CybrSlydr Posted March 20, 2023 Posted March 20, 2023 I attempted to get back into the AH-64 and... I'm frankly overwhelmed by the number and complexity of controls to get the damn thing to work. I have the WinWing F-16EX and F-16 throttle, but I'm sitting here absolutely bamboozled as to how in the world I'm supposed to get a helpful number of controls assigned to this controller. Let alone the AI pilot interface is nigh-unreadable in VR. What are you folks using for controls for this? I saw the Komodo controllers, but they're $600 GBP for the collective stick, and $500 GBP for the cyclic and base. That's clearly out of the question for me.
CybrSlydr Posted April 28, 2023 Author Posted April 28, 2023 Holy Jeebus. Saw someone built a TEDAC for the AH-64 with a 3D printer and everything @Assamita(https://srsosio.wixsite.com/ah-64d-tedac). So I googled TEDAC and apparently folks have been using an XBox 360 controller for the TEDAC? This is awesome! I haven't set it up or tried it yet, but wow! I'm posting this in case someone views this thread and was as unaware as I was. A lot better than waiting to buy a $1200 TEDAC from Komodo! lol I think I'll give it a go and see how it works for me. Be nice to actually be able to play the AH-64.
hannibal Posted April 29, 2023 Posted April 29, 2023 the time u spend trying to build a DIY tedac can be worth 1200$... find me on steam! username: Hannibal_A101A http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969447179
SrSosio Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 You will be able to build a DIY TEDAC for way cheaper than $1200 (I estimate around $150 for mine, including the screen. Even cheaper if you don't need the screen). But as hannibal said, is a heck of a work. But if you are into DIYing like myself, you'll enjoy much of the journey of building something of your own. However, it won't be as much work, as you will have someone (me) that will guide you through every step of the process, and you won't have to worry about prototyping, coding, trial and error... if you don't want to make any changes to my design, which is a perfectly valid option if you are willing to deviate a bit from mine, as I did some unorthodox methods that I'll explain in the site, you will have a perfectly working TEDAC and the longest times will be the waiting times for the parts to arrive. FYI, I already started writing the build instructions, but that might take a while to get finished precisely because I'm waiting for parts mostly from China. Also, when I'm done I'll have two fully functional TEDACs, so I'll probably end up selling the prototype, if someone doesn't want to go through the work of building it themselves. Although a prototype, the only difference will be aesthetic. It's perfectly functional and it will be 99% the same as the final product. Glad you're excited with this project On 4/29/2023 at 10:14 PM, cordite said: If it’s better quality, than that’s still a win. It's a DIY project, with mostly chinese parts, and 3D printed parts, so the quality won't be better, ever. But you can build it yourself, and it's going to be way cheaper. You pay $1200 for the work, but also for the finished product, probably mold injected plastic, and nicer switches and buttons feel. 1
cordite Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 4 hours ago, Assamita said: ….It's a DIY project, with mostly chinese parts, and 3D printed parts, so the quality won't be better, ever. But you can build it yourself, and it's going to be way cheaper. You pay $1200 for the work, but also for the finished product, probably mold injected plastic, and nicer switches and buttons feel. Sadly, from what I’ve read the first sentence describes their product pretty closely.
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