Warthog Centre Stick Mod No.2

[JG52Krupi]

Basically yes, I just pull of the KG13 and pop on the Spade

Yes kind of ugly but that particular medal goes to the american aircraft sticks URGHH, in fact that sums up all american ww2 fighters... URGHHH

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Basically yes, I just pull of the KG13 and pop on the Spade

I was thinking about this, cast spade male and female connectors in resin and use a lever clamp for quick change

[JG52Krupi]

Work is slowly progressing on the spade grip, I got hold of the brass parts of the button and have been trying to get the shape of the grip filed into them but its proving a hard task, I will probably have to live with a few gaps













FYI its held together with bluetak atm

So a bit more filing is required and hopefully the circuit board will arrive tomorrow so I can test the buttons a few finishing touches and by next week it should all be done.

[JG52Krupi]

Still waiting for the teensy board to arrive so I went ahead and tapped a M6 thread into the spade grip for the brake lever.

This is one area that I was a bit worried about since if the thread was ruined I would only have one or two more goes and then I would have had to buy another grip, luckily my old man was on stand by and had brought backup in the form of some bike oil and the thread tapping went perfectly a small but good accomplishment given that we only had a small vice and a hand drill ...







So far so good, again a bit more filing required, a few holes and countersinks to be drilled and then I will only have the dreaded wiring and programming to do

[JG52Krupi]

Brake lever is now done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90annRahkjQ&feature=plcp

So this week the Teensy Board arrived and after a small problem I managed to get the buttons working .

So my finial list of "Things to do" are as follows..

1) File down brass bars and check installation of buttons.

2) Solder buttons and the Teensy Board.

3) Epoxy coat the handle to replicate the grip.

4) Paint.

5) Assemble ...

6) Kick ass in a spit... err.. okay, as soon as the FM's are improved

[JG52Krupi]

Small update, I now have all the button wired and have just tried it out in a 109, no cannon spits yet ....

So far so good, landing is now a lot easier in a spit with the brake lever... The brake lever also doubles up as my press to talk button which means its going to be quite hard to cover up my terrible landings...

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

The brake lever also doubles up as my press to talk button which means its going to be quite hard to cover up my terrible landings...

Don't you mean language?

Looking good mate. I'm highly envious of your skills. I was wondering about the dual action gun button, but it makes sense to have it for the future. Who knows, maybe we'll get a MkVB in 'the sequel'?!