Some advice from the pro's required;)

[pepper_airborne]

hey guys, ive had my own cockpit set-up attached too my chair a while back, but the system eventualy failed, here's an example:

http://www.white-line.org/images/cockpit001.jpg

It worked well for a long time, but eventualy the connection too the chair failed, causing the stick and throttle to lean more and more forward. I'm planning on designing a new system, but i would like to have some feedback from you guys, im planning on putting the throttle in the center as if one was flying a jet or chopper. Any suggestions on the prefered method for this?

[machineman9]

My mother gave me grief for putting my old saitek between my legs... i soon stopped afterwards  ;D


as for it leaning forwards... is that the actual hardware leaning forwards, or the aircraft? my joystick has a left tendency (no, not the gyro in the game) so sometimes i have to re-plug the USB back in to get it sorted


but yeh, it would be quite good to have it centralised, it makes for nicer flying as i found whilst 3kft above a real runway in a real plane when you can rest your arm on your leg so you dont tire so much

[beaky]

I think what you have is fine; just need to beef up the attachment hardware, it looks like.
And I've never heard of a chopper or fighter that has the throttle between the legs... the stick, maybe, but not the throttle.

[pepper_airborne]

it is the physical hardware that leans forward deu too the weight of the stick and throttle .

Oh well, maby it works better, having the throttle between the legs eh?

Edit: Il put up a pic of what happend to the structure.

[pepper_airborne]

here are the pics:

http://www.white-line.org/images/bend001.jpg

http://www.white-line.org/images/bend002.jpg

http://www.white-line.org/images/bend003.jpg

as you can see the upper hinges are completely bend and stretched, this is/was the weak point of the construction.

[pepper_airborne]

Finaly worked out a better system, inspired by the guy that posted video's on SimTV on how to keep the pedals next to the chairs.





the throttle quadrant is still on a temporary position, im going to need to figure a better system out for that one, it will generate more force on the system, it was also the first part that gaveway in my previous system(see above).

[beaky]

Looks better... but i think you are skirting the edge of the vortex... soon you will be sucked into building a simpit... ;d

[pepper_airborne]

Actualy, i already am, but finances are my only brake on the project right now, i already got it figured out largely.