TomVR Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, DanPDX said: Hi TomVR, Did you ever make more progress with this, or did it stagnate? Ended up scoring a real tornado GR4 grip (very similar to the harrier and F-18) at a great price, so now I am working on making a stick with a real steel part, so abandoned my F-14 ambitions for now Edited December 9, 2020 by TomVR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Harley Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 6/4/2016 at 4:56 AM, punk said: Greetings, I know there are many of you who are much more clever than I about how to track down the research needed for all the various dimensions of not only the overall interior cockpit area dimensions, but the various instrument and panel dimensions. I have been drawing a blank and making rough estimates based upon the standard width of the various left and right side panels as a constant for beginning to estimate the correct dimensions. I am trying to build a sim pit and want to get as much realism as I can. Any sources or first hand knowledge would help. I messed up my chance to sit in the cockpit and video various measurements, but in the scramble to take it all in, hurry to not stall the long line of those waiting after me and a general amount of excessive levels of cranial O2 I seem to have made the untimely sin of putting the recording settings into standby rather than record mode. Kicked my own posterior when I got back home and discovered this bit of subversion by my subconsciousness. Thanks for your time and/or consideration. <Salute> Punk What are you needing? Also what parts are already being reproduced? We have a cockpit. Retired Baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger22 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Here is my pit, what do you need? 7 "I'm just a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Harley Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 7 hours ago, Gunslinger22 said: Here is my pit, what do you need? Actually, what do you need? Also what is everything made from? What grip are you using and throttle? Are you on instagram? Retired Baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, Doc Harley said: What are you needing? Also what parts are already being reproduced? We have a cockpit. Man, I lost a hard drive with everything I had collected concerning overall dimensions of the cockpit, so I will have to start from scratch. I have various real instruments and such that I had used to compare measurements and try to get dimensions from. So general dimensions of the instrument panel, side panels seat and interior wall to wall dimensions would help. I am also curious who "we" are and the story of your cockpit. Salute 8 hours ago, Gunslinger22 said: Here is my pit, what do you need? Dude, that is sweet. I now know true jealousy... Do you have a build history somewhere? That is a work of art. Salute Edited February 13, 2021 by punk 1 Punk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger22 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Doc Harley said: Actually, what do you need? Also what is everything made from? What grip are you using and throttle? Are you on instagram? I don’t need anything thanks, my pit is finally finished! All the panels are hand made by ply and painted. I used 20mm chip board for the structures and worked sheet metal for all the hood and guards. Edited February 13, 2021 by Gunslinger22 "I'm just a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Harley Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 1:52 PM, punk said: Man, I lost a hard drive with everything I had collected concerning overall dimensions of the cockpit, so I will have to start from scratch. I have various real instruments and such that I had used to compare measurements and try to get dimensions from. So general dimensions of the instrument panel, side panels seat and interior wall to wall dimensions would help. I am also curious who "we" are and the story of your cockpit. Salute Dude, that is sweet. I now know true jealousy... Do you have a build history somewhere? That is a work of art. Salute We have the cockpit and RIO sims. We are a non-profit museum. We also have other cockpits. 1 Retired Baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYKOnz Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 8:52 AM, punk said: Man, I lost a hard drive with everything I had collected concerning overall dimensions of the cockpit, so I will have to start from scratch. I have various real instruments and such that I had used to compare measurements and try to get dimensions from. So general dimensions of the instrument panel, side panels seat and interior wall to wall dimensions would help. I am also curious who "we" are and the story of your cockpit. Salute Dude, that is sweet. I now know true jealousy... Do you have a build history somewhere? That is a work of art. Salute Oh no that’s aweful!! You’ve been such a big help to me on my pit! Hopefully it’s easy to get the info back. On 2/14/2021 at 10:32 AM, Gunslinger22 said: I don’t need anything thanks, my pit is finally finished! All the panels are hand made by ply and painted. I used 20mm chip board for the structures and worked sheet metal for all the hood and guards. dude your pit is awesome! Makes mine look like rubbish! Is your pit fully functional? As in does it work in game? It’s bloody stunning! Im just putting the finishing touches of stage 2 of my build, I’ll be posting pictures of it on the 10th of March, the 1 year anniversary of its build. what we need to do is put together a big pack of everything needed to build one, I’ve done so much research and messing around with files and stuff it would be a shame to keep it all for my self, im more than happy to help out where I can 1 Tomcat, Tomcat über allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYKOnz Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 11:57 PM, Gunslinger22 