icemaker Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Hello All, Here are some pictures of my Cockpit, it's Wip but starts looking good! The most parts of the front dash have been made by a friend, Dimbug with a laser cutting machine and based on ReactorOne draws! The MFDS and Engine panel are LCDS the other instruments are rendered by a pico projector. Except the fuel panel all the front dash is functionnal. Also the Warning panel is functionnal. The CDU is a Tactile USB screen that fits exacly the size of the real CDU! I plan to put cutted buttons on top of it to get a more realistic look All is based on IO Cards except HSI, ADI, Altimeter that are encoders on a Leo bodnar card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthro Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 looks like your one of the few who has a laid back stick. I am after doing that too but like in the pics the heavy stick means the spring in the warthog does not have enough authority :( Pit looks good, I see more is on the way too [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic86362_2.gif[/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Powell Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 A very nice looking project! Mike Powell www.mikesflightdeck.com www.mikesflightdeckbooks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reactorone Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Very nice! you well advanced. :thumbup: R1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linden Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Nice :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feed Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 That's great work ... very nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
206 Burner VR Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 nice [sIGPIC]http://vlep.pl/u14oct.jpg[/sIGPIC] PILOT: " B U R N E R " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalnwood Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) Curious what you do when you want to take your hands off the stick or use autopilot? It looks like the stick want to go full deflection with the weight? As others have said, really good work so far! Edited September 1, 2012 by metalnwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckling Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Incredible good looking pit icemaker. - - - - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hog_driver111th Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Nice pit icemaker. What are you using for the gear handle? A-10C - FC3 - CA - L-39 - UH1 - P-51 - Hawk - BS2 - F-86 - Gazelle - F-5E - AV8B - F/A-18C i5-4590 - GTX 1060 - Oculus CV1 - TM:Warthog [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic9979_1.gif[/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemaker Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Curious what you do when you want to take your hands off the stick or use autopilot? It looks like the stick want to go full deflection with the weight? As others have said, really good work so far! No, the stick can stay in center position without any help he goes full deflection only when he reaches more than the half way. I put it in this position to take photos of the front dash. Nice pit icemaker. What are you using for the gear handle? It's an iron tube i have bent and 3 plexy circles glued together. Thank you guys.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemaker Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 Here's a video of a "Quick" ramp start to show my new CMSP Falut panel and CDU in action. The video is a little choppy because i take it witth my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansolo Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Whooa... Really nice looking CDU and caution panel you have made there, Icemaker :thumbup: High craftsmanship. How have you made the extremely good looking buttons for the CDU and CMSP? 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...
icemaker Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Some News from My A-10C WorkShop. I'm changing iocards to Arduino (Thanks to overpro, who made this possible!), so i started the full conversion with the front console. everything is wired on a home made Matrix PCB plugged to an arduino board AT MEGA 2560 with an ethernet shield to receive data directly from DCS via UDP. I added an SSC32 Board to manage all my console servos (5 for now but i can use up to 32). i Fixed the Board on one of the Front Console Door for easy maintenance. I passed through the console cables cleanly Once every panel is wired up And finally the front console fully working... Some esthetic work is to be donne, like eyebrows and T-Handles, but everything is working so i can fly with it! another thing i created specific metadata for windows to show all my homemade interfaces to show more sexy! here a little video to demonstrate the operation of the front console fully functional (well OK I have a servo motor that died during the video!) The correct ramp start procedure is not always followed as it should be but it's just a demo of how works the Cockpit / simulator interface. Maybe not avaliable yet because is upluading on youtube. Edited June 24, 2014 by icemaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remon Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 That last video is private. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemaker Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 not finished upload yet retry in 10 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agrasyuk Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Look top notch functionality wise and very neatly done on top of that. Thanks for sharing! Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevos758 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Very nice! Facebook Ripp's Garage Tech LLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckling Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Very impressive pit, Icemaker, (Love those custommade I/F icons in windows devices 8) - - - - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigersharkBAS Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Hey Ice. C'est tres bien. Any chance we can begin putting some of your learnings into the wiki. PCBs, schematics, etc? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Creator of: F-18C VFA-195 "Dambusters" 1998 CAG Livery https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=213788 F-18C VFA-195 "Dambusters" July 2001 CAG Livery https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=215950 Pilot avatars for DCS Logbook https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=221160 How to make a DCS A-10C Panel http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=65998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevos758 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Hey Ice. C'est tres bien. Any chance we can begin putting some of your learnings into the wiki. PCBs, schematics, etc? This! And some arduino sketches for us arduino newbs! Looks like ill have to get me an ethernet shield! : ) Facebook Ripp's Garage Tech LLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansolo Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 +1 Very nice indeed Icemaker :thumbup: I am having a few UNO's with Ethernet shields but I haven't cracked how to extract the values from the UDP nor sending values back. Will be monitoring you thread closely.... And subscribed :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...
icemaker Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 OK i will make a little tutorial for use ethernet shield and UDP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansolo Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 That would be highly appreciated :thumbup: 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...
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