P-51 Hotas Anyone?

I am trying to determine if there is any interest in a P-51 HOTAS setup before gearing up for production. Throttle quadrant will be 100% to NAA drawings with minor material changes and additions to create a working USB controller. The control stick will be a floor mount unit with authentic grip and range of movement. Pricing is still up in the air at the moment, but would most likely be in the Warthog HOTAS range. Renders of the quadrant are shown here...the stick is still in work.

Let me know if you are interested....if there is enough interest, I will start small scale production.

Not necessarily a throttle, as it is not very useful for jets that I fly. But I am interested at an authentic stick, what kind of gimbal system will it have?

Wow! For the price of the Warthog I would definitely buy!

Looking forward to see how the project will go!

I'm interested in both - throttle and stick.

I have to say.. that is pretty awesome. I hacked an old F-16 HOTAS with a hall sensor axis for my setup but that sir, looks great. Using a hall sensor on your creation for throttle and RPM?

I can imagine many in the Il2 community would also be interested. This would be the very first WW2 throttle and stick!

A complete P-51 hotas for the price of a warthog would be a very good deal!

Absolutely 100% Yes!

Absolutely 100% Yes!

With Rock on this one

cant we get some love for a Huey Stick and collective?

would be very usefull for Black Shark allso.

well that really looks nice....dont know whether i would buy it or not tbh....(cause im really satisfied with my TM Warthog right now)

what the market is really lacking i think, are pedals with hall sensors....there were those simpeds, but unfortunately they are not produced anymore...thats something i would buy in a second.

Happy to hear there is some interest...to be honest, I would be pushing ahead with the project in any case - as I want one for myself!

Not necessarily a throttle, as it is not very useful for jets that I fly. But I am interested at an authentic stick, what kind of gimbal system will it have?

Gimbal system will be a quad ball bearing setup using hall effect sensors. The stick is very much only at the concept stage right now, but I plan on keeping true to the actual P-51 setup... until it becomes cost prohibitive

cant we get some love for a Huey Stick and collective?

 

would be very usefull for Black Shark allso.

That may be a good third project (see No. 2 below)...but no promises until P-51 is complete. I don't want to turn this project into "vaporware" by not staying focused. If anyone has access to the original stick and collective, we should talk...I have access to a white light scanner and could create a 3D model for reverse engineering it.

well that really looks nice....dont know whether i would buy it or not tbh....(cause im really satisfied with my TM Warthog right now)

what the market is really lacking i think, are pedals with hall sensors....there were those simpeds, but unfortunately they are not produced anymore...thats something i would buy in a second.

Realistic P-51 Rudder is second on the priority list.... after the HOTAS

Thanks for the support guys. I will keep you all posted on the development.

Maybe this is not the right place to ask. But i have a saitek x52 pro. How is it to use it with the huey.

And of course the P51

Happy to hear there is some interest...to be honest, I would be pushing ahead with the project in any case - as I want one for myself!

 

 

 

Gimbal system will be a quad ball bearing setup using hall effect sensors. The stick is very much only at the concept stage right now, but I plan on keeping true to the actual P-51 setup... until it becomes cost prohibitive

 

 

 

That may be a good third project (see No. 2 below)...but no promises until P-51 is complete. I don't want to turn this project into "vaporware" by not staying focused. If anyone has access to the original stick and collective, we should talk...I have access to a white light scanner and could create a 3D model for reverse engineering it.

 

 

 

Realistic P-51 Rudder is second on the priority list.... after the HOTAS

 

Thanks for the support guys. I will keep you all posted on the development.

let me know when you are finished with you pedals!will you use hall effect sensors or pots?

Happy to hear there is some interest...to be honest, I would be pushing ahead with the project in any case - as I want one for myself!

 

 

 

Gimbal system will be a quad ball bearing setup using hall effect sensors. The stick is very much only at the concept stage right now, but I plan on keeping true to the actual P-51 setup... until it becomes cost prohibitive

 

 

 

That may be a good third project (see No. 2 below)...but no promises until P-51 is complete. I don't want to turn this project into "vaporware" by not staying focused. If anyone has access to the original stick and collective, we should talk...I have access to a white light scanner and could create a 3D model for reverse engineering it.

 

 

 

Realistic P-51 Rudder is second on the priority list.... after the HOTAS

 

 

Thanks for the support guys. I will keep you all posted on the development.

I would be very interested in a desktop version rather then just a floor mounted one as I dont have space for a permant pit. Just to give you a ball park my price point for this kind of thing would be £250-300 (up to say $500) anything beyond that and it starts going above me. No expectations but thought it was good to give you an idea when you say about costs being prohibitive.

Maybe this is not the right place to ask. But i have a saitek x52 pro. How is it to use it with the huey.

 

And of course the P51

Your right this is the wrong place to ask

I would be very interested in a desktop version rather then just a floor mounted one as I dont have space for a permant pit. Just to give you a ball park my price point for this kind of thing would be £250-300 (up to say $500) anything beyond that and it starts going above me. No expectations but thought it was good to give you an idea when you say about costs being prohibitive.

Whilst a desk mount version is more practical in many cases, it kind of defeats the purpose of an accurately modelled stick.

Whilst a desk mount version is more practical in many cases, it kind of defeats the purpose of an accurately modelled stick.

Thats a fair point, Practicality has to come into it when you have a house the size of a tin can though :p

That said if there was an option of a floor mount or nothing I couldnt rule it out providing that storage was an option.

Food for thought :)

Pman

I'd say if you have room to store an umbrella then you should probably be able to store a floor mounted stick, as logn as you can detach the base

I would buy !

I would totally buy this for the price I just bought a TM Warthog (~$400, although $500 seems reasonable)...but one condition...Force feedback integration is a must!

The market is wide open for FFB flight sticks right now with the discontinuation of the Logitech G940, btw.

let me know when you are finished with you pedals!will you use hall effect sensors or pots?

Definitely hall effect sensors...

I would totally buy this for the price I just bought a TM Warthog (~$400, although $500 seems reasonable)...but one condition...Force feedback integration is a must!

 

 

The market is wide open for FFB flight sticks right now with the discontinuation of the Logitech G940, btw.

Unfortunately, force feedback is not in the plans at the moment. I don't forsee being able to come in at the price point I'm aiming for with ffb implemented. Also, to be honest ffb is beyond my capability as far as the software/firmware goes.

I'm hoping to have a proof of concept 3d model of the stick ready to show next week. Current plan is to have a "socket" based pedestal which will allow some interchangeability to different sticks/grips in the future.

Is there any idea of a price range that this would go to?

Are you sure this can be done in the warthog price range? I see plenty of machining, bending, engraving etc...

I can take care of the FFB, you just need to make the stick connector a 5pin mini DIN like the warthog/cougar so it can attach to my base.

This looks very cool, but such a beautiful piece of hardware without ffb doesn't make sense.

Maybe a ffb version could come as an addon? If you plan on making a base pedestal you could offer a non-ffb one now and a ffb enabled one later.