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By the way, for the UFC, I found that 128x64 pixel ssd1306 OLED displays work really well. I replicated the Harrier fonts using 5 pixels to represent a dot. I found that I could use 3 of these displays for the scratchpad, and it works pretty well. You can turn them green with a filter.

I've been designing a new UFC from scratch as part of the OpenHarrier project. I'm attempting to make it more accurate and am doing a pretty decent job of replicating the Harrier's UFC displays by using inexpensive OLED displays. (You can get 5 of these for between $10-$15 for all 5 off of Amazon). I written custom Arudino code that replicates the dot patterns of the VFD displays. Each "dot" is actually made from 5 pixels on the displays. I intend to use a thin piece of green tinting over the displays change it from the white color to a green color.

Just flew last night in multiplayer with the latest patch. I had no issues at all. If the plane is yawing when you roll, then it sounds like you have multiple input devices assigned to rudder or some other weird thing. Just go through all your input settings for pitch, roll, and rudder and check every column to make sure the same axis isn't assigned to multiple controllers.

Interesting. It's 100% stuck for me. No amount of rudder deflection will get the ball to move even a cm. Whether in flight or while taxing. It's permanently stuck, even if I cross control (full left alerion and full right rudder, it's still stuck in the center for me. I may have to test it again to confirm. Regardless, this is 100% inaccurate. I'm a real pilot, and this is not how it's supposed to work.

Been a while since I posted about this, but the seat is 95% finished. Little details here and there are still needed.

The slip ball in both the HUD and the analog instrument have been STUCK dead center for more than half a year now. Would be great if this could be fixed.

This is exactly what I have been working on, using the TekCreations displays from their F18 UFC DIY kit for the ODU displays. Have you joined the OpenHarrier group on Facebook and/or Discord? I am still early on the build for the ODU but have made a bunch of progress. The STL files are available on our Github repository but I have yet done the PCB. Here are a few pics here: https://openharrier.org/build-photos/odu/

I would vote for this. It's a pita to shutdown to change and then start again.

Yes, the caution on AFC off is common and expected. Harrier pilots get used to it. When you get the caution, you glance at the advisory panel and make sure it's only the AFC blinking and you hit the caution reset. Switching AFC to reset will also kill the caution, so that's what I do with a 3 way switch. I flip it to reset and then back to on or off.

Yep. The changed it to be accurate. This is what the real plane does. Airspeed is not available until you exceed 30 knots.

When the restock timer ended on 12/12/2022, I and many others tried to get in to place orders. It appears all of us put a huge load on their web server and crashed it, possibly multiple times. I checked it at about every minute. For a few hours, it would only partially load. When it finally was fixed, the items that were to be restocked all indicated out of stock. I do not believe they actually had any new stock this time. I suspect they had supply chain problems and no new stock was ever available this time around and we crashed their server from everyone trying to order what was supposed to be available again. I do not know why they don't just take your order and set up a queue like every other company and fill those orders in the order they are placed when stock becomes available. Maybe it is a Chinese thing. It is frustrating. I have trying to order the MFD's which is funny because I have their screens, just not the MFD's that go in front of them. I don't mind waiting, but I should not have to set my alarm to wake up and battle every one else when stock is supposed to be replenished and hope their website can handle the load. Especially when it was for nothing because they likely didn't get any new stock.

Excellent work. I like how you've solved problems and iterated over things making it become ever more functional. I can't wait to finally start pulling some things together and have working controls in my own pit. Probably won't be able to start cutting wood for the cockpit until after the new year, but that's okay. I am going to get there!

Latest update. 3d printed manual seat release, 3d printed inertial reel lock release, rebuilt the back so tubes and extruded aluminum bars have correct gap between them. Recarved stryrofoam seat back (still needs fiberglass) and made my own seat cushion. Lots more still to do!

Some recent progress on actual construction...

I just had the same "bricked" issue occur to me on a Thrustmaster Warthog throttle purchased in 2018. I ordered a replacement mainboard from Thrustmaster for about $70 US including shipping, and it shipped from France. It came pretty quickly. I think I had the order in by Monday, and it was here today (Friday). Here's a picture of the replacement board, which is identical to the failed board except the size of the PCB was slightly smaller. My original has 1808 printed on the silkscreen instead of the 2113 printed on this one. I also highlighted 7 ESD pads that are not populated. I saw on this thread that some people have populated ESD6, but what about ESD 1-5 and ESD 7?