agrasyuk Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) started here, but now it is scrapped, moving up! this month was completely taken by living room repaint, which dragged electrical work, new flooring, another phase of structured home wiring (living room now has 3!!! ethernet jacks :lol: ) and building some custom furniture (designed by my wife). all of that "making the lady happy" was not done without ill intent however - with the new arrangement i secured a dedicated corner for my simpit! :) of all places in the living-room! to make it more presentable the PVC pipe contraption is gone (anyone in chicagoland area can have it for free) and it is a complete, ground up rebuild. framework is done. as you can tell i'm not going for a replica pit of any particular craft. playing with left console in sketchup, trying to mock up a collective stick as well as WH throttles for both fixed wing and rotary flying. debating between chair or from under the screen mount stick. for ease of entry there will be no right console. perhaps additional movable module later. http://public.fotki.com/tankist/misc/simpit-take-2/ now to put some meat on those bones... Edited February 17, 2012 by agrasyuk Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
Strix Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Nice start. How do u fasten the MFD on screen? Glue..... Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5.
agrasyuk Posted February 17, 2012 Author Posted February 17, 2012 plexiglass insert sits directly on the screen, cut to fit snugly within the bezel. MFDs are fastened by screws from behind (recessed to not create pressure points on LCD) Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
Strix Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Ahhhh... Good solution. Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5.
agrasyuk Posted February 18, 2012 Author Posted February 18, 2012 cut a recess into the seat and mounted the stick. the two vertical screws did not provide good side to side fixation for the stick base so i added a angle bracket - solid. stick now sits higher , probably bit higher then it should, but quite comfy actually. contraption with 4 shaved screws and hair scrunchies provides additional centering force. range of motion: http://public.fotki.com/tankist/misc/simpit-take-2/dsc-1506.html http://public.fotki.com/tankist/misc/simpit-take-2/dsc-1507.html Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
agrasyuk Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 no laser cut , nor backlit, but i accomplished what i wanted - a panel without visible mounting nuts. throttle mounted on railing space for two standard width panels 12 inch high, on each side. Gadroc, im ready to use the CMSP :D Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
rocketeer Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Interesting. You secure it to the bigger piece by glue or Velcro? Are you making the other panels? My A10C cockpit thread
Gadroc Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 space for two standard width panels 12 inch high, on each side. Gadroc, im ready to use the CMSP :D I know.... just tell my bosses to stop setting up dinner meetings ;). I'm on the home stretch with just a few more LEDs to solder and then touch up the paint and ship. If I don't finish up here tomorrow night I'll take Monday off to ensure everything gets done.
agrasyuk Posted February 23, 2012 Author Posted February 23, 2012 Gardoc, thats no problem, i'll wait some more , i still have tons of wiring to do :) Interesting. You secure it to the bigger piece by glue or Velcro? Are you making the other panels? Glued. now i realized i should have used the bigger piece for the face, oh well. yep, making 2 more. these are not replicas, but contain some useful items. this time built in a proper way. i plan to make printed overlay to use these in other sims as well. still thinking what to do about Landing gear knob Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
Mt5_Roie Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 looking sweet! Coder - Oculus Rift Guy - Court Jester
agrasyuk Posted February 25, 2012 Author Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) thanks guys. wiring, wiring, wiring. isn't it fun? behind the 3 panels. not military grade but tested ok. toggles are wired with common wire, while push buttons have separate leads and separate pin header. i managed to get the non momentary, but latching flavor of square buttons. to remedy the issue i cut the mechanism and glued some tacktile buttons (don't i love these? :lol:). end result is great, very light trbutton travel almost till the end and then a distinctive click. much better then the stiff round ones 2 more panels in works innards of old logitec joystick with addon pin header for button input. had this thing lying around uselessly, now it provides 12 buttons + 4 more from the hat switch. Edited February 25, 2012 by agrasyuk Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
Strix Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 A bit to late maybe, but this is how i did my landing-gear leaver. I use a pan-head bolt 8mm I think and a piece of 0.5mm rubber on head side to make it soft. And I double trow switch, On-On. No need to connect more then 1 pole to it if you use Helios. I drilled out a hole in landing-gear leaver for switch-leaver activate the switch... Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5.
agrasyuk Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 thanks Strix. i thought of doing it similar but somehow the "design" drifted towards what it is now :) i also used ribbon cables. for now i think i have almost all the switches i want to :). i really like how the entire construction has room for more when its time to grow . for now I started mounting blank filler panels. latest picture. i'm really excited to sit there :D now for the instrument screen and UFC Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
joey45 Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Nice chair. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
Strix Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Going nicely there! I gone build a break out board for my flat cables. Hopefully that will make it better and nicer. Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5.
agrasyuk Posted March 7, 2012 Author Posted March 7, 2012 Gardoc's CMSP mounted (filler panel pending) , right side panels wired and bound with Helios UFC assembled on overhanging aluminum profile. wiring next Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
avlolga Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Gardoc's CMSP looks awesome in you pit get a :thumbup: for your UFC.
hassata Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Awesome. I love pit threads with lots-o-pics. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
agrasyuk Posted March 10, 2012 Author Posted March 10, 2012 thank you guys, couldn't have done it without looking at awesome builds here. so all the buttons are interfaced, yeah! instead of modifying the input files by hand i just added helios bindings from hardware to the sim :). Cleaned up and closed all the openings on front, even if with blank panels , keeps me with room to grow :) . added buttons and a toggle to the rail holding the UFC (red for weapon jet, three yellow ones for fire handles). what is really neat is that the GPWiz inside is 100% utilized . with 5 inputs reserved for hardware CMSC (WIP) and 6 inputs from the buttons i had to connect 8 buttons to digital axis inputs on interface board (did this with 1-8 digits). wrote autohotkey script that monitors that joystick and sends the LCtrl+Lshift_numpad# keystroke. works beautifully :D Overview and another shot of CMSP :) while i have couple minor remarks about it i'm happy to no end that i sucseeded getting one :D Thanks again Gardoc, but there is something left, is there? ;) Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
CyBerkut Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Shouldn't that be "Gadroc" instead of "Gardoc"? Nice 'pit !!! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] There's no place like 127.0.0.1
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) Gadroc is the man! His software had totally changed my level of immersion with HELIOS. Great looking pit! Edited March 12, 2012 by HitchHikingFlatlander http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad
Scooternutz Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Gadroc is the man! His software had totally changed my level of immersion with HELIOS. Great looking pit! ABSOLUTELY!!!!!! [sIGPIC]https://drive.google.com/file/d/16rUBmmJR7A3YGZVGPGskxG1XtvulGojJ/view?usp=sharing[/sIGPIC]
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