jrsteensen Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Section 1: Introduction I’m excited to reveal what our team and I have been devoting countless hours to over the past few months. We are still in very early development, and could not have done this without RandomTroubledMind’s amazing reference model. License: CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Core Development Team: RandomTroubledMind: Founder, Mechanical and Systems Design JRSteensen: Mechanical, Electrical and Systems Design Amanuense: Electrical and Software Design Minimum Tooling Required/Assumed: Hobby 3D printer (Prusa i3 MK3 or equivalent.) Hobby CNC Router (XCarve 1000x1000 or equivalent.) Common hand/power tools (Drill, screwdrivers, sanders, wrenches, ratchets and sockets, calipers, tape measure, ruler, square, marking devices, files, etc.) Basic electronics assembly equipment (multimeter, soldering station, magnifier (optional), desolder vacuum, desolder braid, solder, flux.) Goals/Requirements (Subject to Change): Scalable – Upper MIP may be used in a desk mounted configuration for those without the space for a full pit. Builders may omit consoles, aux consoles, etc as required for their purposes. Transportable - All major subcomponents shall be able to be assembled and disassembled from each other with minimal hand tools for transit purposes. All major subcomponents (Main Instrument Panel (MIP), Left Console, Right Console, etc.) shall be capable of movement through a standard 30-inch-wide interior residential door. Footprint - System will be designed to occupy a minimal overall footprint, with the exception of major accessories, including, but not limited to, PC or LCD/TFT/TV/projector visual outputs. Maintenance - All components shall be designed with a major consideration for ease of future maintenance. Human Factors - Any component designed to bear the weight of a human shall be able support a 250 lb static load. Expected Deliverables: (All currently WIP) Reference Model: A 1:1 detailed replica model for you to base your own pit design off of. Mechanical CAD (MCAD) Model: A full mechanical model of the pit, in both SW native formats, and STEP/Parasolid intermediary formats. Electrical CAD (ECAD) Files: All custom PCBs and Interconnect schematics. Drawing/Manufacture Package (PDF/DXF): Fabrication and Assembly drawings of required components. Also, will contain DXFs of nested components for optimized cutting of relevant components. CAD Tools Used: Fusion360: Reference Model SolidWorks: Pit Mechanical Model KiCAD: Electrical CAD Software Stack: DCS: F/A-18C DCS-BIOS Component Level Software What This is Not: While we strive for complete accuracy where possible, due to the manufacturing methods available to the average pitbuilder, and at a cost/benefit comparison, this will NOT be a 100% accurate representation of the F/A-18C. We expect to capture 98% of the functionality of the real bird, and very, very similar visuals, but do not expect real components to mount into this pit. You can build a 100% accurate pit for tens of thousands of dollars…but this method is far more pragmatic with the ultimate goal of being able to simply fly. 4 OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Section 2: Update Tracking This section is reserved for tracking updates throughout this thread. OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Section 3: Miscellaneous and Errata This section is reserved for miscellaneous topics. OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullant Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Looks interesting. Subscribed :) Intel i7 13700K @ 5.3 GHz / ASUS TUF Gaming Z490-Plus / 64 Gb G.Skill DDR4-3600 / RTX 4090 / 2TB Kingston KC3000 NVME / Win 10 x64 Pro / Pimax Crystal / WINWING F/A-18 HOTAS A-10C, AJS-37, AV-8B, F-4E, F-5E, F-14, F-15E, F-16, F/A-18C, F-86F, FC3, Christen Eagle 2, FW190D-9, Mosquito, P-47D, P-51D, Spitfire, AH-64D, KA-50, UH-1H Combined Arms, WWII Asset Pack, China Assets Pack, Super Carrier, Falklands Assets Nevada, Normandy, Persian Gulf, The Channel, Syria, Mariana Islands, South Atlantic, Sinai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Thank you! We are still doing the component level design, then we will start actual structure. We have a long road ahead of us, but it pretty much just grunt work for a while yet. OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Nice renders guys. Are you building cockpits that will be for sale or is this just a team-based project for you guys? Keep up the good work. Hey Stang, Just a team based project. Everything will be released under the CC license mentioned above. OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Burns Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Interesting, have you thought about what you will use for your UFC displays (i.e. The 12? Segment t displays)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Interesting, have you thought about what you will use for your UFC displays (i.e. The 12? Segment t displays)?Yep. Already selected and PCB designed. Using 5x7 LED Matrix Displays, and a small OLED for the scratchpad. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobinjaevel Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Great work guys, looking forward to seeing it released! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeokilo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Oh god no. My wife is not going to be happy. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnepethomas Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Looking forward to seeing this progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger1815 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Nice, i'll be following this as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansolo Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Very nice of you and your team, jrsteensen :thumbup: Looking forward to seeing the result And subscribed 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...
