mattg Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 Already showed this to Reddit, but was asked to post it here also, in case someone wants to take it as an inspiration for similar projects. I thought I’d share with you my home made flight controls. It might look like the cheap alternative to good controls, but building it was actually more expensive than my Warthog HOTAS combo, which is since only used for flying helicopters. Anyway, sometimes I prefer convenience over realism - so that's what I'm flying with. It consists of 6 ALPS studio faders and 32 Cherry MX (brown) mechanic keyboard switches. The left fader is controlling the elevator, the two underneath the buttons are for rudder and ailerons. To the right are three controls for throttle, prop, mixture (or for thrust with up to three individual jet engines, two thrust and one speedbrake etc.). Some more pictures from the building phase: The milled front plate: https://i.imgur.com/GYdlMGL.jpg The switchboard sub-assembly: https://i.imgur.com/3mJBRyg.jpg Frot plate with switch-board and faders: https://i.imgur.com/ol7v20d.jpg View from the underside: https://i.imgur.com/59O6grC.jpg Wires, wires, wires (82 of them): https://i.imgur.com/wueYA4M.jpg Almost ready: https://i.imgur.com/K5hoCnF.jpg Cheers, Matthias
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted June 11, 2018 ED Team Posted June 11, 2018 Nice, I like it. :) Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
falcon_120 Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 You are now the David guetta of simulation. You can either change the elevator or play a cool hit
mattg Posted June 11, 2018 Author Posted June 11, 2018 That was EXACTLY what I had in mind when planing it! :D Cheers, Matthias
FragBum Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 Are the "ALPS studio faders" linear or Log curve? Maybe you could also do a DJ mixer version and BTW your metal work looks great. :D Control is an illusion which usually shatters at the least expected moment. Gazelle Mini-gun version is endorphins with rotors. See above. Currently rolling with a Asus Z390 Prime, 9600K, 32GB RAM, SSD, 2080Ti and Windows 10Pro, Rift CV1. bu0836x and Scratch Built Pedals, Collective and Cyclic.
mattg Posted June 11, 2018 Author Posted June 11, 2018 Linear. Log ones wouldn't work in this context. Cheers, Matthias
FragBum Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 Linear. Log ones wouldn't work in this context. I had to ask. :thumbup: Control is an illusion which usually shatters at the least expected moment. Gazelle Mini-gun version is endorphins with rotors. See above. Currently rolling with a Asus Z390 Prime, 9600K, 32GB RAM, SSD, 2080Ti and Windows 10Pro, Rift CV1. bu0836x and Scratch Built Pedals, Collective and Cyclic.
Thermal Posted June 11, 2018 Posted June 11, 2018 Nice looking panel! Which specific ALPS faders did you use? They look like they are dampened and have some physical resistance to move?
mattg Posted June 11, 2018 Author Posted June 11, 2018 Which specific ALPS faders did you use? They look like they are dampened and have some physical resistance to move? I used those: https://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/442844/Studio-fader-10-k-Mono-05-W-linear-ALP They aren't dampened, actually, they are deliberately very easy moving. But there are variants which offer more resistance when moving, if you prefer that. They are also a lot cheaper: https://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/442121/Slider-pot-10-k-Stereo-05-W-linear-ALP But both aren't really dampened, it's just two levels of resistance. Cheers, Matthias
mattg Posted June 11, 2018 Author Posted June 11, 2018 Pretty much this, yes. But you could build it for half of that price if you chose a cheaper (or even diy) case and the cheaper faders. Cheers, Matthias
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