Jump to content

rel4y

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    969

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by rel4y

  1. rel4y
    The file is missing an outline layer. You need to click on the white layer symbol and give your pcb an outer dimension.
  2. rel4y
    Thank you, Eduardo! Makes me happy to hear that!
  3. rel4y
    After the holiday season I had a huge list of backorders in Germany, now these are pretty much all shipped I am back to the DCS forums. I am seeing increased interest in the Cougar lately, maybe because of the upcoming DCS F-16. Last week I finished another big batch of sensors and USB adapters. The latest batch of Cougar Joystick sensors finally has the original cables and is now a breeze to install. Ive had nothing but positive feedback from my German buyers last week, which made me really happy. :thumbup: The finalized Cougar Throttle hall sensors are also in production now, just the above shown adapter PCB for the 3,8V mainboards hasnt been delivered yet. An easy workaround for those that can solder is simply bridging that resistor and the hall sensor will work perfectly even with the 3,8V mainboard. In case you are interested in the Cougar Throttle USB standalone adapter + 14Bit sensor the mainboard type does not matter. It will work with both mainboard types perfectly! The Saitek sensors are still in prototype state and I need to revise them for easier production, but they do work fine already. The next logical step is a 12 Bit (4096) capable mainboard for the rudder pedals, which is already in production. The original board only has 8 Bit axis resolution, so 256 steps. With the combination of new mainboard and magnetoresistive sensor, the Saitek pedals will be pretty much top of the line resolution wise. (Even the much praised Warthog does not have 16 Bit but only 13 Bit! Dont fall for marketing BS!) The next batch CH sensors will be produced this week, I already made the housings. But I am afraid these could be already sold out again. My 3D printer is almost perfectly calibrated and I will print the new Crosswind pedal prototypes starting next week. PS: Next month I will try to get a simple online shop up and running, to have a well structured layout of the product line. I do realize that it is pretty chaotic as is currently.
  4. rel4y
    Sure just post a link or archive or PM me.
  5. rel4y
    I can convert them tomorrow if you like. But I also posted a howto about that somewhere in this forum.
  6. rel4y
    I am using Allegro 1324s in one of my Cougar mods and it works flawlessly. Are you sure that you did not accidentally buy a hall switch Allegro 1234?
  7. rel4y
    You are either overrevving or overboosting the engine. Set prop pitch control to auto and switch on MW50 injection then you will be fine! Two common beginner mistakes.
  8. rel4y
    Why doesnt the convex Revi lens have the same reflections as the P-51 and Spit gunsight? Or do you guys have these reflections?
  9. rel4y
    Someone sounding like a Spitfool to me... lol Whats up with you using stupid names like one o whiners? Are you unable to argue on facts? https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=170388&highlight=dive Here is a 109 that could do 911 kph, or 566 mph, or Mach 0.81 in a dive, with crappy F wings. The official limit was what? Id love to see the source for your claim! There was a high speed dive test performed with BS310 (Mk IX) in March 44. They tested to Mach .83. The results were in a nutshell: the elevators became very heavy, the aircraft developed a longitudinal pitching moment and there was considerable turbulence around the cockpit. No structural damage though. I guess the prop will be the limiting factor in high speed dives anyway, as above Mach .85 the drag of the prop sykrockets and will likely be shed to pieces before anything else.
  10. rel4y
    Except with throttle set at a manifold pressure not enough to sustain governed RPM it does... You know what, with the engine turned off it also suprisingly keeps the sound steady. No RPM change, no sound change. So you must be right, eh!? You know Ive been in Manching quite a few times and strangely I do not recall either the G-4, G-6 or G-10 sounding like a motorcycle? Maybe somewhere in Spain you have V12, 1400 hp motorcylces, that would be an amazing feat of spanish engineering I guess.
  11. rel4y
    First of all the 109 did not have the Kommandogerät, the FW190 had it. The system in the 109 was differently implemented and less complex. The result is absolutely not the same, because it allocates an optimum pitch angle to a specific manifold pressure. So it constantly adjusts pitch angle and therefore RPM based on boost pressure to sustain optimum prop efficiency. constant speed prop: different blade angle, same RPM (above full RPM threshold) 109: different blade angle, optimum efficiency RPM I have flown several types and I didnt list a specific model because it is essentially the same sound mechanics for all. If the boost/ torque is not enough to deliver full RPM on a constant speed prop with fine prop pitch, you will get below governed RPMs. If you prop brake at idle you hear the RPM increase and soak up energy. Sound instantly changes. You can even rather finely adjust your RPM in flight as long as you are below the full RPM threshold and the sound difference is there. There is simply no arguing about that! Listen to the first seconds, are you honestly telling me you cant hear that? Thats from going roughly 1000 RPM to 2600 with a 180 hp motor. Here listen to that 109 while taxiing, huge changes in sound just with some short power bursts. It is after all not just the prop making the noise but the whole engine revving up and outputting enormous power (span). The K-4 already pumps out 1050 hp at 2000 RPM. Now compare that to your Cessna..
