Warthog Centre Stick Mod No.2
 

So some of you might recall my first mod the which was a 109 Grip and a few days back I ordered some more items for my next project :D

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http://s5.postimage.org/pvby27yuv/DSC00867.jpg

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Hopefully after all the wiring and assembly it will look something like this...

http://s5.postimage.org/jf2zc4qbb/IMG_0032.jpg


http://s5.postimage.org/jdt1ipohj/spit6.jpg

Not sure how long it will take to complete but it should be fun, hopefully I don't electrocute myself too much ...

Now which one will I end up using the most... :!:

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;)

Deffinatley the spade grip and then you can sell the KG13 to me... ;)

Where di you get it from Krupi and do they do a KG13?

I stumbled across it on ebay AU after looking for ages, as far as I am aware he makes spade grips and Beaufighter yokes :D

You can have the KG13 after you deposit £5000 into my bank account :P

Any links or contacts to this guy ?

Sure no problem I will send you his email address via a PM :)

If anyone else wants it just ask.

S!

You lucky son of a devil you, Krupi! :grin: Please keep us posted on the progress. Was it hard to incorporate the KG13 to Warthog?

To be honest its not a great conversion, I took one look at the wiring of the warthog and decided to go for a different way to get some power to the buttons LOL

My way requires a teensy board and a bit of programming, it takes up another usb slot and you have to have the warthogs original handle connected for it to maintain connection to the pc but its far easier and can be swapped around quickly.

I could have one commissioned for that price Krupi :-P

ARGHHHH... MY EYE, MY RIGHT EYE!!!... More on that later!

Okay so here is my very brief project plan...

1) Complete assembly and resizing of spade components.
2) Assemble and Programme buttons for testing.
3) Attach buttons to spade grip and test.
4) Add black spade grip to handle.

Like I said short and sweet.

So today I got started on cleaning up the spade grips button and casing...

BEFORE

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ARGHHHH... MY EYE, MY RIGHT EYE!!! that was when I managed to blow aluminium swarf into my eye OUCH, I started to wear my safety glasses after that.

AFTER

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http://s5.postimage.org/lihzxjfhz/photo_1.jpg

http://s5.postimage.org/8fmde9p9z/photo_2.jpg

So what do you think..

I was using these pictures for reference.

http://s5.postimage.org/jdt1ipohj/spit6.jpg

http://s5.postimage.org/xvuu4g56f/spit5.jpg

Next I will work on button :D

Things have suddenly speeded up around here, I ordered some buttons yesterday and they arrived today :D HURRAH!

I made a slight mistake when drilling the holes in the case for the button but I was able to correct it (Well sort of) but its all going to be covered up anyway :)

So here is the button case with the buttons installed...

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You can see the left button is a bit too far to the left, but luckily I was still able to get the nut and anti rotation washer on.

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The two parrel lines are where the spitfire grip will be resting not the drilling location so while my drilling was not great it was not THAT bad ;)

I have done some work on the button, filling the grip etc and tomorrow I will be finishing the button and casing and moving on to the brake lever.

I would be doing some more work today but I just got a call, apparently we are starting drinking at four today :-x its such a hard life :P