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Great game, did some tank killing (and PBI of course) with Jedi today. Works seamlessly on my machine.

Ooooh I LIKE THAT!

Roughly a couple of pounds...3 maybe? I am not good a estimating weight. The wood box is pretty light though. David

That would work, I can cut the parts out, paint them and apply the vinyl and mail them to you. The levers I made on my CNC machine. They were a lot that I did a year or so ago and never got around to using them. Usually I make the levers out of high density Baltic birch plywood. This way they can be sanded and painted in different colors. Easier to look at the color than read the labels sometimes when Sweper is on your tail I will try to get a picture of the "guts" on the lever assembly. They are composed of the levers, pulley wheels, rubber "O" rings, aluminum brackets, potentiometers and a brass rod to use as a pivot for the levers. I can adjust the throw of the levers by making the pulleys smaller or larger. So far I have just adjusted the end points in the software though. On a side note, you might like the idea that A.P. Hill came up with when I built his button box. He has a space in his computer desk that is designed to hold his computer case. Since he did not put his case there it was just a large empty space (much like my head according to my wife) I built him a button box that slid out from that space which faced him at an angle. Sort of like the instrument panel in a modern fighter jet. But you can slide it back in and out of the way when not in use. Perhaps I can get AP to post some pictures. David

Order up! We can ship them all in one crate

We can discuss it sometimes on comms. This week and weekend is not good. My daughter is graduating from high school and we are having a family get-together to celebrate.

I had 4 controllers going in IL-2 at one time, two BU0836 boards, one Thrustmaster HOTAS setup, and my Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals. Five if you consider I am not using the Thrustmaster profile software which combines to the two HOTAS controllers. So IL-2 sees them as two different controllers. But would you rather I made you a custom button box Jabo? Using a BU0836 with 8 axis, and 40 buttons? You come up with the idea and pay for the parts and shipping, and maybe a small remuneration for my time, and I can make it customized for your needs. This one is a just generic using a low level controller.

Pretty much what I have into it. I replaced the cheap pots with Bourne blue pots, some toggles and admittedly cheap momentary buttons. 50.00 USD would do it. But shipping to the UK would be expensive. 50-75 USD for shipping.

My wife sometimes comments that I have too much time on my hands considering that I have not yet finished writing my thesis. Perhaps she is right....yesterday I came upon a Saitek AV8TR joystick which has 5 axis and 18 buttons. I picked it up for 23.00. I already own a Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS and some of you have seen the thread that I posted about my rollout simpit. What do I do with this thing? Well....tear it apart and make a flight control button box of course! The box is 1/2" (12mm) high density baltic birch plywood, the removable control panel itself is 1/8" (3mm) Baltic birch plywood with a 1/4" (6mm) removable bottom. The control panel was cut out on my CNC router table, the vinyl lettering and borders were made on my vinyl cutter. The entire thing was sprayed in black latex paint. There is a good reason that I have no pictures of the insides, it looks like a rat's nest in there. I am not a great wiring engineer, it looks like spaghetti but at least it does work. I wish that I had the knowledge and could make my own electronics but the occasional joystick guts work just fine for now. The box is recognized in windows as the Saitek AV8TR, it would be nice if I could program my own, etc. Obviously I do not need this box, so it will be up on Ebay in a few days or weeks, whenever I get around to it. I just wanted to share my latest project. I could label each button, switch and axis but I do not know what they would be used for at this time. Hate to use up label tape and have it all removed by the person who gets it as they want the buttons to be something else. Maybe I will let them know I will make some labels for them and they can put them on themselves. Thanks for looking, David

Skypup, that is pretty slick! But to protect all of those high end components you really need a modern, hi-tech, case. I happen to know where I can get you one of these modern, hi-tech, cases but of course for this type of cutting edge kit you will pay a higher price than normal. This thing comes in the coolest three tone finish with optional storage media interface devices. PM me and we can work out details on financing

Hmmm....no labor strife, housing riots, abject poverty, etc, life was soooo rosy (yes, that was sarcasm). I dont suppose they asked George Orwell to consult in the project huh? (Read "The Road to Wigan Pier")

Still laughing and I read it several hours ago!

haha, I have a 17 year old daughter, course I have already come up with own rules. Many of which hold a penalty of disposing of the body under a pile of pig shit.

I can help you set up RoF in you like, just message me and we can arrange a time to meet on Teamspeak.

It shoooore is purdy Jedi....but 39.99 for one plane? Hm.....

The best way to become a member of a squadron is to join in on their public games, like you did with us, but more specifically is to join them on comms as well. This way they get to know you and regardless of your age, it is easier to become accepted. Not all groups have age restrictions and there are many good squadrons out there to fly with. But all of them are going to require you to use comms. Good luck and I look forward to seeing you join our public games on saturdays, especially on comms.

I think the ability to use comms is a requirement....but a headset is very cheap, I believe walmart stocks several for less than 10.00 and any of us would be happy to help you set up your comms system.

No, you do not need HSFX to fly with the Dogz in most cases. I think we are adopting 4.11.1 as the main and UP3 RC4 as the secondary or vice versa but some of us fly once a week in SEOW missions (Scorched Earth Online War) using the HSFX 5.1 mod for IL-2. We fly against the 69GIAP squadron on Sunday nights starting at 9pm (EST). Always looking for more pilots to join in and help out.

Hey Jake, what part of the US are you in? Have you every installed the HSFX mod?