said: Here is my pit, what do you need? Can’t stop looking at it, just beautiful, so well done, the detail is just on another level! Im speechless. well done bro. Well done Tomcat, Tomcat über allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger22 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 21 hours ago, PSYKOnz said: Can’t stop looking at it, just beautiful, so well done, the detail is just on another level! Im speechless. well done bro. Well done Cheers mate, I’ve tried to make everything as functional as the sim will allow. Both Ejection handles are functional with the seat arm; canopy control handle works accurately; PAL on the sidewall and the fuel shut off handles work. Still waiting on HB to add the bindings for some other things for them to become functional, such as the Master Test and whatnot, but they’re wired and ready to go. Some more pics: 5 "I'm just a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYKOnz Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Dude it’s just epic! Puts my pit to shame lol Tomcat, Tomcat über allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus-6 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Gunslinger22 said: Cheers mate, I’ve tried to make everything as functional as the sim will allow. Both Ejection handles are functional with the seat arm; canopy control handle works accurately; PAL on the sidewall and the fuel shut off handles work. Still waiting on HB to add the bindings for some other things for them to become functional, such as the Master Test and whatnot, but they’re wired and ready to go. Some more pics: Most impressive. Can't pretend fly as well as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYKOnz Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Question for who ever can help, what are the dimensions of the canopy jettison handle? As much detail as possible please I've included measurement locations on a picture below I'm not sure what ill need or wont need but if you could fill them out for me off measurements from your builds that would be awesome Edited February 23, 2021 by PSYKOnz Tomcat, Tomcat über allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Harley Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I will need to look and, I will get back to you Retired Baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYKOnz Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Awesome thank you so much! Tomcat, Tomcat über allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstandi Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Did you build your throttle? or where is it from? Epic Work! Rstandi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AH_Solid_Snake Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Can anyone help me identify the types of switches used for the lighting and air conditioning selectors? They seem to be some kind of rotary but I don't know what the name would be to search for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYKOnz Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 You are looking for rotary encoders, you will need to make the wheels for them. here’s how I did mine... the wheel is a bit of 30mm plastic with cable ties glued to it and painted white. My best mate did his with 30mm dowel with zip ties and painted, the hardware is the aforementioned rotary encoder Tomcat, Tomcat über allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitmanalpha1 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Here is how I did mine. This is my prototype. I used a 11 detent pot. The rest I 3d printed. I will reprint the wheel in white for the final project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) On 2/26/2021 at 1:21 PM, AH_Solid_Snake said: Can anyone help me identify the types of switches used for the lighting and air conditioning selectors? They seem to be some kind of rotary but I don't know what the name would be to search for them. Sorry for poor quality, only have my crappy cell. Will try to add more info when I find my glasses to be able to read these buggers. Salute, Punk Edited March 2, 2021 by punk Punk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AH_Solid_Snake Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Ahh great that helps a lot...so from what im seeing it _is_ a rotary, just mounted at 90 degrees to what i'd expected with a gearing system to move the rotation 90 degrees offset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, AH_Solid_Snake said: Ahh great that helps a lot...so from what im seeing it _is_ a rotary, just mounted at 90 degrees to what i'd expected with a gearing system to move the rotation 90 degrees offset. Yes, you are correct. Salute, Punk Punk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYKOnz Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I thought the wheels had 14 segments? The image posted only has 10 Tomcat, Tomcat über allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Has anyone done anything with the concentric rotary on the TACAN? I was thinking of doing a TACAN panel, but this one seems to be thing keeping me from moving forward on that panel. F-14B, F-16, F-18C, A-10C, F-5E, F-86, FC3, BF-109, FW-190, P-51, Spitfire, UH-1,AJS-37 Viggen, MIG-15, MIG-19, MIG-21, AV-8B Harrier, P-47D Persian Gulf, Caucuses, NTTR, Normandy, The Channel, Syria Combined Arms, WWII Assets,Super Carrier TM Warthog, Virpil VFX,BuddyFox UFC, Saitek Pro Flight quadrant & Switch Panel, Odyssey+ VR, Jet Pad w/ SSA, Voice Attack w/Viacom Pro GeForce RTX2080TI OC, Intel Core i7-7700K 4.5Ghz, 64GB DDR4, Dedicated 1TB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYKOnz Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 In my tacan panel build I used one of these for it http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_75&products_id=196 1 Tomcat, Tomcat über allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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