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  2. Give Your X52 Some Feeling

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

    Posted

    Hey Mates!

     

    I'm still roaming the Boards once in a blue moon.

    I'm getting a 2nd hand TM Warthog from a SimHQ member for me B-day. I'm really looking forward to it, but I was thinking I'd miss the force feedback of my trusty MSFFB... then I remembered this mod and as I still have the Logitech rumblepad I think I'll be taking a page from your book Crash :)

     

    Hope you're all well. Only 3 more years until I can fly online with you guys again :rolleyes:

  3. Found Something In The Woods

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    Neat!

    When I was a boy visiting my grandparents in SW France (in the '80s) the blockhouses of the Atlantic wall were still sitting in the sand dunes... Today, for the most part, they've fallen into the sea as a result of erosion, though a few remain inland, covered in graffiti, if you know where to look for them. Of course, north of the Gironde river, where the coastline is composed of earth or rock rather than sand, the blockhouses remain. Perhaps in two thousand years they will remain, as enigmatic to our descendants as the dolmen and menhir are to us... :)

    The amount of concrete poured by the Germans in Europe in '42-43 was absolutely phenomenal: the Wall used up over 17 million cubic metres of concrete and 1.2 million tonnes of steel.

    C_G

  5. My Planned New Build..

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    [snip]

    This is the board I am looking at

    http://www.overclock...B-446-AS&tool=5

    Just want to make sure I buy the correct board!!

    [pasted]

    That is NOT the right board! That is the MicroATX board (note the suffix -M) so unless you're planning to fit this into a MicroATX case you do NOT want that board.

    You would probably be fine with the plain-Jane P8P67 board to save some money. Basically you'd be giving up an e-SATA connection (one instead of two), a PCI x16 slot, and Intel LAN support... otherwise your board will be the same as the -Pro I have... I've never actually used those features and so I basically overpaid.

    Asus is a solid Mobo company. The overclocking utility made my OC a breeze... literally click of a button and it does it for you.

  6. My Planned New Build..

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    Flyboy,

    I have a very similar rig to what you are contemplating:

    Asus P8P67 Pro Rev. 3.0

    i5 2500k (OC to 4.3 GHz)

    AMD 6970

    8 GB DDR3

    Win7 home 64 bit

    450 GB VelociRaptor

    and I'm very happy with the performance.

    For what it's worth, that overclock to 4.3 GHz is on the STOCK Intel cooler and has been absolutely stable for over half a year... not a single hiccup. In fact, I have OC'd the CPU past the 4.5 GHz level but the temps climbed up to 80 celsius (still well within the operating parameters, but there's no need to push it). However, there really is no need for me to OC the CPU anymore... everything is extremely smooth at 4.3.

  8. All Patched Up To 4.11; What Mods/ Mod Packs Do I Need?

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

    Posted

    Hey everyone,

    I'm all patched up to 4.11 (don't have the patch for the 4.11 patch, but I'll do that tonight... with luck).

    I've been out of the IL2 '46 loop since 4.08m (!~!) just around the time the whole smorgasbord of mods started to come out... I have to admit I'm completely confused by what's out there, mod-wise, so I have a bunch of questions:

    1- What, if any, mods do I have to have to fly coop with you guys?

    2- Will mods for 4.10.1m work with 4.11 (i.e. can I just install any old mod that looks cool and expect it NOT to Fuxxor my install)?

    3- Are there mod enablers like JSGME available for 4.11?

    4- If there is a standard DDz mod pack, can I add on other mods to that?

    Thanks!

    EDIT: Just saw Fruitbat's excellent "Modding 4.11" thread! Seems to answer most of my questions...

