Thick8 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Yes. The soldering process for the 8-pin mini din was a PITA. (I have several failure videos to prove it) I realized that someone with less than a mastery skill would not be able to do it. So I had to try a couple of different methods (and wait for parts) till I hit on one that anyone could do. I am average at soldering and I can solder up the whole connector in less than 10 minutes. I will have the last part of the base assembly video up tomorrow. I also felt that the hat switch needed to be simplified. I found the perfect replacement but had to do a slight redesign the Huey head in order to make the video with the new switch. It should be finished printing tomorrow and I will start the Huey head assembly video. Sorry it’s been slow going but I’ve been crazy busy at work these past few weeks. Nothing like working 8 hours a day in a 100f+ degree shop to suck the life out of a person. John Asus ROG C6H | AMD Ryzen 3600 @ 4.2Ghz | Gigabyte Aorus Waterforce WB 1080ti | 32Gb Crucial DDR4/3600 | 2Tb Intel NVMe drive | Samsung Odyssey+ VR | Thrustmaster Warthog | Saitek pedals | Custom geothermal cooling loop with a homemade 40' copper heat exchanger 35' in the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicki Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Thanks for the update. Don't mean to push. Just curious. Very exciting project. Take care Thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratcatcher Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 @Thick8 Yes, thanks very much for the update. I appreciate you working through the problem to find an optimal solution. Juggling this with the day job can't be easy! Keep the faith. :thumbup: Techlabs Chameleon Watercooled Gaming PC - Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.7GHz : Samsung 950 Pro 256GB SSD, Samsung 500 gig SSD, Seagate 1TB 7200RPM Drive : MSI GeForce GTX 1080 "Founders Edition" 8192MB : 800W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply : 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz : Occulus Rift S : TM Warthog : MFG Crosswind V2 : Win 10 64. PointCTRL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX_Reaper Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Very Interested in this Design! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangSally Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 As I'm pretty good at soldering (taught by my brother who's a hardware engineer at Boeing) I'd be extremely interested in a full kit?? Ryzen 9 7950X3D - MSI MAG X670E TomaHawk MB, ASUS ROG Ryujin III 360 AIO 64gig Corsair DDR5@6000, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 AORUS Winwing Super Taurus, Orion2, TO / Combat panels, Collective with Topgun MIP Winwing Skywalker pedals, NLR Boeing Mil Edition Simpit, Trackir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusedspine33 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Very nice! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirrah Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Sooo... Can I put this on my "Christmas-presents-I'll-have-to-buy-for-myself list"? Or am I being a bit optimistic? :lookaround: System specs: i7-8700K @stock speed - GTX 1080TI @ stock speed - AsRock Extreme4 Z370 - 32GB DDR4 @3GHz- 500GB SSD - 2TB nvme - 650W PSU HP Reverb G1 v2 - Saitek Pro pedals - TM Warthog HOTAS - TM F/A-18 Grip - TM Cougar HOTAS (NN-Dan mod) & (throttle standalone mod) - VIRPIL VPC Rotor TCS Plus with ALPHA-L grip - Pointctrl & aux banks <-- must have for VR users!! - Andre's SimShaker Jetpad - Fully adjustable DIY playseat - VA+VAICOM ~ That nuke might not have been the best of ideas, Sir... the enemy is furious ~ GUMMBAH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordants Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 John Just watched the assembly videos on youtube, fantastic product and solution. Please let me know when you have them available, I fly the Mi-8 at the moment but any of the versions you make would be of interest. Regards SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz, 3792 Mhz, 64Gb RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, CONTROLS: VPC Rotor TCS Base, VPC Hawk-60 Collective Grip, VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Base, VPC Constellation ALPHA Prime [R], Thrustmaster Warthog – Throttle, Thrustmaster TPR - Pendular Rudder Pedals, Honeycomb Alpha Flight Control (For Anubis C-130 Hercules), Meta Quest Pro. SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro_Bert Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 And just like that, 2020 is looking to be a great year. Looking forward to this. KA-50 head would be the icing on a cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaa0g Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 And just like that, 2020 is looking to be a great year. Looking forward to this. KA-50 head would be the icing on a cake. 2020 a great year? I like your positivity! :) Many would consider this year a shhhh....show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howell_Kilian Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Hi John I would also be interested. I have subscribed to your channel. Best regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowmover Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 It looking very good!Great job!I am interested of building it.Have you shared any files or instructions? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr4817 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Awesome job. Do you have a lmk plans to uploaded the stl files and add a parts list. I’d love to print and start the assembly process. thank you for the hard work. 8600K|64 GB 3200|4090|m.2 http://www.blacksharkden.com/ Come join us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave4002000 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 On 12/19/2020 at 12:06 PM, jnr4817 said: Awesome job. Do you have a lmk plans to uploaded the stl files and add a parts list. I’d love to print and start the assembly process. thank you for the hard work. I second this statement! I would love to purchase the stl files from you. Of course, it would be to only make my own setup and not try to sell them to others because I'm not a scumbag USAF Bomber Avionics Specialist, Ret. (2A5) Water-cooled i7-8700k @ 5.0GHz Nvidia GTX1080 32 GB DDR4-3200 M.2 NVMe Drive Warthog HOTAS Oculus Rift CV1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibyrd Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Are these available for purchase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13rin Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 You still out there, Buddy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowmover Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) Here are the files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5230017. Let the printers start!!! I would like to see some videos of the assembly of head and throttle. Edited March 12, 2022 by slowmover 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlafmütze Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Am 12.3.2022 um 16:20 schrieb slowmover: Here are the files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5230017. Let the printers start!!! I would like to see some videos of the assembly of head and throttle. Thanks. Thats great System: Win 10 Pro; MSI-X570; Ryzen 7 3700x; AOI; 32GB Ram (3200Hz DDR4); RTX-2070S; VR-Oculus Rift S; Track-IR5; Thrusmaster Hotas Warthog+TFRP-Pedale+MFD Cougar (altes Hotas-Sytem: Thrustmaster T16000FCS). Hangar: um Aufzählung abzukürzen nur noch fehlende Module: MB339; JF-17 Thunder; (Hawk T.1A) Maps: alle Maps letzte Aktuallisierung: Apr. 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashEd Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) On 8/23/2020 at 2:28 AM, Thick8 said: John Hi John, Just wondered what happened to this project in the end? Were any prototypes or kits produced? I’m not in the US but I’d like to print the parts and build my own. Unfortunately the parts list doesn’t include any info on the spring, aluminium tube or the bearings, which I’d have to source locally. Any further info (or the possibility of a hardware kit) would be really useful. Many thanks. Edited June 2, 2023 by CrashEd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin71 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I found on GitHub the tube is 29mm ID x 32mm OD. Only thing I can't find is the length. Anyone that can help me out? It'd be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invictus84 Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Thanks...anyone ID the spring yet? I have all the parts printed and my own plan for the electronics (i.e. FreeJoy and custom shift registers), but without that spring its a no go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invictus84 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) *throws up hands* Nevermind...I've moved on to another collective project. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5226353 Full BOM in project description. Enjoy if interested. Edited August 20, 2023 by Invictus84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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