| MY FLIGHT SIM PROJECTS |
| Welcome to my Flight Sim projects page. I have been working on a few different projects, to make my flight sim experience a little more fun. |
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| It started life about 6 years ago as my plain old office chair. In November of 2004 I decided to modify it so I could increase my fun level when playing StarWars Galaxies, Jump to Lightspeed The assemply is made of two mirrored halves that are simply bolted onto the arms, and a keyboard tray that can be removed in under a second for those quick trips to the Bathroom I also mounted a mouse pad platform onto the right side unit I use a Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS joystick and Throttle for spaceflight (rudder pedals below But not finished) and also use a Nostromo speed pad for the ground game. Mounted under the joystick is an old USB hub that I was not using for anything else. I connected all of my periferals to the hub so I would have just one cable on the floor between the chair and computer. The hubs usb cable and power cable are run together inside of a mesh sleeve to keep them neatly together |
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| THE SIMCHAIR |
| THRUSTMASTER RCS MOD |
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| The gears for the toe brake pot rotation were ordered from www.knex.com the gears only cost about $.50 for the big ones and $.07 for the small. Using the gears gave me a 2.125:1 gear ratio for my potentiometer travel, the pedals only trave about 35 degrees but the pot rotates over 70 degrees. It also was the easiest way to mount and control the pot |
| Underneath I Routed out a chanel to allow access to the only bolts on the underside of the pedals and for access to the additional wiring that will be needed for the toe brakes |
| Last updated 12/14/2004 |
| I bought this set of rudder pedals shortly after thrustmaster began to make flight sim hardware, somewhere around 1991 I used these pedals for many years, until I got a computer that had USB, then they were no longer of use, so in the closet they sat. But now that I have a Cougar HOTAS, they will find new life The pedals have been added onto to increase my foot angle by about 25 degrees and give a larger pad for my big feet. They are made of Baltic birch plywood. |
| The whole pedal assembly was mounted onto a piece of 3/4" birch plywood to help with stability and to allow for future mods The original Thrustmaster pedals were not built to a very exacting standard, thus the pedal travel was almost 1" more for one pedal forward than the other. A couple of bolts placed at the proper points has fixed this problem |
| This picture shows the mechanics of the mod The original pedal mounting plates were cut to allow the pedal to pivot. Then the pedal mounting holes were drilled out so plastic bushings could be installed and a 5/16" diameter bolt used as an axel I put springs on both sides so I could get about 5~7lbs of spring presure on the pedals, they have a very good feel (not to stiff, not to soft) The pots came from a relitivly unused Thrustmaster TopGun usb joystick, the gimbals were shot with less than 10 hours of play on them but the pots are in very good condition |
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| Update: the pedals have now been wired up and work perfectly. I used some expandable mesh sleeving for covering the wires and added several wire clamps to route them away from danger The cable is new. Here are the specs: *6' long black cable *molded black DB15 w/ thumbscrews and all 15 pins wired straight through *equipped with a strain relief at opposite end I have 35 of these units for sale at $3 each. Fore more details, Contact me at: [email protected] |