Aviator flight stick mod

[Saturat]

thats soo cool!

hey, is it possible to move the POV to the base?
say I got an old XBOX controller, would you be able to use one of its thumsticks and use that as a 'look around' on the aviator?

[TexRoadkill]

Nice job Rev!

How hard do you think it would be to take a better PC stick and change out the board with an Aviator board? That way you could have a better stick and throttle combo with Xbox compatability. I was thinking of tackling that if the game is as good as it seems.

I would think the only real challenge would be figuring out any power issues.

[Zensuji]

Originally Posted by TexRoadkill

Nice job Rev!

How hard do you think it would be to take a better PC stick and change out the board with an Aviator board? That way you could have a better stick and throttle combo with Xbox compatability. I was thinking of tackling that if the game is as good as it seems.

I would think the only real challenge would be figuring out any power issues.

I'm sure some mods will turn up soon or later...I'll be all over them when they do

[reverend66]

Once you get into the POV and Joystick functions you are running into a LOT of very very tiny wires. I would not recomend messing with those as you will more than likely be buying a new stick (or two). I have found however that the aviator joystick is much less jerky and serisously easy to aim with after I used Bunsenbeaker's zip tie mod. Just use 2 zip ties to lesson the spring tension at the base of the stick (see pic)



Thanks Bunsenbeaker!
Rev

[JCofDI]

I fully support the zip-tie mod as well. I was actually able to fly the P-51 much more smoothly, and even did some dogfighting in that mission. During previous attempts, all my turning to line up the sights would just send it into a stall or a spin given the abrupt nature the stick had of going from center to about 1/3 of it's range of motion.

Seriously, if you're wondering about this mod I don't know why. It's so cheap, and easily makes this stick so much better.

My thanks to Bunsenbeaker as well!

[TexRoadkill]

I thought the stick already seemed a bit too loose. It flies better with less tension?

[JCofDI]

If you have your stick handy - go ahead and simply set a finger against it and start pushing it very lightly in a direction. Increase the pressure until it moves. If it's setup the way I've seen most AV8R sticks, it will take a good amount of pressure for that bottom, cone-shaped section of the stick to "pop" over the edge and let the stick start moving freely. This is really what the mod fixes in my opinion. Now just pushing the stick lightly will let it move freely in the direction without that hangup on the base itself, allowing for much smoother movements when you need to make only slight adjustments.

[Bunsenbeaker27]

Originally Posted by reverend66

Once you get into the POV and Joystick functions you are running into a LOT of very very tiny wires. I would not recomend messing with those as you will more than likely be buying a new stick (or two). I have found however that the aviator joystick is much less jerky and serisously easy to aim with after I used Bunsenbeaker's zip tie mod. Just use 2 zip ties to lesson the spring tension at the base of the stick (see pic)



Thanks Bunsenbeaker!
Rev

Yep, that's the mod precisely! Glad it's helping you guys. I meant to post up pictures, but I ended up going out of town at the last minute over the weekend. This thread should be considered for a sticky since it has a lot of good info in it.

[cocteau4ad]

what I did with this AV8TR was to addres the problem with the hand rest and also swaped some button functions around. the RB(Button) for the X wich is the thick oragne wire inside the stick and one of the thin orange wire coming out of the stick. also the LSB (Button) for the B which is the zoom this is the Dark thick Purple wire and the thin yellow wire coming out of the stick. also removed the lock that the X button and added some foam dots on it to make the button more accsesible ans make the HAT stick easier to use. also added a foam dot to make the new B Button which now is on the LSB.
The other guy's aviator looks nice with the new button(Just A coment)
If you have any questions hey feel free to ask.

[reverend66]

Nice work Cocteau! what color are the wires for X and B out of the stick? I might want to swap them around once the game comes out.