PeterP Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) After having my stick ready - it felt kind of "not right" any more to use the A-10 throttles to control the rotor pitch for the KA-50. >>> So I knew that I have to change this asap... and as you can see I have now all necessary parts together for this job: (BTW: The most of the parts you would usually find in an old joystick/radio - and while taking a 20min walk over your local scrap-yard) My goal is to finish it up to next Sunday. And I will also include a working collective-brake that I really have to push to move it freely. I think that I will use again Saitek Cyborg ProGamer Pad to wire everything as I already know how to hack it >>> Dual-Thrust Unit. - and I can get it really cheap on e-bay . See you next Sunday on this page with more pictures and explanations :) Edit: Finished after 5 Days!! >>>>http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1415714#post1415714 That's exactly what I had in mind! Getting my things done -there will be hardly time for it in the near future. ___________________________________________ DONE! As you can see I will only have to turn this 180° if I switch to the A-10. And when I will use the P-51 some day I can reach all 5 levers easily for the complex engine management. ... and there is also enough room left for a aileron/ruder trimwheel box under the dual-thrust. Some photos about how the brake works now (tweaked once again): I use "Grip Tape" - the same as on a skateboard - to get enough friction to hold the collective in place when the brake is released. and now it is rock solid - and I don't have the wobbly felling like I did before with the rubber ring. More pictures with explanations/videos of the most important steps will follow early next week... ...Now I will reward myself with plenty of Grog! -I'm so damn happy! EDIT : Ka-50 Collective - Twist Throttle Upgrade for DCS-Huey Done! Edited January 12, 2013 by PeterP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) I have to show off a little... because I'm so proud of it! This is what I have accomplished the last three hours: Edited May 11, 2012 by PeterP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swaty Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I have to show of a little... because I'm so proud of it!:) You have the right to be!:thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My Pit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Powell Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I'll second that! Well done, PeterP! Mike Powell www.mikesflightdeck.com www.mikesflightdeckbooks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Nice job! Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Looks great:thumbup: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/a-10c-warthog-supplies https://forum.dcs.world/topic/133818-deadmans-cockpit-base-plans/#comment-133824 CNCs and Laser engravers are great but they can't do squat with out a precise set of plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feed Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I'd say, outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 The building bug has really taken hold of you! Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 (edited) The building bug has really taken hold of you! Great stuff. Yes ! I turned already the kitchen upside-down :D .. and right now its almost impossible to make a sandwich without having plastic-shavings in the butter... and my love is visiting her parents this week - and she said something similar like this: "I really don't care what you doing again while I'm away -so enjoy your self. -but please make sure I can't see how you did it!" - so I have to finish it at Sunday ! Edited March 7, 2012 by PeterP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Its a hard life when you r 2! Great going there! Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avlolga Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Pp. you r more than :thumbup: and this is another :thumbup: for your love "I really don't care what you doing again while I'm away -so enjoy your self..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 (edited) Its a hard life when you r 2! Great going there! :lol: Its not so bad -Because I love her for everything she does to me - but you have to know that we will be 3hree in the next month!!!:P - this might/maybe will get hard sometimes!!:) ___________________________________________________________________________ DAY TWO - I have finished the Head of the collective - No its filled /sanded-painted/ every switch is soldered - so I have theoretically don't open it again. And you can see that I reworked almost every detail. Things left to do: - Axis box and bracket. -wiring it up whit a Cyborg Pro-gamer Unit ( will arrive at Friday/Saturday at my place) More pictures of today in loose order: These pictures are not in the right order up to now and the explanation is also missing. I will edit this post next Sunday/Monday to give you all the information what I have done.. Edited March 10, 2012 by PeterP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) DAY FOUR Small flash-light what I have done so far: ---the spring loaded collective-brake is working really satisfying and holds know always the assigned position. (...after lots of try'n'error ;) ) ... -as you can see I also bought a saitek-throttle-quadrant to have all the axis controls mapped . (And the extra throttle axis will sure come handy when DCS : P51 will hit the floors) - so buying it was a no-brainier for me. I got also a notification from DHL that they will try again tomorrow to deliver the cyborg-pad. And tomorrow I will make also a short stop at a music store to buy a second-hand Hi-Hat stand that I will use as a stand for the pitch/throttle control. Than I should be able to make it functional and have a test-flight at Saturday evening. :) Cheers! More