  12. rel4y
    Well I can clearly hear a difference between 2000 rpm and 2600 in a C172. Actually it is night and day.. This:
  13. rel4y
    Check what happens in the new update when you shoot the 50 cals into the water! After I found out, I just emptied my whole mags into the sea online and had to rtb. Mk84 compression wave ftw!
  14. rel4y
    Haunebus, eh? But these were - or should I say - are stationed in Neuschwabenland, as every educated person knows. :smilewink:
  15. rel4y
    I have tried one of these seats once and found it to be annoying at best. The visual buffet gives me more than enough indication of when a stall is imminent. However with the new sounds there is no indication of what RPM I am flying at currently, honestly this is not an upgrade! It just makes live much harder. I do like the new cockpit glass effects, but these sounds cmon ED..
  16. rel4y
    Yes, especially all the ALGs. The germans used them for years before they were built!
  17. rel4y
    My first impression, exactly. It is impossible to hear now what RPM you are running.
  18. rel4y
    Maybe the switch is dead, or maybe the braid is broken somewhere. These OMRON switches are pretty tough, but who knows? The type is called OMRON B3F4055.
  19. rel4y
    I have 10k pullups for MISO and CS on all my 5011s directly on the sensor PCB and I use up to 5 simultaneously per Arduino. Is the strong 1k pullup really causing these issues? Are you sure you connected the two CS lines to different pins on the Arduino?
  20. rel4y
    Just made a little adapter board that allows the use of a hall sensors even in the 3,8V version of the Cougar Throttle. I now have the analog hall sensors (the ones without my USB standalone mod) in stock, but at the moment only for the 5V versions of the Throttle. Later, with the adapter board the hall sensor mod will also work normally on the 3.8V version, cost will be ~3€ extra I guess. Everything remains plug and play, no soldering, no worries! The 5V and 3.8V versions differ in a resistor on the VCC line. Here you can check which version of the Throttle mainboard you have: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2863739&postcount=130
  21. rel4y
    I am currently in the process of making another batch. The 3D printed cases and all electronics are here, I am just waiting for the new cables. Should come in next week. :) Are you looking for the joystick ones or for the throttle?
  22. rel4y
    Good job!
  23. rel4y
    I havent posted in a while because I went down the 3D printing rabbit hole and boy is that a complex one... Initially my Ender 3 hotend was broken (the heat break was severely bent) and I was looking for a good replacement. Then I checked out all sort of mods for the Ender 3 and now I am basically at a point where I ordered a bunch of high quality parts and could have build me a 3D printer from scratch. :doh: Anyway, I still havent printed the prototype of my Crosswind pedals yet, but I will as soon as my new v6 hotend and Bondtech extruder have arrived. But I havent been lazy in terms of mods at that. Here is my Cougar standalone USB adapter implemented in the Thrustmaster TARGET Software. It should now be fully TARGET compatible except for the Cougar specific virtual mouse stuff. (But I am working on that as well, even though noone uses it anyway...) Also, I have the 3D printed housings of the next batch of Cougar joystick sensors ready. These will feature several small improvements, such as 0.5 mm longer axle, slightly decreased chamfer on the axle, adjusted the housing back by 0.1 mm, new cables and optimization of the manufacturing process. These changes are based on the feedback from the first batches and should resolve the (small) troubles some people ran into. The one that Rudel_chw described in his review of my sensors was the most common, eg that a piece of tape was needed to get a snug fit of the axle on the Y axis. That problem was caused because I obviously designed the sensors around my personal Cougar and the tolerances of the Thrustmaster Cougar Zamak gimbal are just not very good. It should now be resolved however. The Cougar Throttle analog hall sensors (the one without the USB standalone adapter) are also done and will be available shortly. I have sourced the correct N52 magnets and improved the axle mechanism of the first prototype. The Saitek sensors (Pro Flight/Combat Rudder Pedals) are also up and running and I will do a little mainboard conversion kit to bumb up the resolution from 8 to 10/12 Bits as well. The sensors are really hard to produce though so I will probably not make many of them... The CH hats and CH slew sensor are also done and work great. Now I just need the new PCB for the Combatstick and paint the hats/slew.
  24. rel4y
    There are several photos of K-4s with mechanical gear indicators. Check this thread: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=135154 I think there is one picture of a very early K-4 prototype that had aileron Flettner tabs, but definitely none of the production models had them.
  25. rel4y
    The production K-4s didnt have aileron Flettner tabs, but I am missing those mechanical gear indicators.
×
×
  • Create New...