debolestis

Not yet.

you can glue it with epoxy

Is paddle working OK? Post photos please.

This will be the century of 3D printing...

I added two new models. TM 13 degrees angled tailpiece for metal prints. It has less material and is cheaper. Suncom to Thrustmaster tailpiece adapter. If you want to use Suncom F15 grips with Thrustmaster's base (Cougar or Warthog) now you can. You will also need shift register PCB and connector. Gardena hose connector screw fits on this tailpiece.

I made changes, all are new models. I left them as beta because I didn't order one myself. I cannot say 100% that everything will be work, 99% I can say.

No need to trim anything in new models. What model do you have?

Soon probably, I shall order a few parts in next few days. I am expecting feedback from people who bought models. I was working today with this: This is stainless steel print. It was very first version of tailpiece and it needed a few modifications. All those are fixed in my new models on Shapeways. If you want to order everything will probably be OK. There could be a few other small mistakes. On this print I widened hole for connector, and wings had to be trimmed a bit. There was nothing major. What surprised me was quality of stainless steel print. Honestly I didn't know what to expect, and I thought that I can correct mistakes using dremel tool, yeah right. It is very strong and very difficult to drill, like real stainless steel, much stronger from crap alloy that TM uses. This will be a lifetime part, you can be sure of it. If you want to order 13 degrees angle tailpiece printed in steel please wait for a day or two, I'll make it with less material. There is no need for overkill with this material. That will lover the price. Shapeways also added aluminum printing, unfortunately it is double the price. I will add that options for my models if somebody wants it.

You need something called desoldering wick, it is easiest metod for beginner. There are links on Youtube.

Blue is new lever. You can see that back side i different. I moved it back I 3mm. I hope it will be enough to actuate the switch. If there is problems with your part, simply glue something at the back. That is all.

I also updated paddle lever design so that it can work with Cougar.

I have finished all of the models, below you can see 13 degrees angled version. I also added original design and modified design with more material, it should be stronger. I hope everything will work. These tailpieces are in beta, feedback is very much needed. I hope this will help to everybody who have problems with TM sticks.

This is the update for modified TM tailpiece: Cross section: It has 7mm hole through it. It is enough for Cougar connector. I hope Warthog uses similar. Connector is 8mm at widest point but it can go through if you do this: And drawing It is now 3,5mm longer. I also risen male connector for 2mm, you can see in photo above that there are small washers bellow connector to raise it a little, without that there was no proper contact. I'll put it on Shapeways page tomorrow, other versions will be ready this week. Please be patient, just a few more days. Thank you!

Can you explain better?

I shall put original design and modified design on Shapeways. Also 13 degrees angle version as well. I saw new purchase today and thank you for that. You'll probably have to modify parts a little bit, tailpiece as shown in pictures above and paddle lever. Lever don't have enough travel to actuate switch in Cougar, easy fix if you put something on switch or lever. I apologize if you have problems with these models, I am doing my best to correct the issues as soon as possible. Today I spend 4 hours working on modified tailpiece. Thank you guys for your support.

Thank you Sokol, I heard of this process of smoothing ABS plastic with acetone. It is not necessary for white polished plastic that they have on Shapeways. It is very smooth and details are great. Black parts are rough because it is not printed black, but painted later in the process.

Hi! I've got to play with this one: Great gimbals and great sensors. I tested my 3D printed 13 degrees angled tailpiece and paddle lever: Both parts will need minor modifications. You can see where paint is removed, that needs to be adjusted. It worked fine, didn't break, next model will have more material and will be much stronger. I am sending this part tomorrow to a member from this forum to test it on Warthog. We'll see how long it will last. But it is cheap, it will be around 12-13 dollars, stainless steel will be around 60 dollars. Here you can see other prints, original vs. printed: As I said before if you need anything printed that is joystick related please contact me and I'll do it or free, but I'll need proper measurements. I'll put it on Shapeways and then everybody can print it. I add only 1 dollar on shapeways price, I need to sell 30 parts before I can get anything. So far I sold 3 parts.

Plastic is not stronger than most metals, but I want to try this. Maybe it will work. I'll test my plastic part on Cougar, and I am sending it to somebody from this forum to test it on Warthog. We'll see how long it will last. Narrower hole is also OK if you remove pins from connector. It is not that difficult to. Connector is small 1mm pin spacing but it is doable.

Happy new year everbody! I've got new 3D printed parts. Some you can see on this page http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=144993&page=5 I changed DMS knob, I made it smaller. Now it works fine, before it was too big and I accidentally moved it when I had moved target management switch.

Happy New year to everybody! I have received new 3D printed parts from Shapeways. I ordered plastic tailpiece or shaft for TM sticks, but this one is at 13 degrees angle like this one: This is from web page http://www.patterson-equip.com/. I read somewhere that there is a minimum order of 20 or something like that and price is ridiculous over 100 US$?!? This one I payed 12$. I orderd it for testing purposes. I didn't want to print in stainless steel before I am sure that everything works as it should. Stainless steel tailpiece costs 58$, I will print that as well when I am done testing. It needs only a minor modifications. I forget only this, to add these two holes. On a connector below tailpiece are two screws. I will change this as soon as possible. Plastic tailpiece is black, but it is actually painted, I was modifying some other Shapeways' parts and paint can be removed. Black paint has rough texture, white parts are much smoother. It is also very light, I'll have to measure but it feels like 10% of original metal part. I thought that it could brake, but it is very strong. I borrowed Cougar with NXT mod. Springs in that mod are very strong on extreme positions and it worked fine, it didn't brake. It was a short test, I'll test it more in future. One problem in original design is this area: Here it usually breaks, Probably force here is strongest. It would be much better if tailpiece is 5 mm longer and than I can do this: It must be longer because the connector must fit inside. As you can see central hole is smaller, it means more material in critical area. I think this would work even on warthog with plastic tailpiece. Unfortunately this will increase a price a little because more material will be used. I'll add new model on my Shapeways page in next few days. I have to do proper measurements.

It can be done but you have to give me some dimensions. And more photos. Where do you want to install it?

Do you have any dimensions?

I ordered black strong and flexible plastic. Hreich just ordered stainless steel part. Mine will arrive on monday. Shapeways use industrial printers and have much better quality from what you can buy in store as desktop printet. Time will tell if plastic is good solution. I'll test it on my joystick, cougar with all mods and warthog. I'll post images as soon as part arrives. This part is still in test phase and I recomend not to order yet, it will probably need some modifications. When I am finished I will add new part on my Shapeways store, also one with 13 degrees angle and one for suncom sticks. I can make alsmost any model in 3D. If you guys have any suggestions please send me a message.

Probably. I am still testing this. I ordered plastic piece first. It should arrive next week. I'll post photos.

Yes. Also almost every month they ahve free shiping day. Postage is 11$.