Once more: joysticks...

Discussion in 'Warbirds International' started by sebbo, Jan 5, 2004.

  1. dick_steel

    dick_steel Well-Known Member

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    Yes, i am very proud of them ( :rolleyes: ), but they work.

    My wife is not proud of me.

    He tells me to shove them when someone's coming for a visit.

    So i shove them on livingrooms table.

    BTW, did i tell you that i write this message in a tent on my back yard?

    :)

    Sebbo, any problems, just ping me.

    I think i tried them all during testing.
     
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  2. sebbo

    sebbo Well-Known Member

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    I will! Thx!
     
  3. Snakeye

    Snakeye Well-Known Member

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    Here's my set (thou pics are not up-to-date now)

    my throttle - made of old genius f-23 that was just short of being scrapped by a friend of mine

    top view:
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    handle mounting (on that 1 screw) is now reinforced:
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    this white "thing" painted on the head is a knob that was added after I took pics - it's X-axis of that stick that I moved on top of the handle (I use it as prop-pitch in Forgotten Battles):
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    close-up of the head - 4 buttons + 4-way hat (may work as 4 additional buttons):
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    My rudder is now much modified. It looked like this when I used it with my old Wingman Extreme Digital (not 3D ;)). Connection was of type explained by dick_steel. Only that I was connecting all pieces not near rudder but near PC.
    Now I'm using MSFF2, so I had to change some things. Pot is from the handle of the stick (I hate rotating handles ;)) connected on a long wire extending from the stick. Pics are of the older version (ver. 0.5). Now it's ver. 0.6 ;)
    Don't mind the stains on pedals - rudder is 1,5 yr. old and has some serious "mileage" already :shuffle:

    my rudder - with 100KOhm sliding linear pot (now rotating pot with unknown resistance, new mounting and mechanism)
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    at max deflection (now deflection increased because of required longer pot travel)
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    side view (now this wheel is replaced by another drawer slider - such as these white inside sliders)
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    another side view:
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  4. Kutya

    Kutya Banned

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    Cool.