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For the buttons, have to considered maybe for backlighting them, print the first two layers in black plastic with the letters cut in, then printing solid above with white frosted plastic.

Jeez at what point do you just buy it straight from the F-16 supplier

I found this graphic on google image search while back, could be a good reference for anyone wanting to re-create the shape of the HUD and landing gear panels

the commercial warranty is for LBEs, for example they'll send you a replacement before you send the defective unit back, etc

riftcat supposedly has a quest beta build, don't know what the lag would be like over 5Ghz wifi https://riftcat.com/vridge

Waiting on someone who might be able to measure a museum cockpit for me, but cruising around google image search I came across this line drawing. Going off of that makes it think the square buttons are actually 5/8 inch, putting the panel around 8-1/5 inches wide, which seems more reasonable. Could be very useful for making other panels as well.

I've been thinking about printing a 200% scale version for a floor mounted stick using skateboard bearings

Where did you get that stl?

So I straightened out the image, and going by the square switches being 1x1 inch, the resulting length appears to be 13-3/4 inch (specifically 13.76, which is pretty close, and I'm guessing the aircraft was designed in imperial units) This seems a bit large for the panel width.

Trying to make them TM compatible? Feel free to use any of the tops of the ones I designed: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3452944

I think no traps, otherwise you'll get salty non-owners trying to hog up the deck by parking across it or generally being a nuisance. The new carrier should be an "exclusive club" kind of deal, though I'm sure harriers will still try and land on it, but other than griefing they can't rearm or anything. Still letting them touch and go on the deck will give them enough of a taste to see what the new carrier is all about, plus maybe practice their carrier landings and make the new carrier their follow up purchase. If you've been doing all your practice/training on the nimitiz it would feel like a step down actually trapping on the stennis. So on this model you should at least give the non-owner a notification if they actually hit a wire, and which one, you could follow up that message/prompt with a call to action to buy the carrier. This is all old as dirt sales psychology, it's what makes F2P a multi-billion dollar industry. Edit: also the CHAD Nimitz and Virgin Stennis memes write themselves under this model.

Everyone in the game gets exactly the same module, no unique codebases or anything In the code just run these entitlement checks. Use in single player: don’t own it, don’t spawn it Use online: try and spawn a plane on it, or take one of the positions. Check user entitlements and give a message redirecting to the store page. Use online: try and call ATC, returns a message saying “for authorization you must own this module” Use online: try and catch a wire. Check and if you don’t own it, wire doesn’t react, you just bolt. Now on servers the carrier is a huge floating demo, people can touch and go and see how much better it is, and be directly motivated to buy it. Doesn’t split the online community. If fact it will push any carrier based module owner to try a few touch and go’s and then buy it when they might not otherwise know what they are missing. This would increase sales, has no online sync or technical issues. Just have to check DRM ownership occasionally. Sure it's a very pretty model, but don't gate that, if anything having it visually in the game for non-users will seduce them into buying it. It's an ancient sales technique.

Seems that the switches on the panel could be similar to Korry switches used today. I found a switch in their catalog that has two indicator lights are 1x1 inch, but it seems buried down they also have a 5/8s inch model. I guess I will try both dimensions and see which looks more correct. For figuring out the dimensions of the panel. Back in the 70s I imagine they might have had a different switch provider though. http://www.esterline.com/controlsystems/KORRY/OtherSwitchesIndicators/433Switch.aspx

So this incredibly rare and overpriced tom cat ACM panel just popped on on Ebay. Also don't buy it because I understand it's currently illegal to even sell F-14 parts anywhere. It's asking price is obscene, but on the other hand is the best closeup reference I've been able to find of the panel itself. I would love to recreate and 3D print it, but I can't find any specific information about it's dimensions anywhere. The F-14B natops that is floating around online has an incredibly blurry panel fold out image so it's pretty useless to find its dimensions. Wanted to post this thread for brainstorming ideas, and it have a place where these reference photos can easily be found in the future. If I could find an accurate measurement of some dimension of the panel, it would go a very long way to modeling all of it. Also the F-14 panels use a different font that pre-dates the standardization of military cockpit panel fonts. Also seeing the real steel makes me appreciate how much work heatblur did to make the cockpit look like total shit, because the real tom cat avionics look like they were built with a hammer, chisel and paste.

I am more interested in having an oxygen mask connected to a vape

How compact are the electronics and mechanisims? I've been thinking of making a UFC and using it as a keyboard macro for premiere and other programs so I'd want it to fit nicely next to my big ol' keyboard. I'm wondering once you release the STLs I could modify it to use tact switches instead of the push buttons to reduce it's depth in the back. I'd also have to invert the keypad, it annoys me so much that numpads and keypads are reversed with 789 on top instead of 123

alternative to the CH or new TM rudder pedals https://www.amazon.ca/Pannow-Nutcracker-Aluminum-Walnut-Kitchen/dp/B06XDP44PL/ref=sr_1_5?crid=YQWDGXX6FIK5&keywords=nut+cracker+tool&qid=1555440558&s=gateway&sprefix=nut+cracker%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-5

the threads on the coupling from the stick to the base can be loose too

any plans on releasing the STLs?

From what I’ve read so far, the main differences is the shape of the speedbrake switch (normal hornet is symmetrical) and the 4 way pyramid countermeasure switch is just a two way. The exterior mold lines are different too, so its the same shape but cast differently, i guess to fit the extra direction hat switch. This post has some great pictures. https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3564627&postcount=48

on my super hornet grip its an analog axis that is spring loaded center. You can see it on the side of the scan, it just uses a torsion spring https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/super-hornet-f-18-right-grip-raw-scan-f7ffedac0b5f478986f36e093842e77a (this is from a simulator and not an actual jet, so who knows if it's different)

Blue73, did you see the super hornet grips I 3d scanned in another thread? Just raw scans, not cleaned up at all. https://skfb.ly/6I7wL https://skfb.ly/6I7yw If you are mad enough you could build new grips for the warthog and put the original switches inside. I also reverse engineered some terrible madcatz hat switch design awhile back in sketchup, made a few switch tops from the superhornet grip as well https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3452944

It's suppose to be, let me disable and re-enable downloading edit: try it now

It's much too late now, but I have a photogrammetry scanned F-18 left side throttle. If you want to compare the shape of the guessed one. Mesh isn't cleaned up or scaled. The texture looks wierd because I sprayed it with water and baby powder to get an accurate scan https://skfb.ly/6I7wL edit: Right grip as well https://skfb.ly/6I7yw

Does anyone know the documention on how the AXIS to Button works? I have it setup and when the joystick enters the range it fires the hardware button red, but when leaving the range the red square doesn't turn off, like the button stays on.