Gremlin77 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 no, I didn't...............the only thing that is rubber now is the skin of my hands......weird sh... these casting resins. sometimes it hardens sometimes not..and this with the same amount of hardener. I quit..... :-) visit my build thread Gremlin's A-10 :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I've worked with harder acrylic type casting resins but I think they might be easier since you are going for a more rigid cure. Rubber sounds like a PITA and apparently messy! ;) Good luck with it. :thumbup: ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwulf Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 This Work is more than words can say. Good Luck and I hope you'll keep us updated kind regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaBeGnome Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Is this project still alive? I am very interested in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin77 Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 yes it is, only very busy at the moment. will send pictures soon of the small steps I made. Sorry for that! visit my build thread Gremlin's A-10 :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin77 Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 (edited) little update Okay, have some things installed. Ejection seat and finished right front console. also installed Electronic base plate for right console. Left console is finished and working. Still long way to go.... and I need a new photo machine Edited June 7, 2013 by Gremlin77 visit my build thread Gremlin's A-10 :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornetUK Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 VHF radio panel So, after hard work and help from Gadrok(thanx again) for the Preset Numbers my VHF AM radio is full operable. I used Opencockpit cards for the 7-segments exporting the values over UDP and for the Dials I used Gray encoders connected to Arcaze board. Works fine for me, but have to redesign a bit, cause the Presets have two digits.......going to change......F.... love your radio panel, is there any chance in you tellming me how your made it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin77 Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 oh, this is a very old version with opencockpit and arcaze board... The present state of project is my own interface bus system which drives switches rotaries and 7-segment. Look at older posts, I think I described there how to connect DCS with opencockpit. visit my build thread Gremlin's A-10 :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobrot Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I just love these threads with lots of pics.. looks like its coming along nicely! Real world pilot, budding virtual world hog driver... My Build Thread http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1855253#post1855253 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornetUK Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I don't suppose that you are up for makig some money making some displays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin77 Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 sorry, don't have the time for that 'cause of business. Perhaps when I am retired and I have the time ;-) just have to wait about 25 years from now on visit my build thread Gremlin's A-10 :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornetUK Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 thanks anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhe Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Excuse me while I wipe the drool of my keyboard... | i9 12900K | 64GB DDR5-6000 | STRIX RTX 4090 OC | LG 38GN950 38" | | Hanns-G HT225HPB | TIR 5 & Varjo Aero | Virpil Throttle & Stick | TM TPRs | You don't stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajdary Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Wow, excellent inmersión i suppose! the best Project i have seen! Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Tempered Glass, Asus ROG Maximus IX Hero, Intel i7 7700K @ 4.8, Corsair HX 1000i, Nzxt Kraken 62, 32gb DDR4 3000Mhz Corsair Dominator Platinum, Nvme SSD Samsung 960 Evo 1Tb, Asus Strix OC 1080ti, Philips 43" 4K Monitor + 2 x Dell 24" U2414H, Warthog HOTAS, Track IR 5, Obutto R3volution, Buttkicker Gamer 2, MFG Crosswind pedals, Occulus Rift CV1, Windows 10 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sceptre Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Just incredible. Really great. I don't care what it cost, I would much rather own this than be a PPL in a Cessna. And once you've built the sim you only have to pay for electricity which you pay anyway, being a PPL you still have to pay to fly plus A-10s are cooler than cessenas :) RTX 2070 8GB | 32GB DDR4 2666 RAM | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 4.2Ghz | Asrock X570 | CH Fighterstick/Pro Throttle | TM MFDs | TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus_Lazarus Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 dude, give that video a proper name ! (the walkaround vid on youtube) "Craziest sim pit in the world" or something like that. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin77 Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) Hi Guys, sorry for beeing absent for such a long time. Work caught my life....... But I hope that I will be able to show you some progress on my pit the next days. I have ordered an Oculus Rift DK2 a few weeks ago. Now waiting for my baby, got my hands on a DK1. So I thought to mysefl, wouldn't it be great to use this hot thing with my Flight simulator???? But I came across the same problem you all will probably think off: I have spent many hours building up a real cockpit, but with that Rift on I cannot see the damn thing. After thinking some days about it, I came to the result, that I should be possible to add two cams to the rift and mix the cam pic with the DCS view. And let me say: it works!!!!! Step by step: 1: I have two DCS outside views with motion tracking of the Rift (in my case of TrackIR) one for right and one for left eye 2: I have a cam View for left and a cam view for right eye 3: I take the cam views an let a nice little piece of software I wrote in c# calculate all blue coloured parts of the picture to transparent. (Like a bluebox in television) 4. I put the calculated cam pics over the DCS view. Now I have a pic with cam seeing DCS through the transparent parts. 5: Taking the combined views for every eye an apply the rift distortion to it 6: Send the whole sh.. to the rift and.......smile Now I began hanging a nice blue curtain around my cockpit and voila: I see my real cockpit and the DCS view in full stereoscopic 3D in the rift. When I finished this up (bigger curtain is on shipping), I send pictures :-) Hope you will like it! Edited August 12, 2014 by Gremlin77 visit my build thread Gremlin's A-10 :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfan Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Sounds extremely cool!!! Looking forward to pics. :thumbup: ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Zeen Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 thats something i want to see! nice idea! Capt_Zeen_HELIOS PROFILES_WEBSITE Capt_Zeen_Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abburo Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Your ideea and the results are just awesome. Now, I am not trying to be sarcastic on your project but on this ideea that is walking arround since OR beginings: should I look on virtualised toilet while I am going to use it ? :) :) Romanian Community for DCS World HW Specs: AMD 7900X, 64GB RAM, RTX 4090, HOTAS Virpil, MFG, CLS-E, custom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre-TLA Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 That's the way to do it! Some of the complaints of OR is that they can't see their switches. What you are proposing is the best of both worlds! Awesome! :-) MapleFlagMissions - Read Our Blog for Updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansolo Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Nice update Gremlin :thumbup: Looking forward to seeing some pictures :smilewink: Cheers Hans 132nd Virtual Wing homepage & 132nd Virtual Wing YouTube channel My DCS-BIOS sketches & Cockpit Album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin77 Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Hi all, so now I have finished the first steps: The two pics show my simple setup for chroma keying. Just a quick one, without removing all the twinkles etc. And here ist the "calculatet" result of the camera picture: I will give this setup a change to more perfectionism..... :thumbup: visit my build thread Gremlin's A-10 :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthro Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I had the same issue when considering the Oculus so I decided to go CastAR. I figure I could even do my MFCD displays with the CastAR. [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic86362_2.gif[/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin77 Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) Redesigned the electronic / Software Hi all, Gone a long time since my last post. But I did lot of things. So I now finished all the panel work on my cockpit including redesigning it to the DCSBios software. It's in my opinion the best method to use arduinos with the DCS Software, and, by the way, much better than my badly written c# programs :-) I just made some changes on the Arduino-Software-Part of DCSBios to use my I2C bus system and I divided the whole cockpit into Blocks, so I now use 5 Arduinos connected via Ethernet-Shield. This is how one Block looks like (here one arduino with 5 MCP23016 on the Bus) Each MCP23016 has 16 I/O pins and you can use up to 8 controllers in the Bus, this makes 128 I/Os for one arduino. Will send some pics of the whole cockpit soon. Edited May 24, 2015 by Gremlin77 visit my build thread Gremlin's A-10 :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=86916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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