Very nice! Really creative. One hint about those mirrors… I tried the AJ-37 Viggen Simulator at NovelAir in Sweden and that sim uses 3 big screen TV’s in the front and one TV behind, that can be seen through the mirrors. The effect was very convincing.
I love the videos. Your simulator is truly a masterpiece of clever engineering. Maybe you could do the mirrors with a projector in the back shining on a white screen where the mirror would be. It would only cast onto the little screens and leave out everything else. Maybe you could extract the mirrorimage by running the canopie view in the backround and laying a mask over the parts that are not mirror.
Functional mirrors would be so cool--maybe it could be done with a low-res/cheap projector behind pointing onto the mirrors (mirrors being white projector screens)
I'm imply amazed, everytime you come up with a new video. Perfect from start to end! Please keep up your work and effort, being such a great inspiration for the pit-builders community.
seems like the large white needle should be at the top of the stack. this looks incredible! makes me want to start working on something like this, i'm sure it would take me years and years to build even a very simple one :)
Yeah it should be, I forgot to mention why I did it this way. The top needle is the one connected directly to the rear servo without any gears. Because of that it is the only one that has only 180 degrees of sweep, which wasn't enough to cover the whole range. So I traded off and made it the negative G needle instead, and made the middle one the load needle.
Such a cool project! Not sure if it is worth the trouble, but you could consider using something like a “1280*320 Car Display” to have a screen in the mirror. Comes in 8.8 inch - but I saw similar in other sizes as well. Haven’t used them myself, but I remember looking at them when ordering eInk displays.
Mate this is just unreal. Absolutely inspiring. I'm starting on mine today, making the AOA indexer and the indicator light cluster and time permitting I'll do the stall warning lights. I am gonna start a channel (more just as a buildlog for myself) but if you're interested I'll send you a link so you can have a look. I mean it's gonna be a Tomcat pit not a warthog, but we all have flaws! Lol! I've just bought a huge sheet of high impact polystyrene (modellers call it plasticard) and I was thinking that might be something you could use for needles. I got 0.5mm but it comes in 0.25mm as well. Anyway, have a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing your work, without you I'd not have even believed that this was possible .
This comes along really really well! Question, now that you have built on this for a while, and your skills and planning have to get better and better. Do you ever look at some of the first parts you built and think; ok that's not up to my standards now, i have to remake it
Excellent & inspiring work! I had a question and request. I know you said you don’t do Arduino coding, but I’d really benefit knowing more about your process of finding and tweaking the code you use. Especially with stepper motors. Appreciate any info you could offer us.
Love your work as always. Only question, why is the active G needle not the top one? If you look at the in game instrument, the long white one is the top most one.
If you put the projectors in the base of the cockpit, you'd get a couple of advantages. The whole rig would be more portable and stay aligned, the projectors would be closer to your eyes so the distortion would need less correcting and also be brighter if the screen is even slightly retroreflective, and best of all you could put a 4th projector behind you seat projecting onto the ceiling (making the curved dome I leave as a challenge to the reader :D) Edit: I didn't realise how close the front of the rig was to the screen, so I guess this is a non-starter unless you make a bigger screen
Your cockpit is awesome! From your experienced point of view, could be possible to build a canopy, coating it with textile for retro projection and place the projectors outside projecting over the canopy? Hope I made it clear 😬
As always, I'm totally impressed by your work. Genious! Keep it up! In fact, your project inspired me to try it myself. One little thing I noticed: shoudn't the needle that shows the actual g-force (the one with the longest white part) be the topmost? Yours sits between the min and max needle.
Thanks. I forgot to mention that in the video! You are correct, but because the top needle is on the centre shaft that is connected direct to the servo, it isn't geared at all. The servo doesnt have enough travel to sweep the entire gauge, unless it is geared. I made that the negative G needle, as it only needs to travel about 45 degrees.
really amazing work with these truly an inspiration. Im hoping to pinch many of the ideas for my own Simpit just awaiting Star citizen to output data so i can snag into it.. Would a stepper motor setup make it more accurate to the in game one? wondering if its a servo been abit slower and less precise thing?
