Goblin Posted June 2, 2024 Posted June 2, 2024 (edited) Some of you people may remember my project with making a Viggen Stick Grip, from several years back. I started out making silicon moulds of a real stick, thinking I’d make a master plug and use that to cast wax copies and cast aluminium copies. Well, that turned out to be too time consuming and expensive. Then I figured I’d cast it in a two component alu-resin called TC-814 and that looked promising, until they stopped making the resin… In the meantime it turned out I suffer from a STD with a 100% mortality rate, called Life (this is a joke ). So things have been slow… Then Authentikit emerged and sparked my interest. I made a functioning trigger and safety mechanism in CAD and I had the stick 3D scanned. But making printable copies from a scan, that would allow me to use the custom made trigger/safety mechanism turned out to be suboptimal. I tried to rebuild the stick in CAD, but the darned thing was probably hand crafted in the 60’s and has very few flat surfaces, straight lines or angles. It’s mostly 3 dimensional curves everywhere and it suffers from surface irregularities probably because it was sand casted and cleaned up manually. Then I got a tip about a relatively new 3D design software called Plasticity and OMG, this made a difference..! It’s perfect for these kind of designs. And If you have been brave enough to read all the way down here, I will treat you to a few pictures, showing you how far along the project is now… The stick with the holes in it is the 3D scan and the other one is my CAD copy. Here’s a video of how I did the knurling on the grip. A very tedious undertaking, I can assure you. And lastly a couple of pics of the foot. Edited June 2, 2024 by Goblin 12
MAXsenna Posted June 2, 2024 Posted June 2, 2024 Awesome read! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk 1
Goblin Posted June 3, 2024 Author Posted June 3, 2024 Did some test prints today… Regular PLA on a BambuLabs X1C. 5
widen76 Posted June 11, 2024 Posted June 11, 2024 Very nice! Depending on the outcome, are there any future plans for this project? Maybe crowdfunding and then sell DIY-kits (?) to all us Viggen freaks? 3
Goblin Posted June 11, 2024 Author Posted June 11, 2024 9 hours ago, widen76 said: Very nice! Depending on the outcome, are there any future plans for this project? Maybe crowdfunding and then sell DIY-kits (?) to all us Viggen freaks? Thanks! The current idea is to go the same route as authentikit. People will be able to print the parts themselves and source the switches and stuff, if they like. I’m also planning to put together hardware packs for those who prefer that. I doubt that I will be able print parts in any capacity so I will set up a shapeways account for that. In theory you could order aluminium prints, if you like. That’s the current plan anyway. I’ve never figured to make money from this and if people have suggestions and ideas, I’m all ears… 2
flecktyphus Posted June 16, 2024 Posted June 16, 2024 I would absolutely love a hardware pack, if one ever was made that is compatible with WW stick bases.
Goblin Posted June 17, 2024 Author Posted June 17, 2024 Unfortunately I don’t own a WW stick, but maybe someone can make the necessary adjustments. I’ve seen Thrustmaster/WinWing adapters somewhere, so that may be a solution too.
Goblin Posted June 23, 2024 Author Posted June 23, 2024 (edited) Printing and testing different materials. The left half of the stick body is printed in PETG CF (Carbon Fiber reinforced) and the right half is PLA CF. The knurls, trim hat and SNURK button is printed in PETG. Here’s a video of the trim switch. Edited October 26, 2024 by Goblin 3
Goblin Posted August 3, 2024 Author Posted August 3, 2024 (edited) Edited October 4, 2024 by Goblin Switched from yt to vimeo 4 2
MAXsenna Posted October 26, 2024 Posted October 26, 2024 Awesome! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk 2
Goblin Posted November 25, 2024 Author Posted November 25, 2024 (edited) The files have been released! 19 years ago, today, the Viggen fighter flew it’s last operational sortie in the Swedish Airforce. We celebrate this by releasing our long awaited SUL37 Viggen stick project. Join the LAAT SUL37 Discord channel for a link to the files and get support or just discuss the project. https://discord.gg/GzJxbrnY2q Edited December 15, 2024 by Goblin New link 5 2
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