[simpits-tech] Saitek yoke opinions?

[Gene Buckle]

On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, bjones at pipecomp.com.au wrote:

> Gene will never be tired of scratch building........ Common don't lie to
> us!!  :)
>
Ben it's gotten to the point where I have a choice.  I can spend the time 
building some accessory I need, or I can buy it and actually have time to 
USE it.

For example, the collimated display project requires a whole new cockpit 
from the ground up.  I could spend a pile of time building out all the 
systems that will be needed, or I can save a ton of time by either buying 
or re-purposing what I need.

I'm going for two aircraft configurations, one will be a center-stick 
fighter type and the other will be a yoke based GA type.  I'll build a new 
seat, instrument panel & side console boxes and then drop-in commercial 
controls.  I figured I'd rather take the debt hit than spend another pile 
of hours that would eventually cost the same in time and materials.

The GA rig will be glass and will use a re-cased Elite radio stack.  The 
combat rig will also be glass with some random military panels thrown in 
for looks.

I really, really want to get back to work on the F-15 as well.  Friday I 
found an 8" 800x600 LCD panel that I'll be able to use in the MPCD.  The 
current build uses a 7" mono VGA display which isn't correct, but was all 
I could find at the time.  The 8" display should fit within the MPCD 
enclosure so I can keep it as a removable "box".  The VSD (radar) display 
uses a 5" mono VGA display that has some "tearing" issues at the top 
corner of the display.  I'll look into curing that, but if I can't, I've 
got a 5.6" color LCD panel I can drop in there.  Because of research Mike 
Powell did on building non-collimated HUDs, I may be able to rebuild the 
HUD I have in such a way as to make it usable.  I've got pretty much all 
the parts & electronics I need for the F-15, so I just need to sit down 
and start the integration process.

g.


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