Hello everyone. I like a fly old planes (Mustang, Dora and etc.) But my x45, two months ago broke down. I start think about buying a new controller, and unintentionally I found this forum. And here in my head was the idea: i build my own controller. Design assumptions: - control grip stick B-5 from P-51, connected with rudder pedals, - seperate engine and fly controle (propeller, engine RPM, trims, etc). And electronics to all this.
The worst thing for me, is make PCB project, but with the help came Troll and his PCB project "Controll". I am very grateful to him that I can use this project.
Hello. Like Sokol notice, my gimbal is really massive. For now, i do not use center mechanism. Maybe rubber cover is enough. But it remains to be seen and feel. If not, I will have to think and develop something.
For sensors, i will use magnetic sensor TLE5011 (I still wait for them). Here photo PCB:
Because i have no to much time for this project ( 5 year old daughter which broke my x-45, my wife and home renovation), it takes me a lot of time. Sorry about that.
I would actually not recommend centre mechanism , At least not right away. I use maxflightstick with hydraulic dampers, I fly DCS choppers COD , BOS and the A10C in DCS You get muzzle memory for where the centre is quite fast on all planes, and flying choppers it is best not to have centering on your stick, and it was not such a thing on real ww2 planes. [img]https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t...amp;oe=581C593C[/img]
As I wrote before, my construction is without center mechanism. Rubber cover from old Logitech make good job. Is like spring and dumper. Is progressive a bit. I liked.
How do you plan to mount the throttle-side module?
Can you post some piccies of the innards? What kind of "pots" did you use for the trim wheels? How did you engineer the lever at the end? What will you use it for?
Nice and simple Kristof. How have you felt it performs? Nice and accurate?
Also when you built rudder pedals did you use normal ball bearings? or did you use the bearings that take weight in the horizontal plane - not sure of their name?
Hello Barra. Is nice and accurate. I did not except that I can not compare with my old x-45. I once felt the same, when I changed from Fiat 126p to Ford Mondeo.