Thick8

Is it possible that this is coincidental? That can't be totally ruled out. The fact that this happened minutes after "reactivating" my DCS account (their word, not mine) lead my to believe that this was a cause and effect situation as opposed to coincidence. I guess the question is "Does DCS share information with marketing partners as a way to generate revenue?" If the answer is "Yes", then there is no need to look any further for the cause. The only information I could find regarding this is on the Legal page and states, "We respect your right to privacy and will only process personal data and other information you provide to us, or we collect about you, in accordance with applicable privacy and personal data protection laws." Which really doesn't say one way or the other. I too am interested in learning your "unique method" of determining where spam is originating from. EDIT: Separate Emails for all of your login sounds interesting. Although that would require about 300 (and counting) email addresses. Maybe you could use your method to create a new forum account to determine if new user info is shared.

To clear up a couple of things. The emails are not from DCS. They are the types of emails one gets from the email being sold to "marketing partners". I've DM'ed BIGNEWY in hopes he can figure this out. Although that door can't be closed once it's been opened. I logged directly into the DCS forum via the bookmark link that I've had on my computer for several years. the same one I used to return to this thread this evening. My computer stays updated and automatically performs security scans weekly. I logged in right after checking my email this evening, that had an additional 22 phishing/sales emails in the junk folder. I am very frustrated by this as I'm sure any of you would be. Maybe someone can open a new DCS account using an alternative email. Not one that you currently use or you may become as frustrated as I am.

The other day was the first time I've been here in quite some time. When I signed in there was a message stating something about great to see me back and something about my account being re-activated or some such thing. Starting about ten minutes after signing in, the junk mail started. Since the other day I've received over 100 junk emails. On average I would normally get about 10 a week. So thanks for that DCS. Great way to welcome me back.

Did you ever add analog or encoder support this board? Was thinking about using the one I have for a new project. Thanks. John

Hi brydling. It's been a while. I dissembled my A-10c simulator in 2018 when I switched to VR, but I'm in the process of building a GA twin cockpit for MSFS. Digging through my box of Flight Sim hardware I came across your board. Every time I see it I wonder if you ever added encoder support. Any chance you found the time to do this in the last 9 years? ;D Is it possible to get the source code, to take a swing at it myself? Thanks. John

I've been gone from the forum for some time. Did Viper ever make these models available? I'm getting back into DCS and want to add an AH-64 head to my collective.

I have the Saitek combat pedals but below deck they are the same as yours. I installed bearings in place of the sliding plastic pieces. Makes them glassy smooth. Saitek rudder pedals bearing mod. by Thick8 - Thingiverse

Have you guys seen this on Steam? I've tried it in MSFS and was blown away. You can create a static box that displays the HMD camera's view of that spot. I placed a box over my button box. The box stayed in place as I moved my head around. I could reach out and see my hand working the switches and dials. It was frickin' awesome. The developer says that adding the use of a webcam is on the todo list. That way we could mount a camera to our headsets like PointCNTL, but actually see (and use) our physical simpit.

Yes. The soldering process for the 8-pin mini din was a PITA. (I have several failure videos to prove it) I realized that someone with less than a mastery skill would not be able to do it. So I had to try a couple of different methods (and wait for parts) till I hit on one that anyone could do. I am average at soldering and I can solder up the whole connector in less than 10 minutes. I will have the last part of the base assembly video up tomorrow. I also felt that the hat switch needed to be simplified. I found the perfect replacement but had to do a slight redesign the Huey head in order to make the video with the new switch. It should be finished printing tomorrow and I will start the Huey head assembly video. Sorry it’s been slow going but I’ve been crazy busy at work these past few weeks. Nothing like working 8 hours a day in a 100f+ degree shop to suck the life out of a person. John

You are inadvertently double clicking your middle mouse button whilst scrolling the wheel. Scroll less enthusiastically or just double click the wheel to change focus back. Hope this helps. John

LOL! The funny part is that I’m a mechanic by trade and have 8 “manly” Snap-on hammers in my toolbox at work.