pictures of this day in lose order and without comment: Edited March 10, 2012 by PeterP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Wow nice work PeterP and congrats on your upcoming addition to your family. Hurry up and finish those projects while you still can as the proud father of a 19mo old girl I know how time becomes a limited commodity! http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Hurry up and finish those projects while you still can as the proud father of a 19mo old girl I know how time becomes a limited commodity! :DThat's exactly what I had in mind! Getting my things done -there will be hardly time for it in the near future. ___________________________________________ DAY FIVE DONE!:) As you can see I will only have to turn this 180° if I switch to the A-10. And when I will use the P-51 some day I can reach all 5 levers easily for the complex engine management. ... and there is also enough room left for a aileron/ruder trimwheel box under the dual-thrust.;) Some photos about how the brake works now (tweaked once again): I use "Grip Tape" - the same as on a skateboard - to get enough friction to hold the collective in place when the brake is released. and now it is rock solid - and I don't have the wobbly felling like I did before with the rubber ring. More pictures with explanations/videos of the most important steps will follow early next week... ...Now I will reward myself with plenty of Grog! -I'm so damn happy! Edited March 11, 2012 by PeterP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 WOW! This is too cool! Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaximus Decimus Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hey, Peter, where can I get a form to place an order for one of these bad boys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hey, Peter, where can I get a form to place an order for one of these bad boys? Post a request in this thread Black Shark Helisim . I already PM'ed Rainman to encourage him to copy my solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckling Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hi Peter That is a true piece of art. Very well made. You sure earned that "Grog", LOL - - - - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornado_Pilot Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Schön gemacht, Peter... Sieht äusserst stabil aus und macht sicher Spaß, damit zu fliegen. Nicely done, Peter. Looks quite sturdy and must be a lot of fun to fly with. Greets Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avlolga Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 PeterP Now i need to know what will be cooked in your kitchen the next time your love will be "OOH" for another weekend !!! :thumbup: DCS need to open Sim Topic on you name : "DCS-PeterPan Wonders" :notworthy: what is your paypal address ? Thanks for being with us !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Awesome work :thumbup: Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyBerkut Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 PeterP, that is super nice. Well done! I've been kicking around a plan to convert my old Saitek X-52 throttle into a collective control (generic though, not Ka-50 style). I picked up a bicycle brake (a long time ago) for the position holding of the collective arm... but your solution is much more elegant than what I was planning! I may have to appropriate that idea. ;) Once again, well done! And congrats on the new addition to the family! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) I picked up a bicycle brake (a long time ago) for the position holding of the collective arm... but your solution is much more elegant than what I was planning! I may have to appropriate that idea. ;) I warped also my head around how I will solve the "brake-riddle" many hours/days. I was also thinking to incorporate the whole bracket from the bicycle in first place . Well,- until I bought a broken X52 on e-bay to get some parts for this -and other projects - here you can see why I initially bought it , -I needed/wanted a full-metal gun trigger: DIY P-51D style grip for HOTAS Cougar ... -whatever- Than suddenly I realised that the spring of the X-52 is fitting perfectly on my aluminium pipe of the crouch... ...and the riddle was almost solved - just drilled a big hole on one of the "Gardena"-hose-pipe connectors and attached some parts from the bicycle bracket. :) It will take some time to finish a complete description "what I have done" with annotations and update the first posting with it. -will do this if when I have more free time. - but here are some other of the important steps that I missed to post up to now: I installed a spring-loaded switch into the brake handle - that will fire as soon I press the brake: (I hope you can spot it) And it really makes so much of a difference to control the Ka-50 wit AP-altitulde-hold ON always- while you have to press the collective brake all the time while moving the collective - much better altitude stabilisation! -something I only did while in route-mode before. And here for all the lunatics (like me:P) that think it's easier to use a Cyborg-pro-gamer unit (I got mine for 15€ -used) instead of a proper usb-controller board to wire everything up: ...Yes! :) Sometimes you need a plan! ...here you can see the cyborg-board after I have soldered wires to every pin and fixated them with hot-glue - because when unprotected it's very delicate: And the smart ones will notice that I don't using the X/Y axis on this board up to now... but I'm already planing to build a aileron/pitch trim wheel box for upcoming P-51d... -but that is another story...:) Edited May 5, 2012 by PeterP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Looks great again PeterP you really outdid yourself! 1 http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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