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Oh man... Nostaliga overload! Thanks for that link! I had the VHS tape back in the 80’s. Watched it so many times...

According to the SFI the SNURK will take any mode or sub-mode and bypass directly to the SA06 “on” requisite. There is no possibility for the SNURK to step between the modes. Another way of looking at it is you can’t have HÖJD or ATT without SPAK, and SNURK cancels SPAK...

I went from the Rift CV1 to the Rift S and I think the upgrade was worthwhile. You get better resolution but also better FPS since the S is only 80Hz, so 10 FPS less needed and if I use pixel density of 1 with the S, the picture is a lot better than the CV1 on 1,5 (or above). You can also ditch the external sensors and get better handcontrollers. But, as always, there are even better headsets out there. So if the cost vs. benefit is good enough for you, only you can know...

You don’t. Normal autopilot (Styrautomat SA06) mode is SPAK and the AJS 37 is normally flown in this mode. There’s really no reason to disengage SPAK mode unless there’s a failure in the SA06 system. So you normally switch SA06 modes by pressing the buttons under the glareshield. The SA06 can fail for any number of reasons as there’s a lot of servos and sensors involved. In most failure cases the SA06 will disengage automatically. The SNURK (Snabburkoppling or rapid disengage) button on the stick is for those cases when the auto disengage isn’t working, giving the pilot full authority.

I’m interested to hear what you think of those... Nobody’s selling 28 hour days... I’ve checked. ;)

That doesn’t explain why I don’t experience assymetric forces with the kosmo sim cams. Have a look at my review and at the pics of the cams a bit further down. Were there no ”two hole” cams with your MT-50 CM2? Cool! What do you fly? I got my aerobatic license, but I haven’t practised the art in almost 20 years. Just flying to eat (and buy expensive flightsim controllers :helpsmilie:) these days.

The preinstalled cams are the Avia-sim soft center cams. Well, yes and no. The design of the gimbal creates assymetry but the cams are supposed to compensate for this, as well as regulating the spring force along the stick travel. This is why the cams are assymetrical. The Avia-sim cams seems to have an irregular compensation in one direction, but the kosmo cams does not.

Arjan, have you tried the kosmo sim cams? I feel they are better suited for heavy spring loads.

I noticed this too. What I think is happening is that the spring is compressed beyond the linear region of compression, when the spring is tightened close to max. Try to unscrew the spring tension a bit.

What is the top speed of a Viggen? It’s cited as a Mach 2+ fighter, yet, I have never heard a Viggen pilot admit to have exceeded Mach 2... There are several truths when you consider aircraft performance. * The official performance data * The classified performance data * PR * Actual perceived performance And then there’s the performance you are able to simulate on a personal computer.

Yes. Which VR headset do you have?

Of course... You will always level your head with gravity, unless you lean back on purpose. It’s a limitation of the viewing reference system of the sim. The VR reference system only picks up the angle of your head, not your torso. So if it aligns the view with the horizon, when on ground, you’d be looking down, when in flight. Try leaning back, when sitting on ground and hit re-center. Now sit up normally. Your view should be aligned with the horizon. After you take off, hit re-center again to align with the aircraft.

So naturally, his legs won’t move! Duh! ;) Nor is there any point strapping in...

I was intrigued by this thread, so I had to check. Here’s how it looks in my Rift S. Picture taken through the VR Lens.

That is totally awesome!

Also check the cams. The first version of the MT-50 that I had, used M3 screws for the cams, and mine would wiggle a little, after a while. VPC swapped my unit for a new one, with M4 screws, which have worked flawlessly.

I live in Tromsø. I’ll have to come by and fly your sim one day, when I’m down south... :)

The RAT should extend with nose gear compression and retract with landingear up. At present it retracts with nose gear unloading, which is wrong. Here’s a movie of the real retraction on takeoff.

I’ve been following your FB page. Looks great! Is this the same design as the https://heritageflightsim.com/ pit, or is it your own design? I wish I had the space to build one...

Cool! However, will this create even more ASW artifacts and ghosting?

Come to think of it, I still have leftover hall sensors and magnets, from my build. If you only need a couple I could send them to you...

You need diametrically magnetized (polarized) magnets. The ones in your link are axially magnetized. These are the ones I used. https://www.supermagnete.de/eng/ring-magnets-neodymium/ring-magnet-10mm-5mm-5mm_R-10-05-05-DN You put the hall sensor inside the hole and let the magnet turn with the axis.

What Hall sensor are you using? I used Allegro A1302 sensors and diametrically polarized ring magnets. Worked great.

Perhaps this will give you some ideas?

You are correct. It can be wired for ON-OFF-ON for two circuits though, as mentioned in the text. Or you can wire it to have only one circuit on or both at the same time. The point was, however, that you can take a simple DPDT ON-OFF-ON switch and modify it to a ON-ON-ON switch, by bending the contacts.