Hey I love you videos. Sometimes the wife and kids sit down and watch with me. One question do you share the Arduino code? Id love to see an example / explanation of how these tie into Helios.
@@vincenzodefalco3165 It actually cuts in relief. The panels are painted on the back and the laser burns through the paint and into the acrylic sheet. how deep the engrave is, will depend on the setiings you use for the laser. the higher the power, the deeper the cut.
I'm thinking about buying a bigger monitor/TV to be able to spot enemies better, my vision is not that great and it's hard for me to see a pixel on a 27" monitor. What would you recommend in regards to size? 50" TV or would you suggest a projector? My room is about 10'x10' room, how far back do you think I need to be away from the screen? Christmas is coming and I want to upgrade my screen. Thanks.
If you are looking for max pixel density I would recommend a TV screen over a projector surface, especially if you plan on making the surface curved. As for TV recommendations I can't really comment as I've never used one, but I figure the biggest 4k one you can fit in your room would be the go.
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I INSTANTLY clicked on and liked the video as soon as it popped up. I don’t even have to see it to completion yet to know it’s going to be epic.
Canopy arch makes it look so much more real. Awesome stuff.
Very nice! Really creative.
One hint about those mirrors…
I tried the AJ-37 Viggen Simulator at NovelAir in Sweden and that sim uses 3 big screen TV’s in the front and one TV behind, that can be seen through the mirrors. The effect was very convincing.
This makes me wish I had both the time, resources, and space for one of these myself. Seriously inspiring work, man!
The sim God posts, I watch. I’m a simple man!
I love the videos. Your simulator is truly a masterpiece of clever engineering. Maybe you could do the mirrors with a projector in the back shining on a white screen where the mirror would be. It would only cast onto the little screens and leave out everything else. Maybe you could extract the mirrorimage by running the canopie view in the backround and laying a mask over the parts that are not mirror.
Functional mirrors would be so cool--maybe it could be done with a low-res/cheap projector behind pointing onto the mirrors (mirrors being white projector screens)
They are not even that expensive btw, if I rember correctly they were like 80 to 90 euros each
@@TheBauwssss Yup! The cheap ones (720p, meh on brightness) go for $50 in the states. Not sure what the market is like for them in Australia though
Videos on wiring each panel, gauges and power supply would be incredibly helpful. I am not an electrical guru so some hand holding would be great.
This thing is absolutely insane, been watching for a while now but it still blows my mind
I love seeing updates on this project, its bloody brilliant and your ingenuity is amazing!!
Sometimes you watch certain youtubers, and even thou you aren't that interested in the subject matter, the videos are still engaging and entertaining.
I'm imply amazed, everytime you come up with a new video. Perfect from start to end! Please keep up your work and effort, being such a great inspiration for the pit-builders community.
So ridiculously friggin epic...
You make things that seem like they should be complicated, look easy. Awesome job and great video.
@6:13 and @15:08 LOL. Again, your dedication and ingenuity knows no bounds! Well done!
Great instrument. You could move the power board one stage inside besides the single servo.
Men its getting better and better! Amazing Work M8!
nothing short of amazing
Simply, elegantly, splendid. Inspirational work.
The A10 is my favourite Plane. Well happy I’ve found this channel. Nice one mate!
seems like the large white needle should be at the top of the stack. this looks incredible! makes me want to start working on something like this, i'm sure it would take me years and years to build even a very simple one :)
Yeah it should be, I forgot to mention why I did it this way. The top needle is the one connected directly to the rear servo without any gears. Because of that it is the only one that has only 180 degrees of sweep, which wasn't enough to cover the whole range. So I traded off and made it the negative G needle instead, and made the middle one the load needle.
