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Pilot Zone => Pilot Zone => Topic started by: bflynn on October 01, 2021, 05:34:10 AM

Title: What's the cool thing you found today?
Post by: bflynn on October 01, 2021, 05:34:10 AM

Here's a guy who made a flight sim Cessna throttle quadrant entirely from scratch.  He designed it, 3D printed the parts and then assembled it using slider potentiometers to drive an Arduino board to make it appear as a game controller.  BTW, he did the same thing for a yoke and rudder pedals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6DysglXp-0

To me, this is fascinating.   All the 3D printing files and the arduino code are freely available.  I've seen that you can get 3D file printed online, no idea of the cost yet.  But I think I'm about to give this a try.  I've dabbling with electronics for several years but never did anything serious.  I recently got a little more serious due to a desire to build a better flight sim and looking at how to build a Nav III switch panel.  This seems like a better place to start.

Title: Re: What's the cool thing you found today?
Post by: Rush on October 01, 2021, 06:35:55 AM

Uh oh. We better regulate 3D printing or else manufacturing might start to go back to individual entrepreneurs and we can’t have that. We need to make sure a new middle class doesn’t arise. Manufacturing must remain in control of rich corporations that farm the jobs out overseas. We better create a new federal agency to get on this ASAP.

Title: Re: What's the cool thing you found today?
Post by: Anthony on October 01, 2021, 11:17:03 AM

I've made a full size Gen 2 Tiger Tank, a Series VII u boat and flyable ME-262 with mine all in my garage.  It's amazing.   Guns and all.  Ammo too!  Hi DHS, NSA, IRS........!!!!!

Title: Re: What's the cool thing you found today?
Post by: bflynn on October 01, 2021, 05:31:24 PM

No worries about entrepreneurship here. I priced out printing this thing using online 3D printing services. It is cheaper to buy certified controls for a real airplane.

Title: Re: What's the cool thing you found today?
Post by: Rush on October 02, 2021, 04:14:13 AM

Quote from: bflynn on October 01, 2021, 05:31:24 PM

No worries about entrepreneurship here. I priced out printing this thing using online 3D printing services. It is cheaper to buy certified controls for a real airplane.

Yes but technology will rapidly make it cheaper and more efficient. You know, like batteries for electric airplanes.

Title: Re: What's the cool thing you found today?
Post by: nddons on October 02, 2021, 08:23:20 AM

Quote from: bflynn on October 01, 2021, 05:31:24 PM

No worries about entrepreneurship here. I priced out printing this thing using online 3D printing services. It is cheaper to buy certified controls for a real airplane.

I’m not a sim guy but saw this on Aircraft Spruce.

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/redbird13-19642.php?clickkey=484523