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#2584389 - 09/10/08 05:32 AM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! ***** [Re: USMC BEANS]  
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 Originally Posted By: hannibal
what a copy cat! my sim pit also has "no step" markings....

They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, right?

Speaking of markings...I came across this document in my searches. (May be helpful for some. Especially if you are planning to partially, or fully, enclose.)
Painting and Marking of Army Aircraft

 Originally Posted By: USMC BEANS
GrizzlyT, I have noticed a distinct lack of Boeing stickers on your pit! I will hit up some of my IDS buddies here at work to see if I can find you some Commanche stickers.

That would be very cool! Although, short of a sponsorship deal, I think I'll reserve the stickers for the front cabinet. This isn't NASCAR, after all.


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#2597082 - 10/01/08 08:39 AM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: GrizzlyT]  
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You can see a video of the controls in action on my website.

#2597112 - 10/01/08 10:19 AM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: urze]  
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Hey U.R.Z.E - I visited your site - thanks so much for posting the tutorial detailing how to get TouchBuddy to display on a PocketPC. Exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks again! \:D

Vali

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#2599100 - 10/04/08 04:24 PM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: Valisk_61]  
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U.R.Z.E, your innovations are really amazing.


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#2602083 - 10/10/08 07:22 PM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: Corsair8X]  
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Well, here's mine. I built it using plywood and whatever scrap I could recycle. The rudder pedals are made from an old army backpack, the joystick is underneath the seat and it's connected to a hocley stick that was hacked up and bolted to the floor with a door hinge. The wires were extended so I could mount the handle to it. The potentiometers for rudder and throttle were replaced and moved. Rudder pedals activate the potentiometer via bike cables. Seat cushions are foam covered with an old duffle bag material. The switches were working at the time. I used a hacked keyboard circuit and thankfully I didn't fry my machine. It runs from the keyboard for now and I want to get a K matrix board(If that's how you call it). I also need to reinstall the surround sound. There is a speaker in the headrest, the sub sits between the rudder pedals, the front speaker sits on top of the sub and I have 2 tweeters. Total cost came to under $100 and it's a whole lot of fun. PC is a crappy P3 with full capacity RAM for it and a decent video card. It does the job.

The pit in October 2005 with my son in it:


Now







#2602318 - 10/11/08 02:29 AM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: xddorox]  
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Sweet. I particularly like the RCAF emblem.


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#2602369 - 10/11/08 04:23 AM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: Corsair8X]  
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^^Thats some awesome stuff there xddorox keep it up! I like how you built your own floor mounted stick and assorted controls even a pic of a girl pinned up lol!


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#2602576 - 10/11/08 03:39 PM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: HitchHikingFlatlander]  
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The floor mounted stick is a stroke of genius!! I like it \:D

#2602625 - 10/11/08 05:35 PM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: J.A.K.]  
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it looks robust for 0 degress for X and 0 degrees for y...
im curious to how that works for the diagonal slew....
especially max up-left, max up-right, max down-left, and max down-right..

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#2603409 - 10/13/08 04:46 AM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: hannibal]  
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hannibal, the only thing that makes this thing possible to work good is the possibility to calibrate it with XP. If it wasn't for that, it would be pretty crappy. Flatlander, my wife was kind enough to pose for that picture wearing my leather flight jacket. She wasn't going to let just any fluzzy decorate my pit. \:\) J.A.K I got that idea from a guy on the web some years ago who built a budget DC3 simpit. Unfortunately I don't have the address anymore. The hockey stick and door hinge was my adaptation of his idea. Glad you guys like it. Thanks for all the great comments. Oh yeah, don't bother asking for a close up of that picture. ;\)

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#2603478 - 10/13/08 09:34 AM Re: Updated Pit and new Diggs! [Re: Corsair8X]  
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 Originally Posted By: Corsair8X
Sweet. I particularly like the RCAF emblem.

And the bullet holes! \:\)

Nice work!


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#2606192 - 10/27/08 01:55 PM Re: Please show off your pit. [Re: Derk]  
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My pit, is in re-work. I'll be posting new pictures, during progress and when finished. "Film at eleven" biggrin


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#2616546 - 11/13/08 08:19 PM Re: Please show off your pit. [Re: 531 Ghost]  
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I have a couple of pics but i don't know where i can upload them to for free? Are there any good webhost?


