mr_mojo97

Work in progress So I went for the BU0836A board this time as it's smaller. Bad idea. My soldering ain't the best - should have done the X board again. Anyways I've made the mount and started wiring some of the switches but come into a problem. The 3 way switches were ok but the two way momentary switch has 8 wires out the back and I can't figure it out. Any ideas? Also the 4 way hat switch has 16 wires out the back! Is there an easy way to find out what's what? The Col Rel button is reversed - so you press it to switch off. I guess there is no way around that either. . Next will be the hall sensors. One for the pitch and one for the throttle. Hope I've bought the analogue and not the digital ones!!!

The Bodnar Bu0836X board supports 3 or 4 axis as well! It's a great bit of kit for £50. Not sure about your other questions yet, but I'm sure I'll be trying a few types until I get it right. Also there are plenty of people have good advice on here to learn from

Lynx pilots collective Hey Molevitch, It's the pilots collective I got for £160 and looks in half decent condition - I did see one sold for about £95 a couple of months and in very good nick as well. (This pic I robbed from t'internet) mine arrives tomorrow. Actually I just started getting back into helos recently when I uploaded upuauts Bell 47. Even though I've had the Huey since day one (which is my go to module - when not flying my trusty M2K!). Also I had a cool A-10C pit build a while ago which had pretty much every switch I needed bar the gauges that ran off 4 bodnar boards (hence my looking at these again). Gets addictive, eh? Took to bits and sold most of it though to help pay for the Rift. Still got some bits and bobs left - switches, buttons, encoders etc. So the Col Rel is as I thought then, looks like it probably uses a solenoid switch or something (like the SAS switches in the hog) Ok, so that's good Bodnar runs hall sensors, never used them before so may give them a try. Think I'll leave the cyclic though, cheers - my Warthog grip is great for every airframe! Might even get a Virpil base when they're sorted as their gimbal looks amazing. I'll read over your thread later, I'm sure I'll have questions!! This ain't gonna be a full on pro job by the way, lol. I hardly get the time to fly in DCS let alone tinkering with stuff anymore with kids hanging around asking questions etc lol

Yeah, the rift is absolutely amazing, could never go back to flying on a tv. Only wish I could get my fps up to a decent mark!!

So I just bought myself a pilots collective from a Lynx!! So a couple of questions for all you builders. What would you recommend - Leo Bodnar interface for the axis and switches? (I have zero programming skills by the way) - should I go down the pot or hall sensor route for pitch and throttle? I've read that some use a mini moto steering damper to stop the collective dropping,how about a car handbrake? (There is a button called Col Rel (collective release?) -could that be a useful for such a thing? Cheers guys

I know everyone has different financial backgrounds here, but if you're willing to spend like £40 on a module I don't see why you wouldn't spend an extra £6 to get an amazing associated carrier to go with it. I agree put them both together for one price and don't have separate offers.

Nobody else have the visor like this? I've tried a repair but it doesn't make a difference

I don't remember downloading a desert mod actually. Maybe it is. I'll look into it

Army Lynx though, not the naval version for me.

Lol, ok, So it doesn't work in 1.5.6 and in 2.1.1 all I just get is a clear blue tinted box that drops down - total immersion killer!! (This is in VR by the way). I suppose I expected it to be like putting a pair of sunglasses on. As is, it just looks crap

Default desert skin Yep I'm the same here, did you get a fix? I'd like to get this fixed. And I get this in both 1.5.6 and 2.1.1 - both of which are up to date. Tried all the ablove advices. Any other idea? Cheers

Could you provide some more details such as how it was turning knobs, flicking switches, accuracy etc. Thanks

No worries, thought I was missing a trick there!

Nice one, cheers

Gamma slider How please? Cheers.

Sun visor Are you sure? I know it's visible in the external M2K model but I don't notice any difference in the cockpit. I've not checked it in a while mind you. And it certainly would be a useful thing to have

Yeah, mate, I was gutted about Roger Moore too. By far the best Bond.

My fave Batman. RIP

Hi, I don't know about these things so does this specular mapping occur on all skins or is it just this one?

The lighting on the Cat in the third picture looks totally amazingly real!

Never seen this before, made me chuckle though. He never moved from this position at all!

Cheers BD.

Hi all, just doing one of the campaign mission and when I'm coming back into land the heading tape in the hud skips from 258 to 355 degrees!! This happens in both true and magnetic modes - HSI is working fine though. Any ideas? Cheers