One of the coolest projects I have ever seen! Well done sir!
Blown away by how great this project looks.
This has to he 1 of the coolest things ive ever seen! And just the fact that everything is functional is just mind-blowing
There are projects and then there is THIS project. :)
Thanks as always for sharing. I subscribe to about 250 TH-cam channels and yours is in the top 5.
Absolutely amazing!! Excellent engineering and work!
Dude....I'm not worthy. So blown away by everything you've done.
Such a cool project!
Not sure if it is worth the trouble, but you could consider using something like a “1280*320 Car Display” to have a screen in the mirror. Comes in 8.8 inch - but I saw similar in other sizes as well. Haven’t used them myself, but I remember looking at them when ordering eInk displays.
this is some of the coolest shit ive seen in a long time...
Wonderful Job.....very nice.
Sir, that is one impressive project!
Holy shit man did you think all this up yourself? If so, you are one clever, creative and talented son of a gun! Amazing work man…amazing! 👏. 🤙
Brutal, espectacular. Amazing!!! 👏👏👏👏👏 Congratulations!! Tu cockpit es brutal. Nice cockpit 🙌🙌
Very impressive!
in awe. Keep building it. I love it.
Can you do a video designing a part from scratch on the 3d print software? Then programming the functions in the game?
Really cool job!
I love your work ! Now i only wait for you to to the Uh-1h cockpit :)
Already waiting for the next video !
That's a great design!
Mate this is just unreal. Absolutely inspiring. I'm starting on mine today, making the AOA indexer and the indicator light cluster and time permitting I'll do the stall warning lights. I am gonna start a channel (more just as a buildlog for myself) but if you're interested I'll send you a link so you can have a look. I mean it's gonna be a Tomcat pit not a warthog, but we all have flaws! Lol! I've just bought a huge sheet of high impact polystyrene (modellers call it plasticard) and I was thinking that might be something you could use for needles. I got 0.5mm but it comes in 0.25mm as well. Anyway, have a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing your work, without you I'd not have even believed that this was possible .
This comes along really really well!
Question, now that you have built on this for a while, and your skills and planning have to get better and better. Do you ever look at some of the first parts you built and think; ok that's not up to my standards now, i have to remake it
This video is rated G
Great work as always!
so amazing, love the work!
Awesome video!
Outstanding work.
This is amazing.
I love every part of it...
Do you have a video on building the HUD? I couldn't find anything about it here or at you site.
Wow! great stuff you built there! Really nice job!, And video also! Thanks.
Simply amazing
How good is The Warthog Project !!!! (Any Aussie will get the reference)
Amazing work!
And It is just a “hobby”… this guy is simply amazing…
Excellent & inspiring work! I had a question and request. I know you said you don’t do Arduino coding, but I’d really benefit knowing more about your process of finding and tweaking the code you use. Especially with stepper motors. Appreciate any info you could offer us.
Awesome!
Awesome!
Holy crap you weren't kidding when you said you created 99% percent of your simulator. This is unbelievable.
Damn this simulator pit looks great, you make it look easy lol.
Two videos in one month? We're not worthy
Ingenious
I love flight simulators in VR.... but I get fricken airsick. Excellent work, dude!
That is just crazy cool
Love your work as always. Only question, why is the active G needle not the top one? If you look at the in game instrument, the long white one is the top most one.
If you put the projectors in the base of the cockpit, you'd get a couple of advantages. The whole rig would be more portable and stay aligned, the projectors would be closer to your eyes so the distortion would need less correcting and also be brighter if the screen is even slightly retroreflective, and best of all you could put a 4th projector behind you seat projecting onto the ceiling (making the curved dome I leave as a challenge to the reader :D)
Edit: I didn't realise how close the front of the rig was to the screen, so I guess this is a non-starter unless you make a bigger screen
*starts a chant* Do the mirrors! Do the mirrors! Do the mirrors!
