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molevitch

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  1. After a bit of a pit-building hiatus due to the release of the Mi-24P, due in part to working as a beta-tester on it, plus actually enjoying this long-anticipated module, I returned to setting up the multitude of switches and panels to connect to DCS via DCSBIOS. I have always planned to move it all onto a RS485 network. I had some panels connected to a network and some directly via USB. I decided to change my connections from 4-pin Molex types to RJ45…. I could NOT get this to work, and wasted 2 months or so trying. I don’t know why, it just would not work. Endless continuity tests, checking soldering with magnifying glasses, cleaning with isopropyl alcohol, etc. So a few days ago I reverted to the Molex types and within a few hours I had my SAU and SPUU, Landing Gear and external lights panel running (solo) on the network. Happy New Year for me! So now I am moving on to all the other panels to get them networked. Once that’s done, I will share some pics of my various solutions, and a video of a Cold Start and other functions. Wishing you all a Happy New Year too, and looking forward to more flying the Mi-24 in Multi-Crew with my mates at Black Shark Den!
  2. Sorry for the delay in responding! I have been meaning to update this thread too, but forgot! please ask anything you want.
  3. I would love to see the way you have done this in the Arduino Sketch, if you have time, @bnepethomas. I have used a few hallsensors and mags on some of mine, but really it’s a pain!
  4. The 828 and the 863 in both the Mi-8 and the Mi-24 have frequencies preset in the Mission Editor per aircraft. In the Mi-8, the selector is above the pilot's right shoulder on the overhead console, with a choice of 20 presets and AM/FM choice. These can be edited from the defaults as you wish. The Mi-8 also has the option to manually tune the 863 to selected frequencies while in the aircraft, on the console between the Crew Chief's feet. On the real dialler with the red cross, for the 863 with 20 x presets, the numbers go from 0 to 19. I have an authentic one of these in my pit, and it is a clockwork wonder! The same system applies to the 828 running from 0-9.
  5. Sorry Hannibal, I am in Paris last few days. I would have been honoured to have been your Pilot! Congrats on the working controller! mine has been on the back burner because of work pressures these past few weeks.
  6. I put my entire Petrovich command set into a VoiceAttack profile, so he is literally doing my bidding. “Search there”, “Targets spotted”, “Target selected”, etc. In SP mode, with P flying, and me in the front seat, I can tell him “Turn left 15 degrees”, “Come to this heading”, “Climb 50 metres”, etc. which leaves my hat switch free for more important actions too.
  7. All the Mi-24 Trimmer systems in one neat video.
  8. Yes, it is autocentring on both axes. I will post pix of that system soon, though it’s basically a few springs! @RazorbackYes, 3d printing has changed my life, when coupled with Fusion 360!
  9. State of mine, awaiting Hall sensors, push buttons and wiring up.
  10. Ugh, I hate my printer too sometimes. It would not print. I changed settings, nozzle and cleaned the bed. For 3 days it printed perfectly. Then yesterday, completely freaked out again and will NOT print…. I feel your pain. I put a new hotend on yesterday, and STILL messing about.
  11. Nope, my bad… I changed from PLA to PETG without realising! Settings were wrong. So, cleaned the bed, changed the settings and boom, now it’s printing beautifully again!
  12. @hannibalThanks for the compliments! Yours is very impressive too, and actually you motivated me to get on with mine. I love Fusion 360, am running it as a non-commercial, file limited application for free, and it is extremely intuitive and quick to develop with. i will be putting this whole system on Arduino and DCSBIOS but that is a way off! I got stuck into the modelling of the unit as a challenge. I have run off a few parts of the mechanism, but you know how it goes with 3D printing…. Last night I left my printer running, and this morning I come down to find a large lump of solid plastic attached to the print head, but no parts of my controller. Oh well, start again…
  13. My aiming station is now coming out of the 3D printer, piece by piece. Here is a video of the individual parts in order of design, and to some extent assembly. One part is missing, the spring holder branch for the pitch axis, (I forgot it!). I may remake the video. Designed in Fusion 360, and using screen grabs from DCS as well as a ton of reference. Axes sensors will be Halls driven by magnets in the 2 arms of each axis rotation. i still have to draft the main support bracket, the wiring conduit etc, and of course the whole head-rest and optics tower, the switch panels and mount for the whole system.
  14. I plan to model the system from the missile selector dial all the way back to the main control panel. I will be modelling a head rest also for use with VR. The optic guidance controller will use Hall sensors for pitch and yaw, and be weighted to feel heavy and clunky too. This will be an additional module to swing into position when flying as Operator, to complement my main Pilot’s cockpit.
  15. Same as in Mi-8. ”Right pedal movement is limited by СПУУ-52-1 (SPUU-52-1) moveable stop (pitch limiter) system which uses air density and temperature to adjust the maximum tail rotor pitch angle and prevent overloading of the tail rotor and drive system.”
  16. Yes, some of it is now running under DCSBIOS already, while some is working with Bodnar boards. the right side electrics panel is now functional (except the 36v switch,a bug) along with the fuel tank selector, and the Fire Extinguisher panel and Autopilot panel are mostly working, though I still have a few corrections in their Sketch to correct. The weapons panel is currently on a Bodnar, but I will switch it to DCSBIOS to improve its functionality soon, though I also need to upgrade several switches on there first. I managed to find some On-On-On switches from China which need to have their toggle levers improved…
  17. The flares panel behind the pilot's left shoulder are signals flares, fall quickly and are short lived. They are used for visual communication, for example in the event of total radio failure. To use them, first raise the toggle switch at the left side of a panel. Then push one of the black buttons with the colour identifier. But you will need to be outside view to see it. Many mission designers use CTLD which gives options to drop smoke markers.
  18. Jadro and the other radios are all turned on by the switches behind pilots left shoulder. Jadro must also be switched to AM, bottom left knob on the jadro panel. After that use SPU-8 to select radio.
  19. Same as in Mi-8. R-828 presets FM behind pilots left shoulder. R-863 Preset only above pilots left knee.
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