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My was was. He allways told me if your going to build something do it right!!! Then once I started making stuff for me with his help he would say "its not a frikin piano!!" LOL Gotta love the ole double standard fathers.

Lol!! I guess this is a "tight" commmunity!!

I am using 2 of Leo's cards to get my rudders, collective and cyclic working (his site is down atm for me)As well I will need to buy two of these. http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/products/ke_usb108.html

Does that fall under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy? hehe

Looking good bud. The Saitek throttle is quite nice nice. I have one but mine isn't usb it requires the yoke to be hooked up at the same time.

Damn man looks great. I have the 22 gauge steel just waiting and after seeing you do this I definitely have to do the same!!

lol here I am looking at switches and guards on the net and I turn around and someone is being bashfull =) Maybe even hoping for a tummy rub =)

Hey Bad on the "switch wall of death" where did you get the round switch guards? make them or buy them?

As long as you are flying it doesn't matter what it looks like =) It's always nice to see what other people are using to fly with =)

It kinda didn't sound right when I went back and reread what I typed. Either way I am happy to see some more home grown collectives and controls =)

I am so excited a lot of my switches arrived today and the best part is when I order airmail from Hong Kong there is no DUTY!!!!!!

You should start your own thread about your progress =) It would be cool to have another one to read! For my collective I bought these for Shkval zoom. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300326327655

Looks excellent =) I just tested SV Mapper and on off switches...man do I have to get my collective wired so I can fly =). So if you want to wire yours up Leo is still selling his boards and they work excellent!!

Whew thank you Trigger I was getting worried =) I am going to check it out this weekend thank you Hitch!!

Uhhh I just realized both Leos boards have the exact same name when I plug them in. Is that going to cause a problem within the game/Windows?

They are the standard over here in North America for simpit building...but I agree way to over priced.

SVMapper can make it so on on only gives you one keypress at a time I think? Am i right Trigger?

This is how I understand it. I may be wrong =) I hope so. I think you have to have all the resolutions set the same for it to work properly. So it will look like 5 monitors with 1280x1024 each (6400 x 1024) or if your smallest resolution is 800 x 600 then (4000 x 600)

Did some Google Sketchup drawings for the new collective. A little rough but I think the idea gets across.

I am totally up for that. I have to confess...I haven't even flown Black Shark yet lol. Been getting the cockpit figured out and I just received my hall sensors and USB board from Leo so I should be at lest able to get my controls up and running this weekend. Do you guys use Ventrillo?

Apparently I need to move to a different country to work with Aluminum. here in Canada I would have to sell my kids to be able to afford it. I bought a small bar 3 inch by 8 inches and it cost me $45.00 =\

A few small updates. I cut the base to the seat shorter and welded it back on so the seat would sit lower. Close up of the bottom brace reversed and ready for bolting =) big thanks to my dad for digging out his arc welder and his 40 year old welding rods lol. His words to me were..."I am not sure this is gonna work anymore." I am glad they did. Stellios this is the gap I am refering too in my last post to you.

23 inches or 584 mm at the corrected length. As it sits now the collective is 16 inches or 406mm but it doesn't reach the front console like it should.

I will measure it once I get home. Do you want it in metric or imperial?

My buddy just offered me a second SPH-5 helmit (has a small crack) for free =) Having two will be nice for the apache cockpit. I cut the brackets on the seat shorter and welded them back into place update with pics soon.