Virpil T50 Obutto low-mount & offset extension

[Schwarzfeld]

Folks - this is all prototype (first print) that is in-revision at the moment, thought I'd share here to gauge interest. I designed this on paper for personal use then had a US defense contractor CAD buddy of mine cad it up and print it; this is for use ONLY with Obutto seat rigs and ONLY the Virpil T50 base (any grip of course).

 

The idea here is to get the deepest mount, as close to the floor as possible, while maintaining clearance of the seat throughout full range of movement while also placing the grip at a very comfortable and ergonomic height and angle.

 

This is ABS plastic, it is a five-piece extension designed to be easy to take apart to service and replace components such as the female threading at the base nut - this is plastic so people will no doubt ruin threads getting things cross-threaded against the metal male threads of the T50.

 

Here's the prototype installed and working; my first task now is to design and implement a cheap & simple stick tensioner of some kind on the front to hold the stick in pitch neutral when it is idle, as obviously it is offset, so it sits aft when not in use.

 

Barring that, this thing is almost good-to-go as-is outta the box, I will post here with updates but I would like to gauge interest and see who all would want to grab one of these once we're all done with revisions.

 

Note that if customizations of this extension were desired, the designer tells me its quite easy for him to change the path of the tube, so, we may be producing a printable paper/PDF template you can print, cut out and put in your rig to gauge whether or not you want customizations.

 

Here's the setup thus far, I tried it this morning and I love it - one really cool feature here is that the designer chose to print the tube in two pieces so that the halves are laying flat on the print surface. This means the "grain" of the print is in the direction of load bearing, so unless you REALLY shove this thing much harder than you need to, it SHOULD never break.

 

 

[RogueSqdn]

I no longer use my Obutto for reasons that include having issues with extensions. I still have the Obutto in my attic, however.

 

I would be interested in getting one, if for no other reason than to provide an option if I wanted to go back to the Obutto.

 

What I’d also like is for someone to come up with a good way to easily mount and unmount the Winwing throttle.

 

 

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[PhoenixRising]

As a side note, what pedals Are you using with your Crosswinds?

 

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[Schwarzfeld]

Phoenix - the pedals on my MFGs are F-18 replicas from the DCS OpenHornet project, they published the STLs online, I don't have the link handy but printed at 30% infil PETG they are extremely nice and very sturdy.

 

I dont own a Winwing but honestly if I were gonna do that for my Obutto I'd just reach out to a local welder/fabricator who does rollcages for cars etc, and have him come over to jig it up and make you some tube steel mounts to work with the stock obutto stuff.

[PhoenixRising]

Phoenix - the pedals on my MFGs are F-18 replicas from the DCS OpenHornet project, they published the STLs online, I don't have the link handy but printed at 30% infil PETG they are extremely nice and very sturdy.

 

Thanks.

[dmwierz]

 

Here's the prototype installed and working...

 

Here's the setup thus far...

 

 

Where?