F-14 stick project

[sagil]

Hi all,

I wanted to share my project with you.

I am building a f-14 tomcat stick from scratch.

 

I started the design with pictures of the real stick, from them I took the dimensions of the grip.

Then I design the grip using SolidWorks for 3D printing (I have the flashforge creator pro printed):

 

 

here are some pictures of the grip printed (Sorry for the bad quality, I`m a poor photographer):

 

 

those pictures are the first version, some improvement have been made since I took them.

 

this is a movie of the stick on the axis that i have built:

 

I will continue to update....

Edited March 17, 2018 by sagil

[Nosferatuwhisky 1-1]

Oh wow, good work.

[Kula66]

Very impressive!

[sagil]

Thanks, what is RIO stick?

[mr_mojo97]

Stick used by the back seater.

You know you’ll probably get asked a lot to be selling copies of the pilot grip !!

Edited March 18, 2018 by mr_mojo97

[Alicatt]

Stick used by the back seater.

You know you’ll probably get asked a lot to be selling copies of the pilot grip !!

RIOs are so good they can give them 2 sticks ;)

 

 

 

 

This is of the F14D

 

Edited March 18, 2018 by Alicatt
A N Other stick

[sagil]

Oh! RIO stick... I won't do that, I don't have the space for another stick.

Thanks I won't sell them but maybe the printebale 3D model...

[Sokol1_br]

Maybe help:

 

Edited February 7, 2019 by Sokol1_br

[sagil]

Wow, that drawing will help!!

Thanks a lot!

 

About RIO stick, I can model it if you have it's dimensions.

Edited March 19, 2018 by sagil

[mr_mojo97]

I’m sure Heatblur would be forthcoming with dimensions if you needed them

[Alicatt]

Surprisingly hard to find dimensions, luckily the museum in my state of N.C. used to have the RIO stick (it is gone, I think someone broke it :() and it was ~1/2 to .47 the normal size of the F-14 pilot stick. Also had to use reference pictures.

 

Difficult to find pictures of the lefthand console of the rear cockpit of the F-14, even in all my F-14 books there are no pics of that side :)

 

It will be Thursday before I can re-install my HDD with the F-14 manuals on it to see what is on there, but they don't come with dimensions.

 

The second pic I posted in this thread is of an upgraded B with LANTRIN by the look of it, so not only do I need a left handed stick for Star Citizen, looks like I will need one for the Heatblur F-14B too :D

[Alicatt]

yep, but the B we are getting also can carry the LANTRIN and that needs a controller too, looks kind of like a left hand version of the F18 stick

[Fblade78]

Hi all,

I wanted to share my project with you.

I am building a f-14 tomcat stick from scratch.

 

I started the design with pictures of the real stick, from them I took the dimensions of the grip.

Then I design the grip using SolidWorks for 3D printing (I have the flashforge creator pro printed):

 

 

here are some pictures of the grip printed (Sorry for the bad quality, I`m a poor photographer):

 

 

those pictures are the first version, some improvement have been made since I took them.

 

this is a movie of the stick on the axis that i have built:

 

I will continue to update....

Great!!!

 

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[Alicatt]

I think one stick at a time, now I don't mean it as inaccuracy but we could always use the LANTIRN stick as the same of the HCU. :) I personally think the community sees Air to Air more than Air to Ground when it comes to the F-14.

Ah ha! found a pic... it's in the new Haynes manual...

 

 

it is a little different than the F-18 stick tho.

 

[sagil]

I am now modeling more accurate grip according to the drawing.

I think it would take me around one month until I will install it to my computer.

 

I am waiting to the PLA with 20% aluminum to arrive in order to print the new grip.

Edited March 29, 2018 by sagil

[turkeydriver]

Left hand LANTIRN controller came from the abandoned A-12 cockpit.......and the pylon attachment for the AAQ-14 came from the AGM-88 pylon that was carry tested on the F-14D(just not funded to implement or fired)

[sagil]

Hi

Now that I have the drawing, I have update the solidworks model (built it from scratch).

The plane is to print it with Aluminum infused PLA

here are some pics of the model:

 

Here is the internal design of the stick with akk it`s switches and all:

Edited April 3, 2018 by sagil

[Freeroamer]

Wow I wish you'd upload the model so we could print this...

[sagil]

This is all mine, my design, my print.

I don`t have to have permission from no one... it`s from pictures and not exact replica.

I`m going to connect it to me computer using BU0836X that I have purchase a wail ago

[Freeroamer]

Actually I think it would be Grumman that you'd be getting into legal trouble with if anything was to happen.

[Wakiki]

witch hunt in 3...2....1..

please ...

Hey guy, good job, it's really amazing :thumbup:

[Sokol1_br]

Ah ha! found a pic... it's in the new Haynes manual...

 

F-15E rear cockpit has a similar stick in left and right side:

 

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/awa01/001-100/awa004-F-15E/part5/images_Steve_Bamford/F-15E_13.jpg

 

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/awa01/001-100/awa004-F-15E/part5/images_Steve_Bamford/F-15E_15.jpg

[sagil]

Yes, I have printed the new stick grip with Pla infused with 20% Al.

It came out beautiful, here are some pictures:

Edited April 9, 2018 by sagil

[sagil]

It`s not smoothed and painted yet. most of the wiring is finished

Now I have to design and built the spring mechanism of the gimble, smooth and paint it and that is it. hopefully in the next weeks

[Robert31178]

I want......