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Yes I did build quality is absolutely outstanding on it. Just waiting for the rest of the parts now:thumbup:

After much back and forth regarding eBay purchases, turns out they were not going to show up so eBay gave me a refund. All is not lost though, I've gone back to previous plans and received a very satisfying delivery today. I know at least one person here will identify it immediately :) Thanks so much for convincing me nearly two years ago about this. Only wish I had bought it sooner

Thanks John. STill need to connect up the switches Hans I'm on my phone at the moment but top row displays are SLG2016 and lower row HDSP2003LP. If I was doing it again I would just use 8 units of 2016. They are nearer to drive and look better at the moment. I need to get the code for the 2003 devices running faster. Also then the dimming function will work better if they are all the same. Which displays do you have?

Thanks guys. Looking forward to trying out CNC work. Got 4 of the 3 position locking switches in for EW panel and a Grayhill rotary to be modified to add the correct pull action A few more hours work and I got the EW displays done. At least the first version is working. I'd like to tidy it up in the future. In last picture the flash cancelled out the lights but it does show the displays nicely Still need to balance the brightness and wire up the pot to control it.

Wiring for OSRAM displays on CMSP is done For locking toggle switches other than 12TWs I plan to use the NKK switches and turn new caps to create the Cutler switch. They'll thread nicely onto the shaft of these switches I'm also designing conversion of real 2 inch tubes for engine instruments. This will work for converting old cheap 2 inch instruments to stepper driven with correct faceplates. I'll include backlighting to see what it looks like but in the end these will likely be front lit. I managed to buy a 100W laser engraver and also a CNC6040 from eBay very cheaply so I'm waiting for them to arrive now. I don't expect anything amazing since they are cheap chinese made but I have money left to upgrade and get them running. After hearing horror stories of the "blue box" the CNC comes with I'll probably end up using a Gecko G540 drive. Then I can start cutting the instrument parts and some other parts. I've purchased materials as well to try making some panels but I know it will take a while just to get the machines set up and running to a good standard. Looking forward to it though. The machines should be here by the weekend so I'd like to get some test parts designed

Hey WhoMadeWho, brilliant work! For the gauges I recommend looking at the VID29 stepper motors. They work great for whata we need. All you panels look crisp and very professional. Nice job I'll probably need some help with CNC soon as I managed to score a couple of machines off ebay recently far too cheaply. Thanks for showing it

Converting AAU-9/A to Stepper Motor Long time and not a lot has changed with pit building for me. I'm getting back into building now and spent last 3 days working on this project. Here is a conversion of a real simulator AAU-9/A to stepper drive. The original instrument was driven from a synchro receiver mounted in the case. Driving the synchro directly is not worth the effort with other options available. I used a VID29 motor on a piece of protoboard to act as the motor mount and for motor connections. All wires run to the Amphenol connector on the back of the case. Not shown in the parts below is the backlighting circuit. Only a single hole was drilled for a bulb in the original but changing to LEDs meant I needed to add more. I drilled 3 more holes so the LEDs end up under the marked points on the engraved front. Original hole was drilled at 10 degrees out of where I would have liked but redrilling the hole would have been to close so I left it. Backlighting circuit is connected via 2.1mm power jack so the brass can be separated from the back panel of the case. Assembled front with pointer Completed instrument with backlighting on And a short video to show the pointer movement and backlighting. Position is currently controlled by a pot so changing to running from DCS exports is a reasonably straightforward addition but not a priority now. Also a bonus video I found on my camera when taking these photos. It's over a year old by now Moving onto some other instruments now

Nice work. Front panel looks awesome with all the gauges

Absolutely thrilled to see these completed and released. I know the 3 of you spent many many hours on these and the result looks very much worth it. I'll look at the plans in more detail tomorrow but they look very good already. Thank you very much guys! It's a massive contribution to the A-10 pit builders.

Excellent work Lynx! The parts are looking really nice

Use advanced view of control reference to copy the "if" statement with address for what you want to get the value of (eg fuel gauge). Then add in the stepper motor code for your particular motors. Someone has likely already used them for something so code will be available or at least some information to start with.

Hey Anton very nice work. Projector screen will be very nice I am sure. Keep it up

Great to see you back to building Mac. MIP is looking really nice

Thanks for the pic John. Wasn't sure if they were the 4 or 8 character modules. Looks like the 8s which I haven't worked on yet for code

Hey John. Fuel and hydraulic gauges look really nice. Which display model did you use for the totalizer?

Wow! Looks brilliant legolas

I've been away from DCS for a few months and not had TIR plugged in but the service was still running in the background. I thought my keyboard was broken and ended up buying a new one only to find the same problem. This thread has given me the answer to what was wrong. Thank you!

Mach 3 is for controlling a CNC and as far as I know does not work with DXF. You need something like AutoCAD or a DXF viewer to read these files

Hi guys. I've seen a tutorial where someone made switches with solenoid a for a 737 sim. they did look good. That was a few months ago. Having trouble finding a link to it. I'll look again tonight

Nice job! Keep it up

http://www.checksix-fr.com/bibliotheque/index.php?Fichier=6256

Front extension cut file is attached here. This all y2's work, but link is broken Front Extension cut layout 4x8.zip

Here's one but the shipping looks just a "little" too much :lol: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Saitek-x52-joystick-Pro-Flight-Control-System-Video-Game-Controller/281759416293?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D32765%26meid%3D67f2f0f7a5fd4b2496be8fb44c114019%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D301698322348

I really do like that weathered look. Nice work

I'm definitely going to look into this again. Adding the some plates over th the top to cover some of the exposed areas around the MFCDs should reduce some of the flex as well.