Fjordmonkey Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I'm the lucky(?) owner of a non-upgraded Thrustmaster F16FLCS/TQS-set, and I've been thinking about using it as a basis for turning it into a USB-joystick/throttle combo, with or without rudder (can always map that to a button anyway). And since I'm about as useful in things like this as an fully loaded IL76 is in a dogfight, I thought I'd turn to people smarter than me (yep, that's you I'm talking about :D) The stick/throttle has the following capabilities: Stick: Two axis (Pitch/Roll) 3 one-stage buttons 1 Two-stage button (trigger) 4-way hat switches Throttle: One axis (Throttle) 4-way hat switch two dials (antenna and range), one with button-function. (the dials can be skipped as they're not really that important) two 3 position slider switches. Now then! Teh Challenge™! Finding some way to get this over onto an USB-platform, either through re-using the parts already present, or buying new ones. I've been looking at the Ultimarc website, and looked at the A-Pac v2 and the A-Pac v1. Not sure which one would be more useful, nor if there are better options out there. Any ideas/thoughts about this, or useful hints? Not sure if this will work at all, but hey, we won't know until we try (and quite possibly fail spectacularly) :P Regards Fjordmonkey Clustermunitions is just another way of saying that you don't like someone. I used to like people, then people ruined that for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walternowi Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Check out the discussion here: http://www.ch-hangar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5194 The technical description is way over my head, but you can ask the original posters. Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 ASUS Sabertooth X79 4 x 4GB Crucial Ballistix VLP PC3-12800 ASUS Cerberus GTX 1070 Ti 8 Gb Seasonic Platinum 860W Thrustmaster Cougar Uber II Nxt CH Products PT/TQ/MFP Slaw Pedals TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjordmonkey Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hmm, that might work. The only issue is that me and soldering-irons go together like an AIM-9 and an engine in full AB (Highly attracted to eachother, but the result is usually painful). Looking at the BU863, and that might be a better choice than the A-Pac because of more axis. Have rudder-twist on my current Saitek Cyborg Evo, and I can't really see me flying without it. Especially not when Black Sharks comes along. Regards Fjordmonkey Clustermunitions is just another way of saying that you don't like someone. I used to like people, then people ruined that for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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