels, as this gives the correct size for the ESC panel. * ordered the following parts for prototyping purposes - Arduino Mega clone (A$14 ebay) - Arduino Nano clone x 5 (A$18 ebay) - 50 x MAX487 chips (A$5 ebay) - 20 50K single linear pots, 10 x 50K single linear pot with switch, 8 x 50K double linear pot with switch (A$24 ebay ebay ebay) - 3 x 8 Inch HJ0801A-01E LCD displays (US$135 ebay) - 70 x tactile switches (KSA0M511 LFTR), 70 x Light gray tactile switch caps (BTNK0120), 4 x rocker switch (M2018TNW01-DA) - Digi-key A$108 - 5m Green LED strip, 12V and in groups of 3 LEDs (A$8 ebay) The first plan is to make up a prototype DDI out of thick card stock and program the arduino to connect to the A-10C MFD. The digi-key order arrived today, so I will be doing that tonight. The switches are a perfect fit!

Sounds like there might be a problem with your setup, I have never had any issues with lag/jitter in helios even using CaptZeen's fairly complex profiles.

Like this You need to put the youtube video ID (in this case 5rihkRSPqUI) inside YOUTUBE tags. Thumbs up for the period appropriate background music as well ;)

After finally finally finding some footage of the JHMCS in use, I have a request. In the real aircraft, the JHMCS symbology is only displayed when the pilot is looking a certain number of degrees left/right and presumably up from straight ahead. This makes sense as otherwise it would be conflicting with the HUD. My current setup is a 95" projected image for the outside world and a helios monitor for panels, but I am working on a full pit. Due to the huge screen I don't use/need TrackIR to pan the view, but what I would really love is the ability to have TrackIR sense my head position and enable/disable the JHMCS display based on where I am looking. TL;DR: have an option that independently enables: * TrackIR controlling the external view shift * TrackIR enabling/disabling the JHMCS display based on where you are looking My super wish list item is that the JHMCS is exportable as a view for once I figure out how to get a tiny projector mounted in a helmet ;)

Hint to get the YouTube videos to work. Take out all of the URL and just leave the video id (the bit after v=)

Starting to have a look through your list, I can see some that can be reused. I get the feeling there will be quite a few F18 pits being built shortly, might have to see if you can expand your range :)