My homemade ufc

[colyoap]

Hey all, just wanted to share my different approach to building an a-10c ufc.I built this out of 1/4" plexiglass I had laying around and installed 36 momentary buttons wired to a gp-40 usb board. The front ufc panal is actually a printout from in-game that I laminated and superglued to the plexiglass frame. The buttons are mounted just aft of the insertable panal so that when I push on the laminated insert it actuates the button. I went this route so that I can configure this ufc to work with other aircraft by simply editing the button names on another insert. This way all I have to do when switching from, say, the a-10 to the harrier or f-18 is pull out one insert and replace it with another custom made for that aircraft. This way I don't need to build 3 different ufc units. Just an idea that seems to work...?

[colyoap]

Added pic

[BIGNEWY]

nice

[Mike Powell]

well done. good example of a useful concept.

[colyoap]

Thanks! Now I just need the harrier or hornet...

[NineLine]

Very cool, always wanted to do something like this myself.

[colyoap]

Very cool, always wanted to do something like this myself.

 

Construction of the plexiglass parts was fairly easy to do, what took wayyy longer than I expected was wiring/soldering all the buttons. Tip-of-the-hat to those who build entire pits :thumbup:

[javelina1]

wow, that looks awesome. great job. wish I was that creative.

[NineLine]

Construction of the plexiglass parts was fairly easy to do, what took wayyy longer than I expected was wiring/soldering all the buttons. Tip-of-the-hat to those who build entire pits :thumbup:

 

Yeah, I hear ya, I could never do a whole cockpit, but would love to tackle some small parts like this, thanks, this inspires me... my wife probably wont thank you though :D

[Mr_Burns]

Thats a great job mate!

 

Sorry for hijack but for those who are not as talented as colyoap who would like a simple alternative:

 

$10 off ebay

 

 

Keys drawn on Powerpoint and glued to keys:

 

 

Redundant keys removed:

 

 

Black card to blank out the removed keys:

 

 

I then mapped all the keys to the UFC in Settings using the Pinkie as a modifier so you can still use normal keyboard.

 

If you are doing this, dont do it like I did, turn the keyboard upside down first, the micro USB that connects the keyboard is on the top of the keyboard and gets in the way of the screen.

 

I double sided taped mine to the base on my monitor and it stuck for years.

Edited October 27, 2017 by Mr_Burns

[Bulldog_1]

WOW!! All are creative. Anybody else?