Simviation Forum - Another simpit controller interface (UK source)

Feb 13^th, 2005 at 10:23pm

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Check out this new usb interface (called the MJoy16-C1) for hooking up a lot of switches and pots and such for your simpit:

http://www.mindaugas.com/products/MJoy16-C1/

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Reply #1 - Feb 14^th, 2005 at 7:31pm

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Looks great, thanks for the link. Do you know of any companies in the US that sell similerly priced interfaces like that?

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Reply #2 - Feb 14^th, 2005 at 8:10pm

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Tacitblue,

For the less expensive interface options, check out the other threads in this forum that reference Hagstrom cards, Phidgets, and Plasma cards. Not exactly the same as this one,....... but close. Each has it's pluses and minuses.

The "Cadillac" of the interfaces is the Epic card....... with a Cadillac price tag too. And it takes some sophisticated programming to get all the "bang for the buck" out of it.

No reason not to buy from the UK in this international day and age. Wink

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Reply #3 - Feb 14^th, 2005 at 8:50pm

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Not heard of Hagstrom, phidgets is just a little to expensive, and no information exists on the net about plasma cards (at least non that I could find). I did send an e-mail to mindaugas asking if they do international sales, so we shall see. All I want this for right now is to build a generic twin prop throttle quadrant. its either this or buy two 3-axis joysticks and hack them.

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Reply #4 - Feb 14^th, 2005 at 9:04pm

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TacitBlue,

Aha,.........

For the basis of a throttle quadrant you can get the GoFlight Remote Mount Kit for their throttle quadrant. If you go to their website you can find the "hangar" section for simpit builders. They sell the "bare board" version of some of their popular modules.

It is priced about the same.

The software drivers for the Goflight stuff takes care of subtle details like the individual pots on each of the axis controls of the throttle quadrant being justy slightly off each other.... and generating asymetric thrust on you.

The Goflight simpit builder's "hanger" is here:

http://www.goflightinc.com/hangar.html

You can also check out this site for another possibility.......

http://www.iflightsystems.com/

Hope this is another lead or two.

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....................john

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