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Is this what you're looking for: http://www.alps.com/prod/info/E/HTML/MultiControl/Switch/RKJXL/RKJXL100401V.html It has 8 pinouts, A-H Regarding my project, the quieter I am, the more work is being done behind the scenes. Your patience will be greatly rewarded, the wait will be SO worth it in the end.

Oh no I didn't mean it as a negative thing, like you said, skepticism. It's natural, I would be too. And am, every time someone posts an ambitious project. But I reject your reality, and substitute my own :)

I don't have a problem with criticism, especially when it's backed up by good logic. But I don't really need a market. I was gonna by me a toy, either a motorcycle or a pro simpit, each one about 20k. So I went for a pro simpit. But then I thought, hey I'm an engineer, I've been designing stuff all my life, why not equip my own workshop with that money and I can build as many simpits as I want, instead of having one. And I did. And since I'll have the ability to build them, I would like to fly with/against people with the same setup, so I'll offer them for sale to others. Not really interested in profit, especially for low demand stuff like this. It's a hobby, a creative outlet. Someone plays sports, some sing, some read... I build. If I can sell it to finance other builds, even better. The machines will make profits on other, industrial and boring jobs in which I take no pleasure in, but have to do to pay the bills.

Nope, not dead, not by far. Just improving the production process and that takes time. I've recently bought a 7,500$ 3d printer, and a 10,000$ cnc plasma cutter. Laser cutter, cnc mill and lathe and metal casting equipment coming soon. There is also people working on open source electronic boards and software. So a lot of time, effort and money is already invested in this, and there'll be a lot more. I can assure you, after dumping 30k into equipment, and a couple of years of development, failure is not an option. This was started almost two years ago. Designed in plastic, to be made by a 3rd party workshop, with cheap ebay servos, had 3rd party electronics and no software to run it. Now, it'll be made in metal, in my own workshop, have servos designed for gauges, have our own open source electronics and software. And all that for the cost of that one EPIC gauge module. It's serious a project of a few years. Because it's not just this gauge cluster, it's everything else that goes into a functional simpit. There will be some updates soon, some in a couple of weeks, and others months later, but it will get done.

Yes and they're coming. Had to include all the buttons and switches first so I can see how much space is left inside and decide on the design.

Thanks, I'll definitely post there. And yes, warthog has a removable insert for the afterburner detent, so I could easily make a custom one with a bump instead. I don't fly the A-10 so never realized it was a problem. I just checked, and that would be an easy mod, I'll include it into my project.

Some posts got lost?? Ok, so I started working on the throttles. First of all, I would never release this, as I first thought it would be impossible to do the throttles as warthog compatible. But after quite a lot of thinking through, disassembling and figuring out the connections, it looks like throttles are going to be warthog compatible too without any modifications to the warthog base. Just a matter of unscrewing and unplugging the A10 ones, and screwing in, and plugging the F-18 ones in. Again, I would never go through the trouble of modeling them if I didn't think it was doable. It took quite a bit of effort of making them warthog compatible, I could of just went with my own design, and it would of been much easier. But as it seems, it will be just a minor workaround, no irreversible modifications at all.

I'm no expert but as I'm in a market for a new rig, been doing a lot of reading: Forget about RAM speed. Difference in performance from 1600 to 2400mhz is 2-4%, and that's in benchmark applications. If you're on a budget, get the cheapest 1600mhz set you can find. i5 4690K is a no-brainer. If you're not an advance user, get a cheaper Z97 motherboard, and throw that money into a 4gb gtx 770. That i5 is a top of the line proccessor and should be paired with a graphics card to match it's capabilities, otherwise it's a waste. So the gtx 760 should be the minimum. If you can afford it of course, otherwise get both cheaper cpu and gpu combo. And get a noctua air cooler, and with a youtube tutorial you can get that i5 overclocked to 4.5ghz in 15min and not worry about a thing. 128gb SSD, samsung 840 series is recomended from what I read. Cheapest 1tb hdd will do. 600w Corsair cx would be more than enough. And least, but most important thing, build it yourself. Youtube is a miracle. It'll teach you anything you need to know, building, installing, overclocking. This will allow you to get a system you can't afford yet. And it'll be a skill that will last you a lifetime and save you a bunch of money each time you decide to upgrade. It's a few hours job at the worst, if you look at some video tutorials in advance. That's it from me, someone correct me if I got anything wrong.

