Hajime Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Hi, I'm recently building a collective and I'm looking for some 4 way switches. I was tryig out a E-Switch JS5208 and an Alps Alpine RKJXT1F42001. The downside of these switches is, that you can only apply one direction at a time (which is downside when you want to slew e.g. the Shkval in the Ka-50) Do you know 4-way / navigation switches which can have two active directions at one time? I would prefer switches with a relatively big actuator (as the two I mentioned). E-Switch https://tech.alpsalpine.com/prod/e/html/multicontrol/switch/rkjxt/rkjxt_list.html Alps Alpine https://tech.alpsalpine.com/prod/e/html/multicontrol/switch/rkjxt/rkjxt_list.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katalan Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Alpine RKJXT1F42001 is an encoder too. I use it for HDG snd CRS in all my planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thadiun Okona Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 I bought some of those with high hoped but those Alps switches to feel really mushy and have a strangely long throw for how short the stick is. I prefer printing and making my own 4 ways using nice tact switches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajime Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 @Thadiun Okona Do you have cad / 3d-printing files or can you recomend certain assemblys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HILOK Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 maybe a ministick would better suit your needs? https://www.google.de/search?q=analog+gamepad+thumbstick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajime Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 @HILOK Don't ask me why, I don't get along with these ministicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thadiun Okona Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Hajime said: @Thadiun Okona Do you have cad / 3d-printing files or can you recomend certain assemblys? I didn't make these, the work was done by @TomVR but these are the go to standard if you don't want to model your own.. there are 2 3 and 4 ways and a multitude of hats that were modeled off of real ones, plus the source files if you wanted to start customizing them https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3452944 As far as the switches themselves, you can use any 6x6x4.3mm tact switch but imo the best ones are the 500 gram force ones by Omron.. they cost 2-3 times more than the typical ones but it's not like you need a lot so go for performance. Typically they're about 1/2 the force of actuation which end up feeling mushy too. Thrustmaster uses 280gf versions in theirs for reference https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/omron-electronics-inc-emc-div/B3F-1006/1129851 Edited December 13, 2020 by Thadiun Okona deets 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajime Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Thank you. I was going to place an orderat mouser anyway. So it is easier to reach the 50€ limit for free shipping to Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajime Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 @Thadiun Okona I tried out the "switch" you suggested. Am I wrong or is these assembly still "one direction at a time"? Maybe I customize it for that purpose (I need more free time ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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