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I run DCS on an older 57" rear projection TV and sit about 3-4 feet away and I works well for me as far as immersion. The only thing better IMHO would be a projector or a VR setup.

It would work if you could use something like Cast AR that can give you the VR view but still let you see your cockpit. Otherwise there will be a disconnect with not being able to see the cockpit.

Nice! That is awesome. I was going to do this myself awhile back but couldn't decide on a control scheme so the project went south. With my CNC router getting closer to reality and DCS-BIOS this will certainly come in handy. Can't wait to see the rest of it. Thanks!

I tried this and the scale was a tad bit off. 390% got the height and width of the ECS panel to + .020" of the actual. The ECS panel should be 5.75"x3.75".

I had the same issue. I had tweaked some of my settings in the Nvidia Control panel the day before. I went back and set everything to default values and now it works just fine. I didn't take the time to figure out which setting caused the problem but if you have an Nvidia card I would start there.

Starting to pull out hair... That's pretty slick. I've been contemplating doing something like this myself. Nice job!

http://www.sctcontrols.com/products/high-fidelity-actuators-111.html This looks to be the manufacturer of those actuators. They really don't have much info online but they might be able to get you more. You probably have already found this but just in case I thought I'd post it.

I'll take a board if you still have one. I've sent you an email as well. Thanks, Luc

I've run into a few air bubbles that shouldn't be there if it was cut from the front. I've also found that the leds are only about .030" from the backside of the plate which leads me to believe they are cut from the back side of the plate. The back side of the plate was far from flat. It had a few high spots around the connector.

Hello folks! First post here. I've been collecting (obsessing about) information about my cockpit that I'd like to build for the past few months. I currently in the process of building a CNC router/mill to help with the project. While deciding how I wanted to make the backlit switch panels I remembered that I had kept a bad light panel from an F/A-18 as a keepsake from my time in the service. After scouring the internet for everthing I could find for this thing I decided to see how it was made. http://www.parttarget.com/6220-01-115-5531_6220011155531_74B800070-199.html I started by grinding down the area near a few of the leds. I noticed that it seemed to be made of acrylic that was painted white first then painted with a thick coat of black. I couldn't quite tell if the parts were molded in the plastic or if they were epoxied into the plastic so I decided to toss it in the mill and go for broke... So from what I can tell this started out as a solid block of plastic which had the wire channels/led holes routed out and then once it was installed they epoxied over the entire piece. I don't know how many times I tried in the past to get this thing to light up. Maybe the stress fixed a loose connection... If you have any questions let me know. I can't wait to start building! Luc