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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: 68valu on February 17, 2012, 09:44:43 PM
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Here is the new box I built for one of our fellow virtual pilots:
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww293/68valu/IMG_1694.jpg)
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww293/68valu/IMG_1695.jpg)
68valu
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cool how much??
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cool how much??
PM sent
68valu
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Looks great bud PM inbound.
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What's it do?
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What's it do?
its mapable for any game function that your USB joystick buttons might be mapped to.
i use mine for individual engine control in b24s as well as any keyboard command that I must use multiple keystrokes for.
68valu
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i have mine set up for things i use but not all the time. gear up/down, jump airplane, autopilot, tail hook, open bomb doors, damage, etc.
It's just like having 16 extra buttons for your joystick.
semp
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i have mine set up for things i use but not all the time. gear up/down, jump airplane, autopilot, tail hook, open bomb doors, damage, etc.
It's just like having 16 extra buttons for your joystick.
semp
Well that explains it to my non-nerdish brain.
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Did you use a Bodnar board? Build is very nice looks professional, I was able to built a full rotary trim control with a Bodnar board I don't use it any more since I got a tm warthog. I plan on someday building g a full cockpit with all switches and dials since there are direct x boards available now it makes a lot easier.
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Did you use a Bodnar board?
Not Bodnar stuff. These are used circuit boards I modify myself. Im going to work on some analog controls to go with the button panel next build.
I'll PM ya regarding the simpit.
68valu
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Looks great bud PM inbound.
boxed up and I'll ship tomorrow. :salute
68valu
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I would like to know how much as well please... If you are willing to put another together... (and I can get the purchase approved through the war department hahaha)
See-ya
Mitch
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I would like to know how much as well please... If you are willing to put another together... (and I can get the purchase approved through the war department hahaha)
See-ya
Mitch
pm sent
68valu
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Pollock
Where are these DirectX boards? The only thing I have seen are the Bodnar boards and it is really spotty IF the guy will answer emails or let you know if your shipment is on the way from what I have been told.
Did you use a Bodnar board? Build is very nice looks professional, I was able to built a full rotary trim control with a Bodnar board I don't use it any more since I got a tm warthog. I plan on someday building g a full cockpit with all switches and dials since there are direct x boards available now it makes a lot easier.
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Where I can find instructions to do it by myself?
:salute
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Where I can find instructions to do it by myself?
Basically, just take any USB game controller and a suitable box. Tear the controller apart, put the innards into the box, drill holes where needed and voilą! You may want to change the microbuttons to those with a nut like Valu68 uses for durability and easy install.
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XBOX 360 wired controllers. 12 buttons, 2 analog sticks, 2 analog sliders. Plugs straight into your Windows 7 PC's USB port and works first try.
It's a good, cheap base to experiment with.
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XBOX 360 wired controllers. 12 buttons, 2 analog sticks, 2 analog sliders. Plugs straight into your Windows 7 PC's USB port and works first try.
It's a good, cheap base to experiment with.
Yea 12 buttons but if you use dpdt switches you can actually make it 16 more buttons.
AH reads the directional pad as the forward/back/right/left and will allow you to use them om combination with each other as a seperate button/control.
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Can I see the inside ?
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Pollock
Where are these DirectX boards? The only thing I have seen are the Bodnar boards and it is really spotty IF the guy will answer emails or let you know if your shipment is on the way from what I have been told.
http://www.leobodnar.com/
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Really was hoping that you were talking about a different supplier since Bodnar is spotty at best with shiipping and communication about orders.
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Really was hoping that you were talking about a different supplier since Bodnar is spotty at best with shiipping and communication about orders.
I guess I lucked out then. I purchased one around 2 years ago relatively easy took around 2 weeks overall.
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Can I see the inside ?
I dont know if you want to. I know how many wires there in the few I have built and it looks like spaghetti. I even used several zipties to try and keep things as neat and tidy as possible.
I do have a few pics of some of my wiring nit in box yet. That is if you were referring to my post.
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I think it was more in a reply to Leo Bodnar and my doings business with him. I really like the finished look of 68valu controls too.
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I do have a few pics of some of my wiring nit in box yet. That is if you were referring to my post.
That would be cool . I'm pretty good at stuff like that from working on my RC stuff . I like to try and buiild something like that myself .
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take joystick apart and the wires going to the buttons well connect them to the new pushbuttons. save everything except for the joystick "outer shell".
semp
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It's not quite tha easy semp when many of the buttons are pcb mounted. In those cases you need to be somewhat practiced in the art of soldering to a circuit board.
If you have never done it before then it would be wise to buy a cheap board at radio shack to practice on.
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Yeah dkff49 , Took me a while to learn how to solder .
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it was just a simplified version of it dk :). I know it's a bit more complicated than that. but it's not as hard as anyone can think. of course patience is a virtue. me I have none as I tried to do it myself and ended up ordering one from 68valu.
semp
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it was just a simplified version of it dk :). I know it's a bit more complicated than that. but it's not as hard as anyone can think. of course patience is a virtue. me I have none as I tried to do it myself and ended up ordering one from 68valu.
semp
+1 Which is why this one is on the way to me now.
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Is the box by itself a electrical outlet box ?
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Is the box by itself a electrical outlet box ?
yes, 2 of them.
68valu
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yes, 2 of them.
68valu
Cool , thanks .
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pm sent
68valu
Me too 68valu.
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Flench check your pms
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Flench check your pms
Got it . Thank you <S> .