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#2616698 - 11/14/08 01:08 AM Re: Please show off your pit. [Re: VF-2 John Banks]  
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Originally Posted By: VF-2 John Banks
I have a couple of pics but i don't know where i can upload them to for free? Are there any good webhost?


Photobucket.com is one I use...


Originally Posted by Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.


#2618031 - 11/16/08 01:52 PM Re: Please show off your pit. [Re: 531 Ghost]  
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After a re-design of the wrap around feature that my TQ and PT are on, I now have tons of storage for, stuff I can store biggrin



I've also added a Logitech 5.1 surround sound system. I had to R&R my seat to get the BASS/Woofer under it. I can REALLY feel stuff blowin' up now!


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#2618075 - 11/16/08 03:46 PM Re: Please show off your pit. [Re: 531 Ghost]  
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Ken, where did you get the seat? Is that from an office chair or something. It's got a nice and simple shape to it. I bet it would be perfect fit for my cockpit project. wink

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#2618086 - 11/16/08 03:58 PM Re: Please show off your pit. [Re: f15sim]  
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Hi Gene! Funny you should *ahem* mention the seat. Yes, it's my old office chair.

Perhaps this seat will do?


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#2618096 - 11/16/08 04:16 PM Re: Please show off your pit. [Re: 531 Ghost]  
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Without knowing the dimensions of the seat, I can't tell. It looks ok. The design was "fitted" for a typical car seat as represented by the Corsica seat I have in it now.

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#2618282 - 11/16/08 09:39 PM Re: Please show off your pit. [Re: f15sim]  
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I noticed that you added a fan for that "open air cockpit" effect. Now all you have to do is mount it on an arm that can raise it above you for that helo feel smile


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#2621219 - 11/22/08 07:15 AM Re: Please show off your pit. [Re: Corsair8X]  
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I haven't posted in a while and thought it was time for an update. First....

531 Ghost - Nice update to the pit!

Gene - I been following the work you're doing on the "pit kit" closely, both here and on the mailing list....very cool!
Not only will a budget minded kit help to bring more victims.....uh... I mean <cough> "enthusiasts" into the fold but it could make for a nice side project 2nd pit, for rotorheads like me. For the cost, I was thinking how cool it would be to have two of them set up head-to-head, running CFS, for some some good ol' fashioned yank-and-bank (guns only) WWII dogfighting....Keep the pits stripped down and simple so they're more accessible to everyone (arcade style).....Sure beats a pool table, right!?!?!


Anyhoo, enough of the small talk. Here's what I wanted to share.
I've been busy lately wiring up the pit and documenting all the wiring. banghead (A very tedious process.)
Along the way, I have been working on the cockpit night lighting, too. Since my panels were constructed sans backlighting, my idea was to use EL (electro-luminescent) strips, to side-light all the panels. These are the same 1/2" self-adhesive strips used in case mods. They are powered by 12vdc and can be sized and formed very easily. I've even seen them advertised on homebuilt aircraft parts websites, for the same purpose. What I found is that they work great close up but do not throw light very far. So, they had their uses but didn't solve all my lighting needs. For the areas where I needed more light being "thrown", I turned to LEDs.

Here's the front dash lit up, before cockpit lighting.




Here it is after. My cheap camera doesn't do dark shots too well, so the effect the EL has doesn't really come through. There is a strip that runs around the inside edge of the cowl and it lights the MPDs and the corner panels.




Here's a side shot, from a lower vantage point. You can see the left side panel lighting and the LEDs used on the MFDs.




Here's a closeup of the left side. It shows the EL off a little better but the pics really don't do it justice.




For the LED strips I used green, surface-mounted, high intensity LEDs (600mcd). I mounted them to a PCB I etched using the toner transfer method. Since the EL strips were running off 12vdc, I had to string together little series circuits of 5 LEDs and a 100 ohm current limiting resistor. The length was determined by the width of the MFDs. So each strip ended up with 6 circuits in parallel.




This is the lighting assembly for the MFDs. I wired two of the strips togther and mounted them inside a DIN rail, then screwed it to the overhanging bottom side of the top warning panel.




Here's a closer shot.




There's also a single strip mounted up under the dash that's aimed down at the anti-torque pedals, to light up the floor a bit.
(It just didn't come through in the pics.)
Well, I guess that's it for now. (Back to the wiring.) wave


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