Yet another warthog slew upgrade

[shOdinReepr]

Just received and installed order #1356!

 

Easy to install and calibrate as per instructions. The mod is AMAZING, better then I thought! GIANT improvement in control and precision of my slew button in multiple games now. GREAT WORK Deltaalphalima1 and THANK YOU!

 

Bonus, I realized immediately that my throttles were never properly calibrated. Now the left and right throttle register their throw in Windows equally when used independently from each other. Win win :thumbup:

[feefifofum]

Recieved and installed, 0 issues, works perfectly! Thanks for a quality product. :thumbup:

[Miasma]

Just ordered the upgrade looking forward to getting it, always hated the original sensor only just found out about this!

 

how much better are people finding the accuracy?

 

I take it even though its a different sensor you cant click the stick in and move mavericks about on the F/A-18? does the throttle depress button still have to be mapped to something else?

[feefifofum]

The accuracy is night and day, and yes it does solve the maverick slew issue in the F/A-18. The button mapping remains identical so no need to rebind anything; you'll just find you're in the axis tune menu deleting curves and deadzones with a big grin on your face. :)

[CypherS]

The accuracy is night and day, and yes it does solve the maverick slew issue in the F/A-18. The button mapping remains identical so no need to rebind anything; you'll just find you're in the axis tune menu deleting curves and deadzones with a big grin on your face. :)

So the maverick is working fine for you with no curves or deadzone? For me, it's like trying to hit an and with a mallet. The slightest movement of the slew controller causes the maverick to move a lot and thus it doesn't lock

[Supmua]

I set the deadzones to 80% and also reduce saturation Y to just 4, basically forcing it to behave like pressing keys on keyboard. This way it slews even more accurately than keyboard, a single nudge in one direction seems to move it half the distance (a few pixels on screen) compared to single keyboard press when slewing GBU/MAV. It slews very slowly with this setting but more precise, of course you can increase saturation Y to your liking if you want it to slew faster.

Edited December 24, 2018 by Supmua

[Supmua]

One thing I notice is that keyboard slew seems to have acceleration which is not present in axis slew (completely linear). When you press and hold keyboard the slewing goes faster the longer you press down.

 

This can become a problem since axis slewing in the radar screen is much slower/less responsive in the current state, so perfect axis slew setting for maverick will lead to crazy slow slewing in radar screen. I will mess around more with curve and Y saturation but this will probably reduce precision with the cursor going all over the places.

 

 

 

 

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[SDsc0rch]

they've got maverick slewing, radar cursor, and HUD target point slewing (FLIR too, soon!) - ED has got to figure it out for all of them

[Supmua]

they've got maverick slewing, radar cursor, and HUD target point slewing (FLIR too, soon!) - ED has got to figure it out for all of them

 

All ED really need to do is change it so that everything slews at the same rate on the screen, then users can take it from there by adjusting things based upon their own setup. Of course, this might not be realistic but it seems more practical since there is no way for it to be the exact same as the real thing. One example is the Maverick slewing while holding TDC down on TMW throttle, it's pretty much near impossible to do.

[Mnemonic]

Preordered mine and will patiently wait :D

Thanks in advance Deltaalphalima1!

[Buzzman]

Just placed my order. Thanks.

[Spoilere5081]

Preodered patiently waiting

[mc_smile]

Preordered mine as well

[Captain Orso]

Thank You!!

 

Thank you, Deltaalphalima1!

 

I just starting looking of there is a solution to the TM HOTAS Throttle Slew Control, and was expecting to spend the entire morning looking and not finding a real solution, and then I found this right off the bat! What a piece of good luck for a change :D

 

Many thanks for all your efforts into offering a solution to this issue to the general public. I appreciate it immensely :thumbup:

[millmax]

Got my slew axis upgrade kit from Delta Sim today. The quality seems very good. Easy to install with good documentation. Restored default settings in USB game controllers. Installed new Thrustmaster drivers. Rebooted. Ran the Throttle Warthog Calibration (V1.07) tool from Delta Sim Electronics homepage.

The button click works and registers as BTN1, but no luck with the axis.

 

What can I do?

[Madbrood]

The button click works and registers as BTN1, but no luck with the axis.

 

What can I do?

 

I would recheck the connection, and if it still doesnt register the axis, try again with the original sensor. If that works fine, it may be an issue with the new unit.

[Bwaze]

Kudos to "Deltaalphalima1" for offering this upgrade.

 

I was very reluctant to order it, since I thought I would eventually switch the whole HOTAS to Virpil, but it now looks that it might take years for new stick base and throttle with analog slew to come up. If they ever will, seems that majority of customers want space sim controllers, not modern fighter jet stuff...

 

So I ordered the slew upgrade - the stock one is really crap. Now the wait begins.

[Yurgon]

My unit arrived today.

 

First, the negative: removing the old sensor from the housing was a pain. Literally. I think some of my fingertips will be numb for weeks. I finally managed to get it done with a flathead screwdriver and a *lot* of force put into it in order to push the plastic clip out of the way. Until then, the sensor sat so tight I wondered if it had been glued, or rather welded, into place (my Warthog serial # is 12694, in case that has anything to do with it).

 

Other than that, everything worked really smooth, the instructions are a joy to follow, and after flying the easy A-10 instant action mission (my #1 mission for testing pretty much anything to do with the A-10), I have to chime in: Man, this is night and day compared to the old sensor, what a work of art! Excellent hardware, Deltaalphalima1, thanks a lot! :thumbup:

[Wrench]

Ordered, many thanks mate.

[arturojgt]

I got mine. 5 minutes of work, everything fits perfectly, the calibration was a piece of cake with the supplied software.

 

Thank you from Argentina.

 

 

 

 

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[Deltaalphalima1]

Thanks so much to everyone how has posted any feedback or comments, even if I don’t reply to them all I really appreciate it.

 

The March batch sold out in spectacular fashion overnight after a post over on reddit (thanks for whoever that was :thumbup:) The April batch is now available to pre-order https://deltasimelectronics.com/products/thumbstick-slew-sensor-adapter

As normal April should be a worst case scenario date - hopefully orders placed now will be sent late March or early April.

 

I am still on target for shipping 20 orders per week, and I'm more or less up to speed after the Christmas slowdown. I am current up to order #1452 so you should be able to work out an approximate shipping date for you order from there.

 

I have been investing a lot of time and effort in improving the manufacturing process, and a few small working details over the last month or so. This should buy me some more time to get back to work on the radar elevation project.

 

A super work in progress teaser pic here (usual disclaimers apply)

 

Thanks to everyone again for their support, here's to a great 2019 :)

[norbot]

'Radar elevation project' - looks very interesting. :)

[Deano87]

A super work in progress teaser pic here (usual disclaimers apply)

 

Thanks to everyone again for their support, here's to a great 2019 :)

 

 

Looking awesome as always Delta, I've just had a thought.. Would there be space at the top of the end of the handle to do something similar to the IRL F-15 radar elevation rotary?

 

Like This:

 

Just an idea.

[Deltaalphalima1]

Looking awesome as always Delta, I've just had a thought.. Would there be space at the top of the end of the handle to do something similar to the IRL F-15 radar elevation rotary?

 

My original idea was to have a knob mounted low down on the side rather than a lever, but the lever seemed easier to use my testing.

It had not occurred to put the rotary at the top of the grip, I had no idea that was a thing but I really like the look of it. I’ll look into it.

[norbot]

Well, a radar elevation rotary like in the F-15 would be a great mod for the Warthog throttle, too. Maybe even better than the lever Deltaalphalima1 suggested.