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Yeah my mistake looks like this is 5" diagonal including the bezel. Didn't quite bother doing the conversion on the drawing. You can ignore this

Edit: Ignore this they're less than 3 inches viewable area horizontally I was looking for quite a long time for some 5" square displays without much luck. Today I stumbled upon this : http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/AA050AA01-Mitsubishi-5-inch-TFT-LCD_1724033220.html?s=p I'm still waiting to hear back from them about individual pricing but figured I would post it here as I'm sure I'm not the only one looking for these things.

I was curious, as I'm currently looking at the Intel Edison development board, are there any issues with performance with the standard 8mhz ATMega Arduino? From a programming perspective it seems like things could get a bit overloaded. From a hardware perspective I'm already planning on using several shift registers to multiplex my I/O. Which essentially means only one switch can be read per clock cycle. What strategies are people using for entire cockpit setups? It seems as if people resort to using a controller per panel that they make, which also raises concerns on the host environment about performance of so many USB devices.Would it make more sense to use something like a single Edison with a much beefier 500 mhz dual core processor over multiple ATMegas? For those that are wondering this is what I am talking about : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121811 Note: While the processor itself is 500 mhz, from what I understand the I/O is clocked at 32 KHz, though this would leave a lot of processing power left over to deal with DCS data export/import

Thanks, that makes a lot more sense honestly. I was sitting here reading about voltage spikes when switches are in partial contact as the reasoning behind it on google last night.

I just realized I put the wrong link in there, let me see if I can dig up the one I was looking at, like you said it shouldn't matter too much. Seems like the only real concern is bushing size. Screw vs Solder doesn't sound like it matters much. Out of curiosity why are you trying to grab a 30v switch? I imagine there's quite a few ways to wire a panel but I didn't think there was a reason to pump more than 12v through the circuit. Thanks for all the information guys, I never knew that about the latching switches. It'd be a nice touch but not entirely necessary I don't think. Good to know about the CMSP panel I might order a few more just in case.

Thanks Socket7 that really helped my search. Unfortunately it seems like most of the stuff you need for these type of projects you have to order blindly online or through a catalog. Then play guess and check (and dremel) after they arrive. After a quick search something like this seems like it'd work fine, but if you don't think so I'd love to hear why before I wait to have it shipped. (wrong link)

I'm having some issues finding what type of switch I would use for the A-10 engine switches. I imagine they're a type of momentary SPDT toggle but I can't seem to actually find one that has a locked down position. Anyone have any tips on what I should be searching for? I tried to see if anyone had instructions on building one but people seem to leave these switches out in their tutorials and a search on the forums didn't turn up much regarding this specific switch.

Anywhere from 75-250 bucks depending on what kind of paper you want. It's not worth it.

Does MS have downloads for the drivers? I have no issues ebaying it.

I don't have much of a problem flying the black shark normally. I usually use an X52, right now i'm using a cheap wingman equally as well. I don't need a ton of buttons just a good responsive stick. I've only seen a couple of force feedback joysticks and am wondering what's the best way to replicate the BS joystick.

So the real question is what's the most realistic/easy to use joystick for black shark? I picked up a force3D pro and it was terrible. Too much slack in the stick and the force feedback would trim the stick into a different position than where the cockpit stick was resulting in a completely untrimmable helo.

Here's a quick track I threw together. Couple loops, a few inverted dives, some close ground manuvering and a landing i'll never be able to duplicate. All of this is done with FD, proper collective control, and a full load of weapons and fuel. Anyone care to comment on the helo skidding across the ground at 200 kph? I did it on purpose so it was rather controlled but i'd imagine a helo would flip upside down the second it would happen. stunts.trk

It's not a BS specific issue. I've had this problems with quite a few games, It's direct input related.

this is actually a bug with windows, key released messages seem to get "lost" sometimes and it fails to recognize that you stopped holding that button. This is usually in the case where a button "repeats" as long as you hold it down. Try pressing the shikval slew TOWARDS whichever direction it's wandering off to. Just click it, once or twice should be it. Then you should have full control in all axis.

I know sometimes when I'm flying the laser rangefinder will be inaccurate and will refuse to launch a missile. Hitting enter again will reset the range and will allow me to fire a missile.

Nah I definitely know I was in clickable mode, had the yellow crosshair up. But nothing was selectable or movable, I think it may have renamed somthing I shouldn't have in the BS folder.

It wasn't a case of RTFM after all. Cockpit just was not clickable with the crosshair cursor that pops up until I reinstalled, now everything works fine. Thanks.

I suppose this leads me to my next problem, what would disable my ability to click on anything (cursor never turns green as per the manual)

I've found the physical switch and the hotkey (LAlt + W) but both pressing the keys and/or clicking on the switch in clickable cockpit mode does nothing, in fact I don't think i've been able to click on any switches in the cockpit after hitting alt+C. Alright I've ran through it again and here is exactly what I do. Start the mission Slow down and trim helicopter Attempt to enable master arm Activate Moving Ground Target Activate Shikval Put Laser in standby Designate and lock target (LA) Activate Laser Select Outer Weapons Racks Move the circular launch zone on top of target. I'm not sure which of these steps are actually working or not, I have not figured out the cockpit or HUD symbology and am basing this off of the hotkey charts i've printed.

I've had DCS for about a week now and have managed to figure out how to fly and trim properly and that is about it. I'm currently trying to employ any weapon system I can. Cannon, Vikhr, rockets, etc. I cannot seem to be able to flip the master arm button. I can manage to find, track, and lock targets with the Shikval and select hardpoints, cannon, rounds, etc. But cannot seem to fire the weapon for the life of me. If anyone has any idea what i'm missing or if it would be easier for me to include a track I can.