MacFevre

Well DM, my birthday is coming up, so :music_whistling: :lol:

Besides the assembly, wonder what the difference between this, and say, a regular ink-jet printer using conductive ink instead of regular ink. You could probably even fill an empty cartridge with conductive ink and do a test. I don't have any idea what I'm talking about though, so that might be a ridiculous trial, but it looks about the same. For $3k, it's worth a shot!

Yes, thanks Tiger. You answered perfectly before I got the chance. And yes, burns, it will eat everything except for what is covered. Even a sharpie drawn line will prevent it from eating it away. I was really surprised at how easy it is. The basic hard part is creating the actual drawing with either a program like Fritzing (real easy) or Eagle (large learning curve) or you can even use a decal kit. Anything else you need to know, don't hesitate to ask! If I don't know, I, or someone, will certainly try to help.

No, that sounds great. I honestly never even thought about the holes! For the first one, I was overjoyed with the outcome. Like my pit build, I guess. Now I'm seeing all kinds of things I'd like to change. ;)

Very nice. Thank you!

Thanks Hans. Nope, everything's ok and we're home now, thank you.

Thank you DM and Gus. And wife is well and just waiting for her to wake so we can leave! Tell the truth, I haven't even begun to think about gear storage. Now I am though. (Like there's not enough to think about! ;) ) have to ponder that for awhile. If anyone wants the PDF or even a Fritzing/Eagle file just shout. Think it could be shrunk a bit. It's my first PCB, so still learning. It would be neat to be able to just CNC a bunch. Ah well, one day.

Realize it's seems like forever since doing an update, so thought I'd take advantage of sitting in a hospital waiting room waiting for my wife to have a procedure done. Currently trying to get some panels working with a Bodnar board. Didn't really like soldering a diode to a switch output, decided to give a try in making a circuit board. It actually worked quite well! I was surprised. For simplicity, used Fritzing for layout to laser printer and ironing to the copper board After tinning and drilling Completed board with diodes and connectors installed. This made connecting to the Bodnar much easier, neater, and can quickly change anything a lot quicker. Now if I had only 5 or so more, I'd be set. That is, of course, if I don't decide to change the I/O to one of the upcoming Arduino solutions. Deadman also has me thinking about using the PCCockpit solution. Need more info before deciding that, however. More updates on the way!

I might be in if there's somewhere that shows the exact dimensions of the boards. I've already got my UFC and CDU panels, and it would be nice if they fit in them.

Sign me up DM!

That is really incredible. Lucky friend! ;) I'm sure his wife wasn't nearly as impressed, but I bet his son enjoyed it as much as he did. Really great job putting all that together. Now let's find out what's in the rest of those boxes. :)

Incredible video! Very, very nice work. You should be very happy with your pit, because if I get mine anything close, it will make all the time and effort worthwhile. Thanks for showing it really can be done.

I haven't been on much myself. Between the youngest graduating from high school and moving up to uni, and getting ready to go on holiday in a few days, I haven't had much time to do anything on the pit. It's been very disappointing, and I can't wait to get back to it. Soon!

Hans, how do you find them? :)

So how's that moving going? I've had more houses than I can count on one hand, so I'm well aware of the time and energy involved, and honestly, don't know how your working on pit stuff and doing that at the same time. But good luck!

Very nice. Also very nice planning. Mine is, well let's just say a lot more disorganized! Great luck and keep us updated.

:( Don't stay away too long! Take a good rest, cut back on the work hours, and just work on your own pit for awhile instead of everyone else's. After that come on back and we'll be here waiting for you. :pilotfly:

Ah, mea culpa. I understood all MacBook Pros had two graphics cards. I apologize, I should have looked into it further before answering.

It does have a discreet graphics card. I have played A-10c just fine on my MacBook Pro. Are you playing under Bootcamp or VMware/Parallels? You can use a utility called gfxCardStatus to check which graphics card it's using, and it can force a change if you want it to.

Very sharp. Looks like you found your groove with the laser.

Found this on the way to work.. Nice! Congrats. What did you have to do? And is it a simulated flight to Paris? ;)

Nice setup. Reminds me of the simulator in that Matthew Broderick movie. Geez, it was back in the 80's with training monkeys to fly. Can't remember the name now. Project something. Anyway, yeah, looks like that. :)

DC, PM'd you. (email actually)

Sorry Sceptre, but the MFD to work like what, exactly? I'm just using a 7" screen on the left, and the right is using the 22" monitor, the same that drives the gauges. I use Icemaker's EMC for placement. Apologies if this isn't what you mean. Let me know.

I am using encoders. I was going to use the rotary switches, but how would you use the rotaries? In the game setup, as you know, it's strictly an up/down selection. Do you know how? Is it possible using code or HELIOS or whatever to make a rotary act like a encoder? Otherwise, I found the smallest 7-segs I could find to fit in the window without making modifications and keeping it as original size as possible. They are green .28", and not the easiest to find.