Do it yourself collective?

[FishDoctor]

Hello everyone!

 

I want to have a nice collective, because hovering with Warthog is possible but not as real as I would like to have.

 

The problem: Komodosims and others are really expensive, too expensive.

I don't understand, why there are much throttles and no collective on the market.

 

The solution: Building a own one. One plan is to assign the movement from the collective with a bowden cable to the throttle of the Warthog. Another to use Saitek Pro Flight Throttle, with I would prefer, but until now, I have no idea how to assign.

 

The Question: Does anyone allready did so and has experience to share? And any ideas about the Pro Flight Throttle?

 

Thank you all!

[hansangb]

Search here (or Google) for "Jaroslav collective" You'll see what he was doing with hit.

[FishDoctor]

But he also wants 240£ for it...

[Viersbovsky]

PeterP has some experience, I think:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86015

[BIGNEWY]

I was lucky, managed to find a real helicopter collective on ebay that had been damaged and I adapted it for use with DCS using an old X45 throttle. I spent around £50 with parts and the collective itself.

 

Best thing to do is play around with equipment you have already, and like Viersbovsky has mentioned PeterP's thread is great, I took a lot of inspiration from it.

[lxvanwyk]