Good god! That is the most beautiful ugly stick.
@Space Monkey Havn't decided on making the actual hotas yet. First i'l make the actual pad work and go from there. Rly hoping for a thick, heavy, professional looking hotas tho. :)
that_frog_kurtis
Space Marshal
Haha and it's still going strong too! I've got some more plans but they're pretty half baked and a bit more ambitious than the ugly stick.
Meow, does the stick have a gimbal?
If it is off an lav (assuming it's anything like a Bradley that is) then I highly doubt it. You don't need a gimbal in one as you just control a 25mm cannon and a coax gun that is fixed to the turret. If you look in the picture you can see coax wrote on the stick. This is all purely off of my experience having been mechanized infantry for 6 years and experience with Bradleys though, lav may be different but I suspect not.
ThomSirveaux
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Now, back on topic: this would probably be a better momentary switch for you, as there's only ON-(OFF), so you'd just wire a ground with a pull down to the center lug and the HIGH input going to the top rail, so it's pulled LOW when you toggle. (ACTIVE LOW mode)
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ThomSirveaux
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that_frog_kurtis
Space Marshal
Not sure I follow what you are asking here. The stick on a Bradley for the gunner also looks nothing like the one shown, but has no hat switch which is what I thought you meant by gimbal. As far as windage and elevation goes, once the isu (integrated sight unit) is zeroed for the gun that's it. There are marks on the site for all sorts of things including different ranges. Wind isn't really going to throw a 25mm off target much unless you are in a tornado or hurricane lol. And as far as the coax machine gun goes it doesn't really have to be dead on. You are taught to fire it in a z. Starting at the top of the targets moving to the right then slightly down and drag back across. It gets the job done, granted it's not precision sniper fire. Only other thing there is is the TOW which is a wire guided rocket. Granted not sure if that's how they still work. Got a buddy who is a mechanic for Bradleys that had to go to a course for apparently the new ones that said the computer for the targeting system basically does everything now, up to and including compensating for range and target lead. Basically meaning you put the sight on it it's going to hit. Sound very cool, but for all I know he could have been feeding me a line of shit lol.
that_frog_kurtis
Space Marshal
How do you slew the turret and raise and lower the gun? You don't only use the terms windage and elevation for zeroing the weapon. A gimbal is the swivel/pivot system that allows the stick to move (tilt) in the X and Y axis. If you say there is no gimbal then I assume the stick is fixed and does not move, becoming a stationary grip rather than a joystick. However, after talking to Chairman_Meow directly, I am now aware that the stick moves in the X and Y axis, and is therefore gimballed in one way or another. Thanks anyway though.
Chairman Meow
Grand Admiral
Slansickness
Space Marshal
I've been wanting to write up some tutorials for custom controls and simpits, from very basic stuff like connections (soldering, conductive epoxy, etc.) to full control builds. I haven't really found the time, my goal was to write examples for a few major Arduinos and popular variants. I realize most of these things are available in one form or another online, but I thought having one repository for flight controls and keypads, excluding irrelevant features, and putting a TEST flair on it all might be fun, and make it easy to learn what you need for whatever project you had in mind. Probably would be a boon to the TEST brand in the SC community as well. Thoughts and input is welcome.
ThomSirveaux
Space Marshal
I think we (TEST Engineering, that is) can all get together one of these weekends and get something like this started.
Ah sorry was miscommunication then. I thought you meant something like a hat switch.
that_frog_kurtis
Space Marshal
I'm down. you guys are probably far more qualified than me re soldering and arduinos, but I can fiber glass and mechanical internals etc
that_frog_kurtis
Space Marshal
That has heaps more throw than I expected. I'm gaggin to see inside it now. No pressure.