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Round OLED's are now readily available in a range of sizes you could move from LCD to OLED for this and you Battery gauge.

Greetings, I am very interested in your project here just wondering if you have got this working with DCS yet? i'm also interested in what type of OLED's you used do you have any part numbers you could post. Im guessing this required the ESP from a processing point of view is that correct? Lastly you talk about the coding challenges, but I can't actually see your code was it ever posted to this thread? Regards.

Greetings, If you want to learn about DCS-BIOS and panel building, look up the Open Hornet Project, The Warthog Project (Youtube) and join the discord channels for OH and DCSFlightpanels..... lots!!! of information that will help you on your way..... Regards, B

Hey Les, This might be what you are looking for....... Nylon Look Fabric Waterproof 5oz Material Pond Outdoor Camp Tent Seat Cover | eBay This is what I bought for my Hornet seat.

I couldn't justify the cost of the TPR ($900) but went with the T-Rudder Mark IV pedals for around $400, very pleased with the product, great quality also no plastic in sight. Changes the whole dynamic of the flying experience, a great product. Only limitation, no Toe Brakes, to have brakes or an extra $500 in the pocket, you decide....... I'm happy I went with this product.

Living in Australia being so far away can suck at times, in this case Thrustmaster DO NOT have a support channel in this country. I have a Warthog Joystick that needs parts, I have examined the unit and know what I need to buy, can anyone put me in touch with a repair agent anywhere (most likely Europe or the USA, but if there's one in Asia) that would be awesome. After spending more than a $1000 on products you would think the support arm is able to support their products anywhere needed? Premium products demand a better level of support when spending this amount of money......... All I want is someone who can supply and ship parts to Australia. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

@crash test pilot and @agrasyuk - Greetings from down under (Australia) thanks for your prompt replies, really good to hear that others are experimenting and pushing the boundaries. I am going to setup a Mega master and slave and see how things go, my goal is to keep the number of modules as low as possible and to organise them in a logical way. The Hornet Left and Right consoles seem pretty straight forward, but I'll have to think about the best way to divide up the Centre Console..... perhaps along similar lines, left side DDI's, Centre UFC/MPCD and Right Side instruments, not sure of the full number required, but I would think the whole cockpit could be done with maybe 6-7 megas?.... that might work. Mega's can be had for about $15 AUD these days and Nano's are about $10, so a Mega would appear better value.... but for now I'll get a test rig setup, thanks again.....

Greetings to all and thank you for a most interesting post and conversation, I have been building some panels and getting up to speed with DCS-bios but now the time has come to go the "full monty" as they say and move from Mega's to RS485 Bus, maybe....... I have some questions around the setup. 1. It was mentioned that you couldn't use a Mega as a Slave, this would seem to be an ideal solution due to the large number of output pins, is this still correct as of 2021? 1a. Can anyone explain as to why this is the case, as I have seen Uno's used as masters and slave in other IOT projects? is it specifically a 2560 mega issue? 2. In early post there is a picture from Han via Blue73 (I think) around his left, right and front panels and all the nano's (4) used for Front, by my reckoning there aren't enough outputs available to run all the DDI/MPCD buttons and the combined switches etc, are you using mega's or something else for them? 3. Even using Nano's It seems to me that its going to be quite complicated and you are going to have the larger panels run by multiple nano's, I assume people find this ok? 4. Are there any other considerations around the USB use of Mega's as this always seemed to make more practicality to me as a mega still has approximately the same number of pins as 4 nano's? The only downside appears to be the USB requirements. 5. Slightly off topic, has anyone considered using the i-pac4 boards as an alternative, mind you they are a premium board along with associated costs.? but they appear to overcome issues with USB bus. https://www.ultimarc.com/control-interfaces/i-pacs/i-pac4-board/ Regards to all and thanks for any replies.

Greetings, For those who are interested the Open Hornet project has plans for a CNC cut ejection seat. It it made from MDF or Ply and uses 3D printed parts for details. It looks very good. B

Greetings, Not sure if this has been raised before but I can find no reference to it in the forums. When viewing any Airfield Information details via map pressing F10, clicking the Airfield name etc the Runway length information is referenced in "M" wherein it should be actually "F" for Feet. E.g. Persian Gulf Map - Al Dhafra Airbase shows as "11403 m" in length, which when you apply the correct meter to feet the conversion would actually be 37411 feet of there about's. The same applies to Abu Dhabi, Al Minhad and Dubai incorrectly reported as Metric Meter's for length data whereas the number referenced appears to be approximate Feet. Airfield length data can actually be checked from any of the many on-line databases. E.G. https://www.world-airport-codes.com/united-arab-emirates/al-dhafra-military-24.html Verifies the Al Dhafra length as 12,012 feet (not 11403 meters or 37411 feet.) 12,012 Feet is actually 3661 Meters. See attached images for Al Dhafra Air Base, Al Minhad and Dubai International AP. All show an approximate length in feet, but is referenced as "M" for metres. Just thought I'd point this out on the off chance it has actually been missed somehow...... Assume Caucasus maps are also using the wrong unit of measurement. Not sure if this is a table or graphical error in DCS or because of any imperial or metric settings applied to the Windows 10 operating system. I am using Windows 10 Pro Regards al dhafra.bmp