  9. The Big Fat Aeroplane Video Thread!

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    That's more like it :D

    Cue music

    I like big butts and I can not lie

    You other brothers can't deny

    That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist

    And a round thing in your face

    You get sprung

    Wanna pull up tough

    Cuz you notice that butt was stuffed

    Deep in the jeans she's wearing

    I'm hooked and I can't stop staring

    Oh, baby I wanna get with ya

    And take your picture

    My homeboys tried to warn me

    But that butt you got

    Make Me so horney

    Ooh, rump of smooth skin

    You say you wanna get in my benz

    Well use me use me cuz you aint that average groupy

  16. Bu0386 And Yoke Refurb+Upgrade

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    Thanks Brando,

    I was a bit bummed that I can't quite get the second side switch in but I'll likely revisit that issue. Leaves a bit of a hole there. Otherwise I'm quite pleased with it so far. My curse of hamfistedness seems to have stayed dormant so far this project :)

    The gas guy cut through an electrical wire so my computer room was out of commission this afternoon so I started soldering. Not enough to test but If I can scrounge a couple of hours I should have it wrapped up for the handle. Time to start ordering the slider pots and thinking about how to configure the throttle-mix-pitch button box.

    cheers,

    C_G

  17. Bu0386 And Yoke Refurb+Upgrade

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    I hadn't realized that the pots can share a common 5V+ and Ground (makes sense, just hadn't occurred to me). Instead of having 12 wires going from the pots to the BU0386, I can get away with 6! Great news, doing that will keep things much neater inside the casing.

    Hadn't realized my yoke was giving me the finger, LOL... Now I'll have to get that out of my head, which will probably reinforce the image rather than banishing it.... :D

  18. Bu0386 And Yoke Refurb+Upgrade

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    Some progress and more pictures:

    007.jpg

    Ready for wiring

    015.jpg

    Reverse

    013.jpg

    top view

    009.jpg

    Detail of handle side switches

    012.jpg

    I botched up the left handle side switches. Don't know exactly what I did wrong but I couldn't get the shell to close up tightly with the second switch in. Since I added an additional switch to the bottom, I gave in to frustration.

    The gas company people are here drilling another hole into the side of our house, so I'm at home today and have to resist the temptation not to start soldering while the kids are gone... Must work.... Must WORK!!!!

  22. Bu0386 And Yoke Refurb+Upgrade

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    Little progress report.

    I spent my spare time yesterday hacking holes for the buttons on the centre part and on the sides of the yoke handles (happier with the former than the latter... it was difficult making clean cuts in the handle sides, and I was getting tired, and my blade was getting duller). All that remains is to spend 5 minutes with the drill to punch one large and two small holes in the centre facing. I'm pretty happy with the button placement. There was space for a second button on the bottom so I added that.

    I also added the extra lengths of wire to the plugs for the 6 Row pins and 6 Column pins, and cut and stripped the ends off a bunch of same coloured wire so that when the time comes for soldering I can do it in a fairly quick and orderly manner (essential as I can't leave the soldering iron around for curious fingers to touch).

    Overall good progress, though everything is still a mess.... in fact more of a mess now that I have a medusa of three-foot long tangling wires dangling from the BU0386.

    Next steps are buying a glue gun at noon, drilling the holes for the centre buttons tonight and positioning and hot-gluing the buttons that require it. Time permitting I'll solder up the wires too.

    Angus

  25. My Little Project.

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    Ok - as you've shown me yours, I'll show you mine, even though it stalled over a year ago but hope to get it going again and, for that matter, get back online with you guys soon. The withdrawal symptoms are hell.

    Basically I used a Logitech wingman including the FFB motors and extended the shaft. I used decent pots to a Bodnar board and I think you can see I geared up the pot rotation to get a full turn. It worked pretty well except for the FFB hence the odd springs to give me some centering. A bit of subsequent digging has made me suspect the pots need to connect to the logitech board for FFB to work as they need to be part of a loop.

    I also made some pedals which were operated using drawer runners but the runners were very noisy and notchy so I intent to use pedals hung from above like a P47 etc. As you see from the mechanism I geared up the pot on that as well.

    Have also included a piccie of my Bodnar Board switch matrix using the probably unnecessary diodes. What a mess - hope it works after all the fiddly soldering. Would just buy the new version now that dosn't need diodes.

    From what I understand, the 10 and 12 bit Bodnar's don't need diodes if you are only going to use momentary switches.

    Only for toggle switches, rotary switches, or encoders the diodes (or the BU0386X) are necessary.

    (look at me, neophyte talking like I know it all... LOL)

    I've always wanted to extend my shaft. Er..... let me rephrase that....

    I've always wanted a more realistic flight control stick. There, that's better :D

    Best of luck getting back to it Shadrach. Was there anything in particular that stalled the project? Maybe Brando, or FT, or MT or someone else might have an idea to get you back on track :)

    C_G

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