Since I got the VPC MT-50 Throttle, and decided I liked it, the need for my ConTrollR was diminished.
The only thing I miss is a proper gear handle and separate prop and mixture controllers…for two engines.
So I’m setting out to build an extension to the VPC Throttle. Since VPC call their HOTAS «Mongoos», I’m naming my extension RTT, after the most famous mongoos of them all. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
If you haven’t heard of him, you need to read up on some classics.
The gear and flap handles are built into this remote controller, to make them more accessible in the SimBox. I got these cool aviationish (@smokinhole) looking 5 lead contacts with screw connectors to connect the remote with the main controller box.
They almost drove me crazy! Ok, I know! Crazier, then… At first I soldered the female connector to the shift register PCB. I then realized that the connector goes in from the outside!
Remove the solder. Pull wires through the hole, and re-solder.
Dude, you need a nut on the inside as well…
Awesome find! I’ll be keeping that in mind for the future. I’ve wanted to build a WWII control box to augment my Warthog throttle for a while, with prop, mixture, trim and radiator controls.
That’s an easy fix!
Put the headphones on your head.
Do a forward summersault.
Rotate 360 degrees to the right.
Do a backwards summersault, with a pike.
Rotate 180 degrees to the left.
That should fix the knot.
Problem is that you need to move your PC, because it is now behind you…
The gear switch is an actual SF.260 handle that I got from italian surplus seller on ebay.
The flap switch I got from an online electronics shop. Can’t remember which? Probably Digikey.
The Flap knob/handle is printed aluminium from shapeway. I just had to try it
