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Trying to make up my mind about something...

My plan is to use latching toggle and/or rockers for most of the stuff on my panel, which will most resemble a typical civil recip single or twin panel, but of course the sim requires momentary closures for all commands.

I've actually considered modding rockers so that each contains a microswitch on each surface (one for on or up; the other for off or down); not impossible, but pretty "ditzy" work to have to do. And I don't know how long the switches will last being handled directly like that, so I'm undecided.
I haven't had any luck finding switches that physically latch but provide momentary closure... I've thought about solenoids or something, but is that really practical? Remember, I'm trying to do this on the cheap... I don't mind the extra work, but I'm on a tight budget.
I could just go with momentary pushbuttons for everything, but I want it to be just a little more realistic than that.
Anybody else found a cheap solution to this?

rottydaddy,

I know you are looking for "on the cheap"...... but one of the relatively inexpensive and VERY simple solutions is the Hagstrom KE72 cards.

[quote]rottydaddy,

I know you are looking for "on the cheap"...... but one of the relatively inexpensive and VERY simple solutions is the Hagstrom KE72 cards.

I have two Hagstrom KE72's powereing the pit at the moment.  One is on the main flight sim computer and controls most of the main flight commands.  

The second one is on the computer that runs stuff like the FreeFD ND display and that card handles the EFIS panel link-up (fully fuinctional) to the ND and the Phidgets main program and Teamspeak and so on.

They are incredibly easy to set up.

best,

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

I'm also using a KE-72 for my pit.  

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