Flight Sim CH yokes/pedals PIREP

A couple months ago, during a visit to the EAA Museum at OSH, I peered
through the window into one of the behind the scenes construction rooms and
low and behold I saw a complete PC based sim stand with reclineable chair, 3
monitors, the CH yoke, pedals, and multi engine throttle quadrant. It
looked like it was constructed out of 3/4" square steel tubing that was bent
and welded into one complete unit with adjustable shelves and brackets for
everything. Pretty cool. Maybe someday we'll see it out on the floor in
the KidVenture Exhibit.
Jim

"john smith" wrote in message
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I have the CH rudder pedals, F-16 throttle and stick.
What I need is a custom seat to mount everything to for the total
experience. Sitting in an upright chair with the pedals on the floor and
the throttle and stick setting on the table just does not feel right.
Jay, please post a picture of your new "cockpit" when it is completed.

If you're not using an actual car battery, you'll probably need a pretty
beefy power supply to adjust the seat with.

Got it! I don't even remember why I bought it, but I've got a power
supply that converts 110 volt AC to 12 volt DC, with more than enough
amps to power the seat.

My A&P was just here, measuring seat height and pedal placement. It's
gonna be cool!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

john smith schrieb:

What I need is a custom seat to mount everything to for the total
experience.

Like this?
http://home.balcab.ch/stefan/public/Flugsimulator.jpg

Possible sideline for your A&P? Build them so they can fold up or be easily
disassembled for shipping? He makes the frames, you bolt in your own used
seat from a junkyard.
Jim


My A&P was just here, measuring seat height and pedal placement. It's
gonna be cool!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Mortimer Schnerd, RN writes:

I've got the trim pretty well squared away now. My remaining complaint about
the pedals is that I'm all over the runway with them, even after setting the
sensitivity down to 10% of the default setting. I'm not really sure what to do
about that.

MSFS doesn't actually decrease the sensitivity of the controls when
you reduce the sensitivity setting; instead, it increases the delay
before it acts upon any control movements. So the controls become a
bit more sluggish and you have more time to correct if you make an
inappropriate control movement before the control surfaces actually
react. But that's not the same as changing the actual sensitivity,
unfortunately. A given displacement of the control still produces the
same displacement of the control surface, no matter what the setting.
All you can change with sensitivity is how long it takes to reach that
point.

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Jay Honeck wrote:
Until now, flying MS Flight Sim '04 using the big screen projector at
the hotel has been cool, but, well, unreal. A joystick -- even a
force-feedback stick, like we used -- is simply a bad compromise

Yes, far better with yoke and rudder pedals with toe brakes.

To solve many of your sensitivity problems and be able to add all sorts
of cool things, be sure to get the #1 FS addon: FSUIPC:

http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html

Next, order up your local scenery and better terrain from someone like:

http://www.pcaviator.com/megascenery/
http://portal.fsgenesis.net/

I can actually follow the roads and lakes around northern NJ on the
sim!

Personally, I use a sim to pre-plan flights (hey, look there's a ridge
I could use as a landmark, cool), practice instrument scan and
navigation (zoom yourself somewhere random and then try to find
yourself with VORs), and to keep fresh with flows. The last requires
you go a bit crazy and build radios, fuel, magneto, etc switches in
more or less the right spot to practice emergencies.

So here comes some radio links, which should make you drool a bit:

http://www.flyelite.com/hardware.php
http://www.goflightinc.com/order/index.php
http://sim.itra.de/default_en.htm
http://www.simkits.com/

Best, Kev

"Stefan" wrote in message
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john smith schrieb:

What I need is a custom seat to mount everything to for the total experience.

Like this?
http://home.balcab.ch/stefan/public/Flugsimulator.jpg

Man, that is ...Scary! Is that your setup?

How do you link that many monitors (and computers?) to run off of one program?
--
Jim in NC

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:59:17 GMT, john smith wrote:

I have the CH rudder pedals, F-16 throttle and stick.
What I need is a custom seat to mount everything to for the total
experience. Sitting in an upright chair with the pedals on the floor and
the throttle and stick setting on the table just does not feel right.

About 25 years ago, I went by Boeing Surplus and found a 727 co-pilot seat for
sale...$20. Picked it up, installed it on a wooden base with a lazy susan
swivel, and used it as my office chair for years. The adjustments (height,
backrest, etc.) even worked.

Not long after I bought the chair, I found a Honeywell "Autopilot Formation
Stick" as well. This is a big analog joystick. I built a A/D converter to let
it simulate an Atari joystick, and mounted it between the leg supports of the
727 seat.

Worked pretty good.... have to see if I can find a picture, somewhere.

Ron Wanttaja

Ben Jackson wrote:
On 2006-10-27, wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
The pedals in particular have a heft to them that connotes quality,
and they move very smoothly, seemingly on ball bearings.

If the casing comes off easily, you might take a look. There's a 50-50
chance you'll find steel strips in there that don't do anything but add
weight.

ABSOLUTELY DO **NOT** TAKE APART THE PEDALS. Ask me how I know ;-)

How do you know?

I am guessing that either tiny springs fly everywhere, or that they
weren't meant to be disassembled and lots of plastic tabs break.

Matt Roberds

wrote in message
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Ben Jackson wrote:
ABSOLUTELY DO **NOT** TAKE APART THE PEDALS. Ask me how I know ;-)

How do you know?

I am guessing that either tiny springs fly everywhere, or that they
weren't meant to be disassembled and lots of plastic tabs break.

I took mine apart when the left brake stopped working (it turned out that a
wire had broken; I reconnected it and it worked fine). Nothing irreversible
happens, but yes, some springs and other parts tend to slip out of place and
have to be delicately repositioned. I wouldn't suggest going to the trouble
unless you have to fix something.

--Gary