Simviation Forum - usb controller interface

Feb 6^th, 2010 at 6:55pm

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Anyone had any experience with an "Ultra Precision Joystick Controller BU0836A" from Leo Bodnar??

It`s capable of handling up to 8 analog inputs and up to 36 switches. It seems to support a wide array of potentiometer values, and hall sensors. It also has a 6x6 button array that supports rotary encoders. It runs off the built in windows drivers but comes with editing and tweaking software if necessary. Apparently you could have up to 16 of these on one machine.

Sounds just what I need, apart from being a tad fidely.... But are they any good??

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Reply #1 - Feb 6^th, 2010 at 7:50pm

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There are postings in this forum section on the leo bodnar cards. Look around until a current user can give you feedback.

The seem to get high marks from what I've read. I don't use them though.

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Reply #2 - Feb 6^th, 2010 at 10:20pm

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They're tops. Awesome bang for the buck. You can't go wrong with buying one, or two or more. I have one running my 727 overhead, and I'll soon be converting my throttle quadrant over to a Bodnar card.

Good stuff.

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Reply #3 - Feb 7^th, 2010 at 5:30am

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Right o, cool... I found a couple of other mentions too, Think I might just have to get one then.

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Reply #4 - Feb 17^th, 2010 at 6:34pm

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I got one through the post today and wired it up to my scrapheap challenge style flight control system I`ve built out of a couple of dead joysticks, a mic stand, argos bedside cabinet and various other bits of junk. It was easy to connect up and configure and the hall sensors work great after a little tweeking of the magnet position. I now have an ultra precise, no free play flight stick, pedals and throttle roughly based on an extra 300 layout for a fraction of the price of a factory built combo.. Happy days!! Grin

I`m not entirely sure my build quality will last a year, but I got plenty of hot glue sticks left Wink

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Reply #5 - Feb 17^th, 2010 at 10:18pm

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Glad that it worked out. You may be doing some repair work down the road aways.

One thing about a full size simulator is that it gets treated much in the same way that a real aircraft would with a lot of bumps and scratches and generally flying it as if it were real.

Maintenance and upkeep is higher than you would expect in a simulator, but not higher than normal. Bulbs need changing out periodically, switches need replacement on occasion, sometimes a wiring glitch needs to be tended to, and general housekeeping needs to be done. Dusting, wiping up spilled coffe or beer, cleaning the instrument glass, cleaning the exterior glass, etc, etc.

Nothing like taking care of your very own airliner though!

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Reply #6 - Feb 18^th, 2010 at 7:58pm

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BSW727 wrote on Feb 17^th, 2010 at 10:18pm:

One thing about a full size simulator is that it gets treated much in the same way that a real aircraft would with a lot of bumps and scratches and generally flying it as if it were real.

Maintenance and upkeep is higher than you would expect in a simulator, but not higher than normal. Bulbs need changing out periodically, switches need replacement on occasion, sometimes a wiring glitch needs to be tended to, and general housekeeping needs to be done. Dusting, wiping up spilled coffe or beer, cleaning the instrument glass, cleaning the exterior glass, etc, etc.

Nothing like taking care of your very own airliner though!

Dead on on the maintenence factor there!

One of the best things I ever experienced in the simulator was when I had the first "REAL" failure happen while in flight,... which was actual hardware based in the simulated cockpit....... and I had to do something akin to real world diagnosis and trouble shooting while maintaining the aircraft in stable flight and navigating. The only missing piece was a realistic communication situation to add as the third "leg" of the trilogy.

Simpits can have failures that are sort of like the real aircraft. And thse come at TOTALLY unexpected and random times. I look at it as part of the fun.

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Reply #7 - Feb 19^th, 2010 at 5:31pm

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Yes indeed! I lost my #3 engine throttle control on a flight once. A wire had come off of the input card. I flew it along until it was time for the decent and I ended up shutting it down for the remainder of the arrival.

It wasn't something I could fix on the fly. So to speak. Grin

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