Mt5_Roie

Trying to set up a Huey pit and I know the Low RPM Audio isn't in options yet, but did they leave out the dome light as well? Can't seem to find it. I can see the circuit breaker for it, but not the white or green switch. Just wanted to confirm.

Started working on my third pit which will be used for Huey and FC3. I tested my first panel today: Here's some pictures as well: Early stages Covered and printed panels Left panel Right panel I have all the switches and buttons in both panels. But only got to wire up the right panel for now. I need to order another USB controller for the left panel.

Problem is that most joysticks are self-centering...so you need to disable the centering spring to fix that.

Check out: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=107443 The first part shows probably the cheapest option. The cockpit is made from PVC piping and total material costs are around 150. The panel costs is another 100 or so. That's not including flight controls, throttle, or computer costs. Best way to start is to build a simple panel to get the feel for it. Then work up to an actual cockpit level.

In theory you could do that. There are websites out there that show up to take the Logitech 3d Pro apart for cleaning. If you can find the three cables designed for the slider and connect it to a different throttle it would work. Have you though about what kind of cockpit you would like to be? How big, how many panels? Budget?

Are you planning on building any panels with it, or just a throttle? I haven't built any throttle or flight controls since my main pit uses a X65F. But for my third pit I"m going to be getting the X52 Pro. For the money you spend on building a throttle you might just be able to get a throttle and flight stick. But if you want to build one I would go with the Bodnar controller you linked and get the cables that go with it. All depends on how good you are at soldering as well. I would try to find throttle designs on line and see where you can put the potentiometer in to get the data. Keep in mind that there are different types of potentionmeters that are more or less sensitive. Also, check out: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=107443 Gives and overview of what I"ve done and where I am now.

Same here...was trying to save the maintance group some time by landing on the elevator...and went for a swim instead.

Now I wasn't planning on building a third cockpit so soon. But we had some work done on our house and the contractor needed to build a frame to hold the balcony up while working on it. He left all the wood behind since we paid for it. So I had all this 2X4 taking up my back porch and nothing to do with it.....then the Huey came out. Perfect excuse to build another pit. I wanted to make this pit Huey based, but be universal as well. I'm planning on getting the X52 Pro for it. But so far here's the basic design: Basic structure: Covered the sides: Left panel: Right Panel: So if people are interested, I'll start video recording my journey and post it on youTube for people to watch. Let me know.

Wanted to see if there is interest (picture heavy) Part 2 My second cockpit I wanted to try out wood. I found this great design called "The Akers Barnes Cockpit". You can see it at: http://www.62ndfightingfalcons.asn.au/Resources/AkersBarnesCockpit/CockpitOverview/tabid/73/Default.aspx The problem is that I'm not that handy with wood working to be able to cut wood to such precision it needed. So I started looking for places around me that did water cutting. I found a place about 40 minutes away that would do it and for 180 dollars they supplied and cut the wood for me. Not a bad deal. All the pieces sort of snapped into place nicely and the cockpit looked awesome. I build specific panels for the side panels and the main panel. Overall, I love flying the A-10C in this cockpit. The downside is I can't modify it as much to suit my needs better. With my first cockpit I was able to adjust the heights a little better to suit me nicer. Since everything is already cut on this one, wasn't able to do that. Here's what it looks like finished: Left side panel: Right side panel: I built some smaller panels for other needs as well: Overall a great cockpit and I love it. The seat is not as comftable as I would like but I'm working on trying to fix that. But then the Huey came out...and got me thinking about Cockpit number 3....

So I've started working on my third cockpit in has many years. I don't have an electrical engineering degree, not an electrition, not a wood working expert. I just have basic knowledge of electronics, wood, and a great knowledge for aviation. I've built my cockpits with basic skills and on a budget. So I figured since I'm starting my third one now, why not document the process a bit more this time. Maybe help out the folks starting out a bit. I know it's tough to come here and see some amazing A-10C or Blackshark pits that are perfect replicas and try to learn. So I'm thinking about starting a Youtube channel that will act as a VLog documenting my third cockpit build and answer people's questions. So my experience so far: First I watched the videos on the stick on this forum about a zillion times to learn as much as I could. I then set upon building a panel. My first panel was designed to be able to start up the A-10C...it ended up like this: Not much to look at, but it worked nicely. I then started working on the second panel to make it more useful: I was now ready to try to build and actual cockpit. I found a website that sold designs made out of PVC piping and decided to give it a shot. I ended up going with this design: http://www.rogerdodger.net/diyflightsims/pacs.html Since I wanted to mimic the A-10C cockpit a bit, I modified the design to include a center joystick sort of like this system has: http://www.rogerdodger.net/diyflightsims/floor_unit_f321.html You can see the basic frame in this picture: I also started designing a front panel for it to join the two panels I already built: The complete cockpit (before the seat installed) looked like this: Close up of the front with new seat installed: I even came up with a nice cheap way to make a UFC: For a first cockpit it was great. I was able to fly with it and made flying more enjoyable. But I knew I wanted to build another one with the panels built into it on the sides and some cooler looking features. So I started thinking about cockpit number 2.......

Digital are devices that basically have an on and off state. So switches and buttons are digital since they either just on or off. Potentiometers and hall sensors return a voltage reading depending on the setting. So these are analog since it's more complex then just on and off. If this is your first pit, I would suggest starting out slowly and building some panels with digital switches and buttons to get some experience. Potentiometers and hall sensors are a bit trickier and harder to learn.

potentiometers is an analog device so GPWiz won't work with it. GPWiz is designed for digital inputs. So the only joysticks you could get with it are the digital ones (not too useful in sims, unless you want a cool one for Targeting Pod).

What you really want is this one: http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_81&products_id=235 I have about 5 of them I've used and they are great. But keep in mind it won't let you do a analog joystick input if you need it. The leonard one does 8 analog inputs if I recall correctly. I've had both and prefer the one I mentioned. Personal preferences. The company is good and they ship quickly as well.

Yeah interested as well what trigger would look like.

I have three different account for my three different machines. Each has several modules attached to each. I'm building a forth machine and would like to move some module from those three into a forth one. Is this possible?

Won't that ballon the mission files quite a bit?

So I wrote a mission that has 11 pilots that need to be rescued. Each one is transmitting on a frequency with a wav file of a SOS in morse code. When I play the mission as single player, everything works great. I can tune into the ADF and find the pilots with the HUEY. But when I host the mission from our dedicated server, it doesn't seem like the Huey's can pick up the frequency. The meter stays to the left the whole time. I copied the sound over to the server and re-checked that it was using the right file. When hosting Huey's connected still can't pick up the frequency. Is there a trick to getting it to work. It's kind of crucial for the mission.

Will test it out this weekend and let you know.

She's plugged in alright. Seems if I have it trimmed all the way forward then I get some pressure pulling back on her. It's a lot different then any other joystick I"ve used.

So my sidewinder just came in today. TRying to get used to her. Is there any way to have the grip be a little tighter...seems like she's way to easy to move around.

DCS: X-wing?

That's a great looking skin. Hopefully when it gets out of beta we'll be able to not have the weapon mounts if no weapon is mounted.

I flew the updated FM last night and found it pleasant. I was able to hover nicely and transition to foward flight easily. I did have some issues landing initially. The transition to hover was a little off so I had to modify the collective lift to compensate. So after a little practice I was able to make the transitions better. Once in a hover I was able to stay in a hover a lot easier. So overall I like the new FM.

On the mission thread I think you meant to say "insert"

The simple answer to the thread "is it done?" is - no, it's in beta! I personally spend more of my time in the cockpit so wouldn't really notice the spacing between the rotors is a little off.