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Update posted on Kickstarter. DISCLAIMER: 1. The developer of DCS-BIOS isnt involved and cant be held liable for whatever reason. He doesnt give support to the panel and cannot answer any questions whatsoever. 2. The panel is Early Access. meaning, you are funding further development. 3. If you either dont support indie devs like us, or dont trust.. then dont buy. 4. The panel will be released on a creative commons license. 5. By backing this, you agree to being a beta tester along with the risks involved therein.Also you are willing to report bugs and suggest improvements. demo vid added (no subtitles)

Is any1 gonna quote MY text, or only cherry picking which is suitable to themselves? @FSF Ian; * The board is Arduno which is USB plug& play. * Install of dcs-bios is required, configuring LUA scripts. * Common problems experienced are related to user errors in config files, or local firewalls. * The DIY beta kit requires require soldering the Arduiino and (optional) expansion ports onto the main board. The switches one needs to plugin to their positions. * If, when the project is succes i will release detailed setup instructions. * Kickstarter page is updated Sum ppl here certainly hopes my Kickstarter fails.

Thanx Doom!! 2000% spot on!! :thumbup::thumbup: I was getting sick of all the filth being thrown at me. "Let the market decide". Yes, a valid point. Even if it fails. So what? I'm not giving up. @Ian. See comment by D00m below regarding DCS-BIOS. @all i would like to co-operate with enthusiastic socially skilled solution-minded community members to create suitable hardware products for the community. Join the team. Lets launch a kick-ass product. See info here --> https://part-up.com/partups/vliegtuigsimulatie-cockpitpanels-voor-dcs-world-o6Sgd9f7vafYNgcHD @159th squad. TX u guys for the encouragement :) :) regards, Michiel Erasmus aka 159th_pappavis

I'd love to but no-one in our squad flies it.

Warhog, are you feeling unapreciated? I respect you for the effort u had done. U made a friggin good cockpit/panels. U are respeced on the pitbuilders subforum. Thing is.. not every1 has the time/inclination to spend HOURS bent over manuals. Sum stuff one can better buy as finished product. If u decide to kickstarter your panels I'll be the first to back your project... if its reasonably priced. I already did that. . Making HOWTO vids takes lotsa time and thought. HOWTO KiCAD for DCSMiG-21bis [ame] [/ame] HOWTO make PCB at home. [ame] [/ame] HOWTO Flatcam + Chillipepr [ame] [/ame] The mig-21bis main powerpanel in operation. [ame] [/ame] HOWTO Inskcape for laser cutter & CNC machines [ame] [/ame] HOWTO MiG-21bis nighttime navigation. [ame] [/ame] I am not claiming anything, neither pretending to know-it-all. Its a learning experience.

Why all the ANGER towards me? If any1 can make a cockpitpanel, then why havent YOU built a Thrustmaster Warthog stick? :P Please answer these questions; 1. Does every1 have a soldering iron? 2. Does every DCS: MiG-21bis pilot have tech savvy to research & build cockpit(panels)? 3. Warhog, there is a market for A-10C off-the-shelf panels. Why havent you built panels for other ppl? 4. Why did Thrustmaster make the Warthog stick & throttle. Is it wrong? 5. Whats wrong to share experiences? 6. Is it wrong to provide a service/product to fellow DCS: MiG-21bis fans? 7. Is it wrong to release my designs as Open Source..? 8. Is it wrong to share the success amongst contributors? THANX goes to; * [FSF] Ian -- who stuck his neck out giving us DCS-BIOS. * wraith444 -- for the MiG-21bis LUA-code. * Leatherneck Simulations for the MIG-21bis. * Eagle Dynamics for DCS. Instead of screaming murder JOIN me, lets create SOLUTIONS for ppl who arent as fortunate as us. The fanaticism expressed here borders on insanity. :lol:

