empty cockpit
the $9 gamepad. I dont think I have ever walked into a shop, paid good money for something new, nodded when told to keep my receipt for warranty purposes, gone home and ripped it apart
to make the gates accurate, I changed the size of the image from the site to be 'real size' then cut out a template and used that. The gate was made from a scrap piece of nylon. no fibreglassing for me
time to make the mechanicals. oh to easy, my local marine store even had the 'stick' in stock
the return mechanism. close to hitman
soldering is not my strong point, I soldered the wires onto the circuit board of the gamepad and did the 'reverse' switch but thats it, everything else uses crimp connectors
sorry for the blur
a wider shot of the electrics
and voila, my own little piece of hardware.
hard to get used to, during the build process (which took 3 weeks or so. Work and home get in the way a lot) I switched to shifting with the MOMO stick instead of the paddles. Its gonna take a while
