F-14 Cockpit and instrument dimensions

[RustBelt]

On 7/6/2025 at 8:04 AM, Hagen said:

Hello,
I finally finished the ACM. I used TS90MD servos to avoid screens as much as possible.

 

Nicely executed!

[ChillDamage]

Oh, how I've wanted to get a post out here. 

For all of the RIOs out there that want as close to 1:1 as you can get, I've been meticulously working on a new panel that should look quite familiar... and of course, I'm happy to share the files for it once I have the rest of it cinched together. Measurements and designs for the panel were taken as closely as I could get them from the local Tomcat we have at our city museum so they should be pretty close to accurate. 

So far, I've made the model for the selector knobs, SVG maps for the hole cutouts and the text labels, the mechanism for selecting which of the 43 positions to use on the thumb wheel, and the mechanism to turn two BCD 0-9 encoders for the DLVY OPTNS selectors. Last couple pieces involve shaping the small metal flip shield for SEL JETT and getting the gears for the WPN TYPE wheel printed or machined so it works as expected. Overall, this has taken about a month of work, but I'm excited to make this my next years-long hobby project. 

Feedback to any of it is always welcome!!! 

On that note, would it be best to assume SendCutSend is going to be my best option for getting the acrylic cut the way I need it?image.png null

[draconus]

6 hours ago, ChillDamage said:

Upside down?

[Uxi]

7 hours ago, ChillDamage said:

Oh, how I've wanted to get a post out here. 

For all of the RIOs out there that want as close to 1:1 as you can get, I've been meticulously working on a new panel that should look quite familiar... and of course, I'm happy to share the files for it once I have the rest of it cinched together. Measurements and designs for the panel were taken as closely as I could get them from the local Tomcat we have at our city museum so they should be pretty close to accurate. 

So far, I've made the model for the selector knobs, SVG maps for the hole cutouts and the text labels, the mechanism for selecting which of the 43 positions to use on the thumb wheel, and the mechanism to turn two BCD 0-9 encoders for the DLVY OPTNS selectors. Last couple pieces involve shaping the small metal flip shield for SEL JETT and getting the gears for the WPN TYPE wheel printed or machined so it works as expected. Overall, this has taken about a month of work, but I'm excited to make this my next years-long hobby project. 

Feedback to any of it is always welcome!!! 

On that note, would it be best to assume SendCutSend is going to be my best option for getting the acrylic cut the way I need it?image.png null

 

 

 

Looks great!  Hitting the rest of the RIO office?  Since I play in VR, laser cut panels don't matter as much to me and raised/embossed on FDM is usually good enough for the look.  I've had a K40 or K60 on my wishlist for awhile but something else always seems to come up.

I have the printed LANTIRN and RIO HCU from the CG Trader and was hoping to address the CAP myself (don't really need flipping boards and the rest is just push buttons).  Other folks have done the TACAN but the Armament and the Countermeasures panels were the ones that I knew there would be issues with.  

What sort of controller are you looking to use for all these inputs? 
 

[xavier737]

Totally feel you on the VR vs. physical build tradeoff, but man, there’s something about flipping actual switches that just hits different. The CAP’s on my list too, just not sure how far down the rabbit hole I wanna go.