For what its worth, I would trust pappavis and his intentions entirely. he's always been a good guy with honest intentions and extremely helpful to those whom come to him with questions. The 159th is certainly a group that is quite giving to the community and I owe them much. That said, it pains me to see the tone this thread has taken - questioning the venture proposed is fine but there really are other ways to present positions and inquiries that dispense with the vitriol and hostility.
yes - many folks could make these panels themselves - part of what sets a "Market rate" is determining a price that i will accept so I do not have to do more work than i want to... 25 Euro to me is in that ball park as it saves my time searching/ordering/messing with learning Bodnar... Sure, I'll have to mess about with DCS BIOS but that was expected when I heard it mentioned. That said, I was interpreting his "Plug and Play" to refer to the plugging of switches into his custom PCB board, not the plug and play into the sim but I can see how the confusion can arise and I might be wrong on how he intended to use that term.
At any rate, it would likely be much better for us all if we dialed back a bit on the tone here.
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