Ok here it goes: 3d printer has arrived about a week ago, I am currently assembling it, and should be posting pictures of prototypes this month. There are people working on electronics & firmware for the bases. Although grips will be warthog compatible by themselves, I do plan to develop my own bases for both grips and throttles. Next in line is a desktop cnc, casting equipment and a laser cutter for instruments. Warthog grips I can do with just the printer, so I can get the ball rolling while I work on getting the rest of the equipment. First ones will most likely be Fw-190 controls, grip, throttle and rudder pedals. I have plenty of reference photos, blueprints and a casting of a real grip coming soon, so it makes sense. Printed prototypes first, then I would like to cast them in metal, since the originals are that way. Then, I gottta say that Mig-21 is absolutely stunning, and it would be a shame not to have replica controls for it.

That was always the plan, to have the machine ready for the new modules. That's hwy I ordered it 3 months in advance. But the production that was supposed to be 15-30 days, turned out to be 70 days, and now the package got lost and returned to the manufacturer and that added another week or two to the wait. And those are just the problems before actual production, I expect many more. But that will always be the case with prototype production. If it were easy, anyone could do it.

Printer shipped, should be here next week, or the one after that. We are now officially two weeks away :)

There is no micro-controllers inside the stick, just some simple electronics. Of course the board would have to be replicated and I plan to do just that. So the stick would in fact be "bolt on" and "plug'n'play". That's the plan anyway. Also, I remember someone doing i replacement grip even without any electronics inside, still worked, but reckognized only one button.

I just disassembled mine, no chance of braking anything. With a picture guide it would be a 5-6 step process, under 10 minutes, disconnecting two connectors - removing A-10 throttles - mounting X throttles - reconnecting two connectors. It's pretty basic actually. But, the left throttle has a fixed number of inputs, one button and one switch. I don't think it would be useful for any other airplane? P.S. There's going to be problems and obstacles along the way obviously. But the main thing is for something to start happening. Once I get some prototypes done, some molds, do some castings etc. Proof of concept, proof of market = someone will start noticing :music_whistling:

It would appear that they have the same type of internal setup as the stick, so I would say yes, throttles too.

Sure. I have several completed models of outer shells. That means I just need hollow them out to fit in buttons/switches and electronics. That will be the easier part. The hardest thing to do are the complex shapes of the grips. As of now I have completed shells for the following: F-18 grip F-15 grip F-14A and F-14D grip and throttles Eurofighter Typhoon throttles Ka-50 cyclic and collective P-51, P-40 grip (and others that use the same type) Bf 109 grip Fw 190 grip I think that's it for now.

Believe me, all of your impatience combined, doesn't even come close to mine :) I am waiting for my 3d printer to arrive. It's bought, paid for and currently in assembly getting ready for shipment. 4-6 weeks delivery time, and now it's been a month so soon.

All the grips are either planned or already done. The A-10 is covered by warthog of course. Black shark will be a challenge with it's trigger mechanism, but I already have a working 3d model. The first one to actually be produced, plug'n'play, that's kinda hard to answer now. I've prepared the F-18 the most, just in case ED module gets close to release by the time I'm making prototypes, cause I expect F-18 to be the most popular module so those would be the easiest to get off the shelves. My favorites are KG13 A & B, for the Me 109, and Fw 190, just because I'm into WWII aviation at the moment. But the complexity of the modern HOTAS is a great challenge and that's what I'm all about.

Yeah... I thought it was going to get easier seeing it assembled. Nope. It's killing me know :)

Looks like the "two weeks" is definitely cursed. Let's not use that again. A slight delay from the machine manufacturer is going to add a couple more weeks to the wait. Then, prototypes!

Sad. What a classic example of "fool me once...". Artists obviously did their job at top notch quality, but this was some of the worst management I have ever seen, twice. Thanks ED for picking up the ball, you have my unlimited support, but I seriously hope this guy never gets anywhere near team management again.

25$ for a hall sensor is way overkill. A1302 hall effect chip is 0.50$ on ebay, for a diy sensor: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3225807/DIY_hall_sensor.html Although he uses A1302 which are 5$ on ebay, and have double the sensitivity of the 1301. 2.5 mV/G vs 1.3 mV/G. There are 5 mV/G ratiometric linear hall chips but didn't find those on ebay.

At the risk of sounding like sarcasm, 2 weeks :) No more words until the machine gets here and I make some prototype stick pictures...

Now THAT'S what you need to sell dcs!

Wow!! Thanks for the heads up! Seems to be a global deal, for those from EU: http://www.computeruniverse.net/groups/60005349/samsung-ssd-840-series.asp

Short answer, if it has a sim, it will have a set of replica controls.