Hello !
First , one important thing to know : my tailor is rich, but my english is poor !
Second, most of the information you want, Gadget, is on our webpage . It appears that my english translation is awful, and so, these informations aren't clear .
I apologize for this bad translation . An american simmer kindly offered me to correct our webpage , so I hope it will be soon more informative for every english speaker.
Third , another thing must be clear : Tarmac Aces is a
Team , not a company . We are
simmers , sustained by a small company, of course, but simmers . The Tarmac Aces project will not help us to feed our families , but it will feed our passion !
The beginning of this project can be found here (it's a french forum) :
http://www.checksix-forums.com/showthread.php?t=105622
And we are still working with other french speaking simmers on this project .
On the base will be easily connected other flight controls : trims, throttle , rudder (will be released soon), and replicas of switches ( RLM Fl21118 (magneto selector), RLM Fl21211 (starter clutch), RLM Fl32315 (ignition button) are yet sketched )
So the base can be used as the "central interface" of a simpit .
@Gadget, you're right, we
are hiding something : the result of the hundreds of hours of research and developpement we spent on the base (note that we didn't earned even one cent for this work). This result is a revolution .
A sturdy assembling at the tenth of millimetre, on ball bearings. No play . The least movement of the stick gives an information to the sensors . No return to the center.
We made the choice of the innovation and we use only high quality components . High quality components are very expensive, we can't do anything against that .
The ratiometric Hall Effect sensors we use are high-grade sensors , 60 times more precise than the better cermet potentiometer (and without any digital amplification ! ), with a response time under the quarter of a millisecond . In accordance with IP67 , shielded against magnetic fields and radio waves .
The precision of the mechanism combined with the precision of the sensors, and the 40° of travel of the 40 cm stick (as a real one) gives you an unbelievable precision of flying that can't be compared to no other joystick .
1) 500+280=780
2) yes , Leo made a very reliable controller , why shouldn't we use it ? We are simmers , not electronics engineers . (and if you know someone who wants to do the job of engraving the PCB , soldering all the diods and connectors on the diod matrix PCB and all the connectors of the connector panel , just tell me : it's not my favourite hobby, and we're looking for someone wich could do that job)
3) picked on the Tarmac Aces webpage : "...materials : composite materials ..." Different kinds of composite materials are used (some of them are as hard as steel) . The use of the grip will slowly wear his paint , and under this paint , aluminium color will appear . Some other parts will slowly look a bit rusty . And on some other parts, originally made of bakelite , the color of bakelite will slowly appear . Two members of the team are model makers .
4) the mechanical system of management of the efforts of the base reproduce the feeling of having in hand a real control stick , with all the rods to the control surfaces . One member of the Tarmac Aces Team is a pilot on the retirement of the French Airforce . He knows these feelings .
5) you will have to unscrew two flat-head screws , unlock a connector and unplug it .Easy ! The KG13 is our first grip . The SEMMP (the grip of the Mirage III, Mirage F1, Super Etendard, Jaguar, Alphajet (nicknamed "Gadget"
) will soon be available . And the Spitfire grip , too .
6) you will have to plug an USB connector , and do a calibration in your Windows Control Panel .
"I have asked several times about more information (never received on the other hand, just good words)" Gadget , I'm surprised : did you used the "mailto" link in our webpage ? I answered all the asks I received . Our webpage had some problems at the beginnig , but they are solved today .
@Tte.Costa
"If theres no need for software How do you use the radio button for Team Speak or Roger Wilko? "
Very good remark ! Do you know Joytokey ? This little software works perfectly !
@ruxtmp , when I bought my Cougar, two years ago , it took me six hours to conceive and carry out my own Mod, a gimbal system on ball bearings, with traction springs and no central play . It cost me 60 € .
I spent hundreds hours on the Tarmac Aces base and its parts .
Our goal is to try to progress the flight simulation hardware. To make the most realistic possible. It may be your goal, too.
Good flight !