jrsteensen Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 Here is the complete (component level, still reference structure) R-AUX and lower AUX flight instruments. Slowly coming along! OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobinjaevel Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomestMaximusTheFifth Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 brb going to the bank to open up a savings account i7-6700K || 64 GB DDR4 || GTX TITAN X 12 GB || TM Warthog HOTAS || TheAwesomePedals || OpenTrack-Custom clip || Logitech G13 and G35 F-14 | F/A-18C | A10-C | AV-8B NA | M-2000C | MiG-21bis | Ka50 | UH-1H | Mi-8MTV2 | FC3 | CA Caucasus | Nevada NTTR | Persian Gulf If you can build it why not!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 The OpenHornet team is looking for a web developer/graphic artist for our project! A number of us are capable, we just want to focus on what we do best and to keep the design of the OpenHornet moving forward. Requirements: A passion for simulators and aviation. Capable of all server-side configuration via SSH and SFTP. Capable of standards-compliant HTML5 and CSS. Capable of configuring domains and subdomains. Capable of designing and maintaining a site in WordPress, to include main site, and forums (Discourse? Something else?) (SSO required between WordPress and forum implementation.) Capable of setting up email for our domain. Capable of all required graphic design (prefer Photoshop and Illustrator, and all source files will be deliverables.) This is a volunteer position - there will be no pay. We all do this because we want to bring a realistic pit design to the community at large. OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 Here is the Lower Left Pit WIP. Lower Left MIP is complete as is the lower center pedestal, L AUX is nearing completion. I'm really happy with the landing gear panel and Select JETT panel beneath it. The LG Panel features all the functionality of the real thing, to include a solenoid locking it in the DN position (to be used when WOW), and the turn and pull functionality for the EMERG GEAR release. The Select JETT panel features a pretty simple DIY mag held switches for the Launch Bar and Hook bypass switches. SELECT JETT selector has the separate knob and push button. (That was simpler than I thought it would be at first glance.) OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 Another update: Mostly complete R Console Panels. I will be placing one more panel behind the KY58 with SIM Controls - pause/freeze, TIR Center, TIR Pause, F1-F12 for comms menu, etc. This includes the mag switches, and the solenoid retracted AUG switch on the BLEED AIR switch on the ECS panel. OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morek99 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 OMG, this is incredible!! Great work so far, can’t wait to see more! And it shows great attitude and spirit to offer your work to the community! Thank you in advance!! Morek Win 10 Pro 64 - i6700K @ 4.7GHz - MSI 1080ti Gaming X OC - 32 GB DDR4 Fury X - 1x 512GB 960 Pro SSD - 1x 512GB 850 Pro SSD - TM Cougar - TM Warthog - MHG Crosswind - Rift CV1 - Track IR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 OMG, this is incredible!! Great work so far, can’t wait to see more! And it shows great attitude and spirit to offer your work to the community! Thank you in advance!! MorekThanks Morek! We are making huge strides daily. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockeyes Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Lovely work on the rendered drawings:thumbup: Any news on the electrical side? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] HTC Vive Windows 10 Maximus VIII Hero i7-6700k CPU @ 4.2GHz 16GB Nvida GeForce GTX 1080. Ram Duel SSD's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Lovely work on the rendered drawings Any news on the electrical side?Thanks Rockeyes. We are slowly working our way through the PCB design. UFC is done, caution lights are done. Given the prevalence of mag switches throughout the consoles, I'm going to add two optional solenoid positions on the ABSIS cards. Mechanical definition of all PCBs is complete, just gotta catch up on the ECAD. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morek99 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Thanks Morek! We are making huge strides daily. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk Sounds terrific! And all the Interfacing will be done by Arduino Cards and DCS Bios? Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk Win 10 Pro 64 - i6700K @ 4.7GHz - MSI 1080ti Gaming X OC - 32 GB DDR4 Fury X - 1x 512GB 960 Pro SSD - 1x 512GB 850 Pro SSD - TM Cougar - TM Warthog - MHG Crosswind - Rift CV1 - Track IR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsteensen Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 Yes sir! There will be a number of breakout/specialty PCBS as well, but all interfacing will be done via DCS-BIOS, and the specialty cards will be routed into a nano or Mega as appropriate. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk OpenHornet F/A-18C 1:1 SimPit Website :: DCS Thread Link :: Discord :: Github :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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