Schwinn

I just bought one of Leo's cards and 5 hall sensors one week ago and it indicates they shipped. I think that he has alot on his plate with everything he is doing but I sure wouldn't hesitate to buy another USB controller from him.

Yep you are right.

You could insert a bar into the back of the shaft and work with a friction behind the wall. Yellow is the bar, red is where you insert it and green is the direction of friction. With no brake lever you could just use a constant friction like a rubber pad on either side sandwiching the bar. Or you could insert a rod and then use a magnet on a piece of metal to provide constant friction as the rod would slide the magnet up and down. Excuse the simple cad drawing =)

My bro came through and got me this Semi Truck seat for free =) We loves him atm =) The best part is it has a flat base for mounting. I will definitely have to cut it shorter because it sits to high =)

So here is kinda how it was done. D - F is n by itself B - D is n A - C is the Shift when D - F is thrown it gives us n when A - C this is thrown B - D is also thrown so "Shift n" = N

Tested and confirmed with the DPDT Momentary (on) off (on). I was able to generate "n" when I pressed the toggle up and "N" when I pressed the toggle down. I assume (I know thats bad) that if I locate the alt and ctrl as well the same should work. I need to finish the breakout board and then map the combinations.

I like your overhead panel alot!!! With the TH2G will you be able to use the 4th screen in game?

I agree with you Hitch. I want the pit to be comfortable and functional. It can look close to the real thing but I don't need it to have every switch function like the real one.

I found a nice full sized DPDT Mom (on) off (on) switch in town here and then I took it to the counter and asked the guy how much...$16.95 sir...I think that made me crap my pants a little. Hong Kong for switches it will be! LOL

What about momentary (on) off (on) that way the switch doesn't stay on? I am going to buy one and test it tonight when I get home from work.

I need to get two different keystrokes at once from one switch throw as I am hacking a keyboard for this and want to emulate "shift n" for example. So a momentary (on) off (on) toggle that would throw "n" when used upwards and "shift" and "n" when used downwards. I think I found one I am going to try these. http://cgi.ebay.ca/2-DPDT-ON-OFF-ON-CAR-BOAT-Momentary-SWITCH-M702_W0QQitemZ300328682689QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item45ecfc04c1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65:12|66:2|39:1|72:1215|293:1|294:50#ebayphotohosting

It sorta worked....I got the H but it also gave me a second letter as well...but I think its all in the switches you use. If you can get a switch that with one throw will trigger two separate keys. I don't know if there are switches that can do that?

OMG IT WORKS!!!!!!! I wired the "shift" and the letter "h" to the same switch and when I pressed it i got a "H" If I cut the wire for shift it gives me a "h" in lower caps!!!. Now to wire the breakout board and test all the connections.

Your sig makes my eye twitch...LOL. My wife just hit my screen a few minutes ago =)

I've decided to make the cockpit a bit wider to use the seat I have. My wife pointed out it doesn't have to be 100% accurate dimensions. I hate it when she is right lol =)

The Ctrl+Shift+any key is something I am trying to figure out as that would enable this setup to activate every switch in the cockpit (300+ combinations from one keyboard) Wireless KB I don't see why it wouldn't work. I would think it would be a pain using batteries =). The particular keyboard I used was the Ideazon ZBoard keyboard where you can swap new keys in and out for different games. It does have USB inputs on the board =) http://www.steelseries.com/us/products/keyboards/zboard/information

Here are a few of the pieces placed on the base. It all still needs sanding painting....I am forgetting something...OH SWITCHES =\ lol. I need to make the collective stick longer and I need to get a new seat. I may have to breakdown and build one because the one I have is too wide.

For the bulkheads if you don't have a cnc router...I just bought a regular router table today for 80.00 Cad and inverted the router. Wow what a difference and a time saver too. The bulkheads I am making come out smooth with very little need for sanding. PS I hate you for being so good at Solidworks lol. I can't use it very well =)

Looks great to me!! Keep up the good work.

Here is the link I followed. You can trace the circuits if you want to but I opted for the more dangerous approach of just solder and test =). http://gmame.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/keyboard-hacking/ this is kinda what I want to end up with. Cleaner tho hopefully. Here is what I did to test it. If you see the ZIF sockets (I think thats what they are called) flip the board over and solder a wire to one of the pins. Then connect the USB keyboard and just touch the other end of the wire to the other pins one at a time recording what they do. I opened Start -> Run so I could see which letter/number popped up. That particular pair of pins yielded the letter "n" lower case.

I ignored the film carbon contacts and just soldered a wire to one of the contacts on the board then just touched the other contacts one at a time to see what it did lol =) It quickly showed me about 10 keystrokes. Its a bit of work but it is kinda cool. I will see if I can dig up the link I used.

If you are mechanically inclined you can build your own controls =) Its quite fun and usually you build them to suit you.

I read an article and decided to give it a try. It was so easy it wasn't funny. I am excited at the possibility of the number of inputs that a keyboard hack can generate and all for about 10.00 :pilotfly: I will post some pics of what I have done tomorrow.

Simply amazing. If you give Kamov a call I am sure they may need a builder for their helos hehe =)

Finally some more progress!!! Still needs sanding and finishing but hey one step closer. I ordered another Leo Bodnar board as well as hall effect sensors which I can't find anywhere close to me. I also ordered 50 square pushbutton switches like Oak and Trigger are using. The collective with the brake functioning =) The side of the collective box with the nylon strap I used for friction and super expensive copper gimbal ;) The back. The view from underneath the friction assembly. I wanted something super simple and effective. Three views of the left console. I am planning on using 22 gauge sheet metal to cover the round and top.