Also, it appears that a picture is worth a thousand words in this case, so I got this random picture off the internet of a Russian WWII fighter cockpit. You can see that the stick is attached to the floor, and at full deflection off to one side, the handle is barely angled, and it will travel...
sysprog, I remember those days. I got my first taste of aviation as a teenager flying the MicroProse Flight Simulator on a Commodore 64 and I used to do exactly that. I haven't the faintest idea if that was a Beechcraft or not, but I remember the wireframe buildings, and the frame rate was...
So right now, I'm using the Virpil MongoosT-50 with their VPC desk mount V2. It's a great stick, great base, great mount, and it's even available with a longer extension to simulate a floor mount, but I was hoping to build something much more compact. I may have to look for another project...
@ anorlunda, there are actually quite a few options for the floor mount, including commercially available seats that allow you to bolt the joystick base underneath the seat itself, and a high-end joystick also has optional extensions which really do a pretty good job of imitating the actual...
Hi all,
I'm a professional pilot by trade, but I recently discovered developer boards, and I've gotten into hardware coding as a new hobby. However, this necessarily brings along some engineering problems, and I haven't had any math or physics classes in close to 2 decades, so I'm looking for a...
Hi,
First off, full disclosure as mentioned in the title, I am not an engineer, but I'm working on an engineering project without the required base knowledge.
I'm a professional pilot that also likes to fly flight simulators for fun (mostly military planes, because I'm not allowed to fly...