Sorry about the time between updates. It's been crazy busy at work and I've been pretty beat by the time I get home in the evening; so I haven't been spending as much time building the collectives. I have finished the first interchangeable head collective (There's a video of it on my phone that I'll upload) and am currently using it it. I didn't make a video of it's assembly but I've just finished the last part of the base assembly video on the one I printed last week. I will have to edit it and get it up on YouTube. I will start on the head assembly video tomorrow. That one will be for sale once it's finished next week some time. The next one should be done printing early next week. Not sure if I'm going to build it or sell it as a self build kit. Once the assembly videos are posted I hope to have some feedback on that decision. Thanks for you interest. John EDIT: I've posted the first 11 assembly videos on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCroXLHnirCH9a5ZsEa-LT2w/videos

I'm on my 3rd final cockpit. Just sayin'... :music_whistling:

I still think the OLED screens of the Odyssey+ are much better than the LED/LCD screens of the other offerings. I do love to fly at night though. Richer colors and deeper blacks with virtually no screen door effect at all. The adjustable IPD goes pretty wide too if you need that feature. And a 1080ti will hold a steady 45 FPS with lots of eye candy enabled. They can be had used for $250 which would give you an idea if VR is for you. If you don't like them you can get your money back out of them on eBay, John

Hiya Deadman, My searches yielded no fruit unfortunately. It looks like I will be drawing it from scratch. I don’t fly the KA-50 so when I had issues reinstalling it on my new machine a couple years back I just left it off. I will have to see if I can get that module working again. Thanks. John

I have, but the diameter of the body of all the ones I found was too great. If I could find one with a 16ish mm diameter I would swap it out. If you know of any let me know. John

his STL files before he left us. I'm hoping to find his KA-50 collective head files. Did he post them anywhere? Thanks. John

Thanks for the kind words everyone, I think the price is going to be $300ish for the Huey and more for the Kiowa because it's more collective. That's fully assembled. Kits will be significantly less because I won't have to do all that tedious soldering and such. I'm not sure about the KA-50 because I haven't even started on that one yet. @borisff OK you caught me, I'm a Jedi ;D @Mapi It sounded like a cool name. So the whole series will be Simple-Controls: Collective, Simple-Controls: Pedals, Simple-Controls: Cyclic, Simple-Controls: button box. Oh crap, I'm going to need another printer... I'll be back in a couple of days with the completed Huey collective and maybe a completed Kiowa head. Till then. John

I cheated and used mom-off-mom rotary switches instead of encoders. I just couldn't get the encoders to work right. With the dial switches you loose the tactile click but also the aggravation of missing the frequency you are trying to select. John

Do you have a key binding list available? Need to know if I should use ON-ON switches for the in game ON-OFF switches like the Huey. Thanks John

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Hello All, In February I purchased a little 3D printer so I could build my own collective and a few other things I had in mind. The first collective I built was one that I found on Thingiverse. It has some inherent issues that I wasn't pleased with, so I taught myself Fusion360 and designed my own. What I ended up with is a very capable piece of hardware that makes flying the Huey much more immersive and precise. Along the way someone mentioned that having swappable heads would be cool. And I though "why not". So I've spent the last several weeks designing and testing a swappable head coupling that seems to work quite well. I've also designed a head for the new OH-58 Kiowa. I should have a working prototype in the next week or so. Probably before the Kiowa comes out. Then on to the KA-50 head. Here's a short vid of the head (and a couple of the one with a fixed head). I'm really pleased with the way it came out. I will start printing the first "for sale" unit after the Kiowa head finishes printing. As I have a full time job and can't spend too much time on this venture my wife suggested that I make a kit. Then a forum member mentioned the same thing. I will be making a few of these to make sure there are no issues and make an assembly video. I will continue to make them at a slower rate after that, and also make the kit available so that those of you that have the ability can make your own. So here is the plan. 1. make a detailed video of the assembly of the new collective. 2. put together complete "kits" that will have everything you need to assemble your own collective (Price to be determined). I will also put together a printed part only kit for those of you that want to source your own hardware. If you lack the ability to build your own collective, then I am sure there are several people here who will be willing to do it for a fee. We are a community after all, right? 3. Continue designing and building additional heads. I'm open to suggestions. 4. Continue production at a slower pace. Thanks for reading. John

I think it's time to take this thread to the "input and output" forum.

I made some forward progress. The interchangeable Huey head is done. I didn't finish the base because of soldering issues. Trying to solder 22 gauge wire to the back pins of an 8-pin mini din is HARD. It took some thought and searching but I found an answer that (I think) will allow anyone with rudimentary soldering skills to do it. I think the Kiowa head is finalized as well. Without the little side box I ended up at 80mm x 90mm. I drew it up 3 times (large, medium, and small) and settled on small. The tactile 5-way switches seem to work well too. Here's a couple of pics. EDIT: My wife just said I need to print the medium one because the small is too small. So I'll do that and post a pic of the 3 for everyone's consideration. The drawing is the medium one for reference. It's on the printer now.

Dude, That is frickin awesome! Gotta make sure my wife doesn't see it 'cause she would love to reclaim part of the den...