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Originally Posted by MikkOwl
When that time comes, simmers will attempt to put a stick with the same feeling as the one in the plane they fly, in the same position, and the same for the throttle. The rest of the controls of an aircraft will be virtual (i.e. no tactile feedback, you are pushing stuff in the air) - at least it will look like you are in a cockpit, and your hand is actually touching things without substance, flipping switches, etc.
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That would be a bit horrible, like texting on an iPhone...but imagine you're wearing gloves and the fingers rumble or the glove stiffens when you're touching something on-screen. You could use a button on the end of one of the fingers to toggle the control with your thumb once you were touching it. I think tactile feedback is the only way that systems like that can work in the long term.
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Originally Posted by Azimech
Thanks for the info! I've been aware of the Bodnar interface for a while, mainly because I wanted to integrate a pc in my car and build a custom digital dash. I'll think about it for my flying gear, it's a cleaner solution and potentially looks better.
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No problem, the thing that attracts me to the idea is that it's pretty cheap as well, likely cheaper than one of the Saitek throttles + postage. Using good single-turn pots like Vishays also saves you money since good multi-turn pots are quite expensive and the resolution of inputs on Il-2 isn't really high anyway, or at least it doesn't seem to be...the cheaper version of the BU0836 is 10-bit anyway, so a bit of play in the gearing isn't even going to make a huge difference to the precision. It's always worth buying good-quality pots because they last SO much longer than £0.80 throwaway ones like they use in cheap joysticks. Just seems quite easy, I just can't justify to myself buying stuff like this while I'm job-hunting.