Hi Ian. I hope to answer all your questions. Its immoral, wrong to earn money off the backs of ppl like yourself. Flightsim cockpits is exclusive to serious skilled ppl. I whish to close that gap. More ppl can have fun. More ppl can enjoy the MiG-21bis. 1. Plug-n-play. Recently i bought a HTC Vive. Its no plug-n-play. Only 1 controller works wirelessly. Sumting with my USB chipset. Disappointed? Yes. Enjoying my vive? YES :). 2. Starting a business? Currently with 3x backers? :megalol:. Depends. I wanna help a school in ZA. THose ppl are in dispair, they need help. I am from ZA too. I am in a fortunate position to help. Therefore yes.. I whish to kickstart sumthing which in long-term leads to oppertunities for families in South Africa. So yes.. a business. Is my kickstarter a bad idea? I am open for suggestions. In a small way, we can help bring more stability and happiness to the world. The donations will be explained below. 3. Experience. Its a learning experience on how to work offshored, distributed teams and have happy users. I have to do it, handle everything that comes at me. Hopefully other guys here on the ED forums will pickup on this idea, and start working together. Theres great talent here. Who knows spinoff 'officially supported by Eagle Dynamics' maybe possible. 4. DCS-BIOS. I am grateful to u. Without YOUR effort, none of this will happen. And the guy who made the MiG-21bis LUA-code. I owe you both THANKS for what u r doing for the dcs simpit community. 5. CE-validation etc. Its open source. If suc6full i will put the designs + codes on GitHub, so any1 can download the KiCAD sources, and make the boards themselves. Hopefully the lawyers will be easy on me. 6. Cost price €15,30 excl. VAT taxes. breakdown of costprice; 11x SPDT switches = €8,25 1x PCB board = €1 1x Arduino Nano = €4 1x Max487 chip = €0,30 3x header thingys = €1,75 Why is my asking price €25? 1. To handle returns. If sum1 by accident receives a faulty/non working part. I can replace it. Hope this never happens! 2. To calculate for tax or stuff which i forgot, or didnt add. 3. Unlike software the physical Hardware isnt free. 4. I needed to buy a CNC machine, switches, cables etc etc. THose arent free. In a small way it affords several burnt Arduino's, broken PCBs, broken drillbits. The amount which i ask to raise is ridiculous low. 3x backers aint gonna cut it. Going out to an evening sushi with my wife + kid costs €110. Even if i raise just the bare minimum.. the balance will be used to afford arduino's, PCBs and 'beermoney' ;). Life isnt free. My rent isnt paid for me. I whish it was. I would very much like to share.. minding the taxman etc. 7. CNC prototyping I work mostly alone. Experimentation costs time, and money. (atm without a job) * My CNC machine + TinyG costed €1,500. * Making huge (doublesided) PCBs like my Kickstarter on cnc is asking for trouble. I havent tried it. Its gonna cost me too much €'s. I work on much smaller things. * Drillbits are €12 per set imported from China. €19 if bought locally. * Drillbits wear out rather quickly from 0,2mm to 0,4mm thick. Software vs Hardware Developing software one can do all for free. ATM my 3x backers isnt exaclty breaking down the door to get this board. I wont worry too much. Hell i will be happy if least get to send off 10x DIY kits. 9. team Well.. his pedigree. The same as mine. Is a hobby electronics guy. We met a few months ago at a job fair and agreed to work together. This PCB was about 99,99% my own work. 10. Sharing experiences I wanna share my learning experiences here on this forum, with any1 willing or interested. So we can all benefit. 11. Kids in Africa? Yes, it can help. Most definitley!! The market isnt there, its here. I wanna start a Impact Accelerator. Here's how. 1. Start humble. Grow big.. (thats the idea) 2. Get interest from Social minded capital investors. They dont invest into ideas. They invest into a proven track record. Such as the Kickstarter. 3. Approach social investors so we can start a training facility in Suid-Afrika (South Africa). 4. Start a impact accelerator (social investment). 5. Train trainers in ZA which will do Q&A there. 6. Train ppl get PCBs prototyping / manufactured / assembled there and projects such as IoT. 7. Resulting in oppertunities for ppl who otherwise would live in dispair all their life. Dont give Africans a fish, teach them how to fish themselves. 8. Kids there learns about DCS, they buy/create PCBs and who knows it spinoffs an industry? :P Hope this clarifys. The domain Yes i need to register it soon! For the production boards i will use my own domain erasmus-ict.nl Mass production Not likely in my lifetime. Yes its a singel specific airframe. Price also means time. Design and iron out bugs, which one can sell the same board for next 5 years. Maybe have ppl in Zuid-Afrika assemble it. They too can receive a small €'s for the effort. Yes, u can build it yourself. But.. thats defeats my social enterprise intention. The sources will be on Github anyway. Hope this answers (most) questions. Current status. 3 backers :joystick:. I wont worry that much. regards, Michiel Erasmus aka 159th_pappavis

My kickstarter is live!!! MiG-21bis main powerpanel Main thread HERE --> http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2801075#post2801075 Hi guys, My Crowdfunding campaign for a MiG-21bis Main Powerpanel is live. Its a custom panel resembling the DCS: MiG-21bis’ cockpit. The panel is built using open Open Source Arduino’s and the DCS-BIOS interface. [ame=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1793317350/mig-21bis-main-powerpanel-for-dcs-world]Kickstarter project page[/ame] Choose the option "Back this Project". Even a €5 contribution helps!!

Hoi Ian. THANX. You made it possible. I wouldnt start on cockpits without your DCS-BIOS. I am aware of the intracacies of Plug & Play, COM-ports, firewalls etc. The code for this board will be open source, so any1 who buys it can experiment on his own time. Therfore firewalls etc etc is kinda own responsibilities. FYI gr8 chance that this Kickstarter is gonna cost me €'s. (Dont tell my wife!!) :helpsmilie:. The board is sold at costprice. Hackable. Its open source. Sum1 might even change it to use on Ka-50. Who knows :P. There are really prof pitbuilders out there, maybe they take up on this and also do Kickstarters? The €5 pledges; * for affording PCB copper prototype boards (costing €3 per piece). * To expensive drill bits for my CNC Machine. 1 copper PCB board consumes >=2 drillbits! * investing into Arduino Nano's. * buying buttons, switches for prototyping etc etc * and.. a beermoney for Ian, Leatherneck, ED and myself. Ian is beermoney safe from the taxman? :P :P Guys, please press that 'back this project'-button :music_whistling:. regards, Michiel Erasmus aka 159th_pappavis.

