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Old 11-14-2010, 09:44 PM
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Bolox pretty much said it all. Bear in mind that some of the things he mentioned i.e. mixture and radiators may be able to be bound to an axis in future IL-2 updates and SoW.

PS: Have you seen any of Numca_of_CS's designs over at the Ubi forum? Or the Pit Builders forum at SimHQ? Plenty of inspiration there.
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Old 11-15-2010, 12:57 AM
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I think that above tips consider "vanila" IL-2.

The incoming 4.10 enable more controls on axis, like radiator, mixture, engine 1, engine 2 power... Hope that BoB too.

Since you already have stick+throttle (+pedal), consider use the 8 axis provide by Bu0836
to:

-rudder trim
-elevator trim
-aileron trim

Preferable whit multiturn pots, to allow small adjustment.

(4.10)
-radiator
-prop pitch
-mixture

Things like supercharge next/previus stage, flaps, manual gear, bombsight controls, you can control with rotary encoder - one handle two button in Bu0836 ( + - ).

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Old 11-15-2010, 06:50 AM
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A rotary encoder! Now that's an elegant solution!

The tool JoyToKey is helpful as well, since it's generic it will work on any device that's recognized as a game controller. Currently I only use it on my stick, buttons 3 & 4, to zoom in & out in a smooth fashion (button 3 makes JoyToKey push the I on keyboard 25 times a second, button 4 the same with the O on keyboard).

Using multi-turn pots is beauftiful but I imagine those things being expensive. You might consider using normal pots and use a non-linear scale so movements around the center doesn't result in sharp changes. I use cheap Saitek 3 lever slides, one for power/proppitch/flaps, the other one for elevator/rudder/aileron trim, which works fine with default settings for me.

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Old 11-15-2010, 04:24 PM
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Thanks for all the info.

I probably wont finalise anything until SOW is released as its likely to be more advanced.

I'm planning on using hall sensors instead of pots.

Although i've allready got a BU0836, i might just use this to convert my throttle and joystick and buy the X version so i can use latching switches.
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Old 11-18-2010, 08:23 AM
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id say 4 engine axis... radiator will be axis controlled
also 4 axis control surfaces, for better flaps control
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Old 11-18-2010, 02:43 PM
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Bolox pretty much said it all. Bear in mind that some of the things he mentioned i.e. mixture and radiators may be able to be bound to an axis in future IL-2 updates and SoW.

PS: Have you seen any of Numca_of_CS's designs over at the Ubi forum? Or the Pit Builders forum at SimHQ? Plenty of inspiration there.
I have Numca's Icarus console, and will write a review of it after I have used it a little more. For now, I can say that you need to carefully decide which controls you want on the console. Also, the workmanship is very good, and Numca is nothing if not incredibly helpful (and patient) in getting you up and running. The downside, for now, is that he started his mandatory 9 months in the Greek army yesterday. So, he really won't be available for some time.

If I hear anything from him, I'll let you know.

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