Damn I love this channel!
yesss this is so sick!
Your cockpit is awesome! From your experienced point of view, could be possible to build a canopy, coating it with textile for retro projection and place the projectors outside projecting over the canopy? Hope I made it clear 😬
that looks really awesome man i hope that you get a real one someday:D
Awesome
As always, I'm totally impressed by your work. Genious! Keep it up!
In fact, your project inspired me to try it myself.
One little thing I noticed: shoudn't the needle that shows the actual g-force (the one with the longest white part) be the topmost? Yours sits between the min and max needle.
Thanks. I forgot to mention that in the video! You are correct, but because the top needle is on the centre shaft that is connected direct to the servo, it isn't geared at all. The servo doesnt have enough travel to sweep the entire gauge, unless it is geared. I made that the negative G needle, as it only needs to travel about 45 degrees.
really amazing work with these truly an inspiration. Im hoping to pinch many of the ideas for my own Simpit just awaiting Star citizen to output data so i can snag into it..
Would a stepper motor setup make it more accurate to the in game one? wondering if its a servo been abit slower and less precise thing?
You are a master! How did you learn how to set up the motherboard and components?
Maybe you could make the HUD cam functional to get some realistic style footage
Powered by FreeCAD! Amazing project!
Makes me want to do a F-5 cockpit.
Do it! Anything is possible!
Ahh man i am so jealous :-)
6:30 what happened with audio there? Amazing work as usual thank you for this!
Next episode: I installed a glass to the simulator and now i am working on pressurizing it!
Hey I love you videos. Sometimes the wife and kids sit down and watch with me. One question do you share the Arduino code? Id love to see an example / explanation of how these tie into Helios.
I bet you could write some interpolation code for the meter to smooth it out.
Very nice!!! Do you have the STL file for the mirrors?
The Air Force needs to take notes.
Can you run like.. a 80hz highpass filter on your videos? It's shaking my room. 11:34 for example is a huge "thunk"
les coûts doivent être colossale si on additionne tous.
Question: Do you plan to replace most if not all of your current digital gauges with replicas like this? Is that even feasible?
With your such abilities, you should work not on TH-cam but at Lockheed Martin
Hey dude will you ever attempt a realistic HUD? As in one working the same way as a real one.
Awesome video thank you! Could you send me the link for the thingyverse file of the Arduino holder? Thanks!!
Hello, a question, does the laser cutting you use for the writings come out in relief or does it "burn" only the paint?
splendid work
it burn only the paint :)
@@DJoA can you tell me the model of the lasercut tanks
@@vincenzodefalco3165 Sorry, that i don't know..
@@vincenzodefalco3165 It actually cuts in relief. The panels are painted on the back and the laser burns through the paint and into the acrylic sheet. how deep the engrave is, will depend on the setiings you use for the laser. the higher the power, the deeper the cut.
Great work!
Have you been able to pull 10Gs?
No way you have the same copper strip PCBs as me. XD
Cool
Hi, did you happen to check or test how many steppers are supported simultaneously on one Arduino Mega card ?
Hey ! I have a question, do you gonna do a functional hud ?
EPIC
How many prototypes do you typically go through before your final design?
I'm thinking about buying a bigger monitor/TV to be able to spot enemies better, my vision is not that great and it's hard for me to see a pixel on a 27" monitor. What would you recommend in regards to size? 50" TV or would you suggest a projector? My room is about 10'x10' room, how far back do you think I need to be away from the screen? Christmas is coming and I want to upgrade my screen. Thanks.
If you are looking for max pixel density I would recommend a TV screen over a projector surface, especially if you plan on making the surface curved. As for TV recommendations I can't really comment as I've never used one, but I figure the biggest 4k one you can fit in your room would be the go.
how did you learn flying the a10?
Fuck that is so fucking cool😎 imma have to build one of these myself I 🤔
18:14
What's that connector name?