Hi guys, My Crowdfunding campaign for a MiG-21bis Main Powerpanel is live. Its a custom panel resembling the DCS: MiG-21bis’ cockpit. Unfortunately for us we dont have access to a real MiG-21bis so its a bit of creative guesswork however we are confident that you will like it. The panel is built using open Open Source Arduino’s and the DCS-BIOS interface. Choose the option "Back this Project". [ame] [/ame]

Gunship on the C64.. i spend countrless hours :)

The holodeck of Star Trek is a definite possibility then. The the whole body can be motion tracked like the Vive controller.

I remember this about 1993. At the time didnt have any clue on what VR is. Just check those big headsets. The whole setup must've costed a fortune at 1993 prices. The platform is practical for limiting movement and not bounding into stuff. [ame] [/ame]

Royalties need to be paid to ED, also if u create content for 3rd party modules. I got that reply by posting a Support question. regards, Michiel

+1 I most defnitley want to buy it. Matt, just publish it in the ED store. Lets keep quality Officialy Sanctioned content centralized.

Maybe we can workout something. Check your PM.

check this ole 1993 music videoclip at about 1:45 into the clip Isnt that a Oculus Rift? At that time.. * Flatscreens computer wasnt even in Scifi * Full color HD-screens on your face. Not even in Sci fi. The videoproducer was waaaay ahead of their time :P Forward to 1:45 into clip [ame] [/ame]

I wanna make a 1970's campaign, based on real life historical events, real (former) pilots reenacting voice comms of historical sorties. Such level of detail wont be cheap. Its gonna cost >=€15,000 to produce. To give you an idea. of the costs; * Scenariowriters charges €50 per hour x 80 = €4,000 * Soundfx & reserarch also <>€4,000 * Royalties to ED & Leatherneck.. €?? .. etc.. To gauge interest, and before i go recruit a team for nothing.. just wanna know what you guys think of it? Will you buy this (freemium) campaign?

yes, the idea is to build panels. You mentioned earlier a few months ago about all the ROHS and compliance cr@p.. and seeing the complexity of building panels its a hugggge undertaking!! Not for the faint of haeart. On this forum certainly is the needed expertise. TX! Cockpit building is a specialised hacker job. I barely got a taste of it using my amateuristic MiG-21bis fuel panel ;). My approach would be to build 20x cockpit panels. Going for 10,000 would be totally insane :P. With a limited number of users, the "Netgear'-router problems should be less likely. And no ned to try support that many. There's this guy on Kickstarter making arduino header boards. He started small.. like 15 boards, now he has done >4 kickstarters, his latest "Pi2Grover" project hit 230% funded. I wanna do it small, and scale-up.

Hi Guys. I wanna start a Kickstarter campaign for DCS cockpitpanels. Wanna help? Hardcore simmers cant afford a simulated home cockpits. An elite few has one at home. However its custom built. For exclusive personal use. Not mentioning prohibitlvey expensive, time consuming. The electronics involved is not for the faint of heart. Therefore, only to ultra few individuals. Lets make modular home cockpits accesible to the general public using DCS-BIOS. Personally the MiG-21bis is my choice, however we can do a A-10C or Ka-50. ABOUT ME: Loves the MiG-21bis, learnt Arduino & electronics from Youtube vids, works in the IT, wanna learn Kickstarter/Crowdsourcing. "Job openings"; 1. A technical savvy cofounder with experience & interest in building DCS home cockpits. 2. LUA-script coder, to add more DCS aircraft to DCS-BIOS. 3. Industrial designer. Please mail me michiel@erasmus-ict.nl website=http://erasmus-ict.nl Example MiG-21bis panel (early beta!!!)

bombcam Bomb cam. South African Airforce Buc attacking a bridge on the Cuito river in Angola. (pilots are talking in Afrikaans) https://www.facebook.com/768797026523286/videos/903101399759514/

24 Eskader, Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag. BTW.. on the facebook group "24 Squadron" are lotsa pix/airmen who operationally flew/maintained the Buccaneers for the South African Airforce. 24 Squadron South African Airforce Buccaneer refuelling somehwere <=1990's.

I'd LOOOOOVE to see a 24 Squadron South African Airforce version :) [ame] [/ame]

Small update. I've been making a few PCBs on my Chinese CNC 3040Z-DQ machine. What i learnt sofar; 1. The drillbits of 0,1mm quickly wears out to >=0,5mm :(. 2. Level surface of a pcb of 12x15xm is a challenge. The surface equality can differ upto 1,5mm. 3. Tuning the precion was/is a challgenge, espcially calculating revolutions per minute. 4. When CNC'ing one should generate 'non_copper' gcodes. That will create a empty circuit path. 5. Software. Lotsa FREE open source stuff available such as FlatCAM and TinyG. 6. Drillbits Using a brand new V-shaped drillbit 0,1mm gives best results.

Extremely rare, footage!! 24 Eskader Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag. Must've been early 1980's.