yogi149 Posted February 4, 2017 Posted February 4, 2017 Hi, nearly 3 years ago, a buddy from RC-forum asked me to make the switch-box for the UH collective, which he wants to combine with his throttlestick. Some days later I could show him this box. Made from pictures and some measurements. In the following discussion for the adapter and the necessary steering angle I decided to make the base too. And because I did not want to sell parts, without tests on suitability I decided to make a simpit for my own. And because the EC-120 is my favorite helicopter with a cockpit that seems not to difficult I started this. I the following posts I will show pictures and renderings from the simpit I fly in XPlane and DCS. regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
TripRodriguez Posted February 4, 2017 Posted February 4, 2017 Looking forward to seeing your setup Yogi! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Demo of my 6DOF Motion VR Sim:
yogi149 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 Hi, since we also make scale parts for RC helicopters and get the opportunity to measure out a EC-120 based in switzerland, the whole cockpit was re-engineered in Rhino3D and the first parts were made in dez. 2014 The EC-120 is "simple" enough to make the whole Panel with all gauges physically working. It has only 4 little displays for GPS and VEMD. regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
yogi149 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 this is one of my first picture in Rhino3D regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
yogi149 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 a smart seat was mounted on the floor and my additional car seat went back to my car.:music_whistling: regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
yogi149 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 my pedals with our damped base. regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
yogi149 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 my switchpanel, which is still waiting for the substructure. On it's backside works an arduino mega for communication via ethernet with my XPlane. I think communication with DCS will be realized middle of the year. regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
RabidRider Posted February 4, 2017 Posted February 4, 2017 Hi Yogi, what kind of seat is that? Do you have any problems reaching the cyclic from that position, seems like it is kind of low and too far forward, no?
yogi149 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Posted February 4, 2017 Hi souporsonic, it is from an 2 seater "Smart", buyed on ebay. the picture shows the swiss original for my simpit. regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
TripRodriguez Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 my switchpanel, which is still waiting for the substructure. On it's backside works an arduino mega for communication via ethernet with my XPlane. I think communication with DCS will be realized middle of the year. This is very nice! Happy to hear you are working on DCS integration as well. I love that you borrowed the seat out of your car for a while! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Demo of my 6DOF Motion VR Sim:
yogi149 Posted February 5, 2017 Author Posted February 5, 2017 Hi This is very nice! Happy to hear you are working on DCS integration as well. I love that you borrowed the seat out of your car for a while! much simpler: it is one of two additional seats from my minivan. All seats except the 2 frontseat can be taken out of the car simply. To buy a "smart" seat from ebay was a recommendation from the buddy who gets the first UH collective. With the shown base parts I could mount it on my pit floor even with the moving rails. And the seat height match nearly the original height. Only the with is slightly too wide, so I moved my collective 50mm to the left for better moving and gripping. If someone wants the drawings for these EC-120 / AS-350 style seat-base parts, please simply mail me, I can send them in DXF or other file format. And I think that I can design some SA-342M Style mounts for the "Smart" The seats for older models are really cheap at ebay, mine was only 39,-€ + shipping. regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
TripRodriguez Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) Very nice Yogi. I love the look of the EC-120 seat mounts, I already have my seats purchased and will have to make mounts to fit them. How difficult would it be for you to make me SA-342 pedals? Things I would most like to get are SA-342 style pedals, left hand "video" grip, Co-pilot cyclic grip. Edited February 5, 2017 by TripRodriguez [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Demo of my 6DOF Motion VR Sim:
yogi149 Posted February 5, 2017 Author Posted February 5, 2017 How difficult would it be for you to make me SA-342 pedals? Things I would most like to get are SA-342 style pedals, left hand "video" grip, Co-pilot cyclic grip. I think the pedals are no problem.;) For the stick tubes, I will ask my manufacturer, but instead of welding the bow part to the straight part, I will design a 3D printed part. For the Co-pilot cyclic it would be helpfully to find some more pictures from the original. Then will can offer this grip like our B8 or EC-style grips. regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
TripRodriguez Posted March 20, 2017 Posted March 20, 2017 I'd love to see more photos of your pit Yogi! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Demo of my 6DOF Motion VR Sim:
yogi149 Posted July 14, 2017 Author Posted July 14, 2017 Hi after getting my JetSeat parts from Andre, my Smartseat is transformed to a massage-seat.:pilotfly: The only change I made: I added some centimeters of cable and 2 4-pole clamp-connectors because I have to guide the cables on the backside of the seat. And I can fold the seat if I remove 2 screws from the base. and here I signed the positions time to transform 2 hours including 2 cups of coffee :thumbup: regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
TripRodriguez Posted July 15, 2017 Posted July 15, 2017 Nice! I too deconstructed a JetSeat. I integrated it into the cushions I made for my RotorWays helicopter fiberglass seat shell. Do you have the sound module and shakers as well? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Demo of my 6DOF Motion VR Sim:
yogi149 Posted July 15, 2017 Author Posted July 15, 2017 I directly ordered only the parts for the JetSeat, so I have only to arrange them under the cushions.:music_whistling: regards / gruesse yogi Und wer Rechschreibfehler findet, der darf sie gerne behalten.
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