Thank you Liu, it has been very satisfying to work on this.
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Community Event / Creation DIY Controller and Throttle
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Excellent, i believe you wanted an assembled master and slave board with standard headers iirc?
This build is looking amazing Cat... keep up the good work 
I'm trying too keep the momentum now that everything is coming to a close. My power is low and I am waiting for some parts from China to finish the last sets of backlighting (cheap led strips). I do need to paint the frame but I do not have the energy to take it apart and sand/ground/paint it. That's no problem, just need to play in the darkThis build is looking amazing Cat... keep up the good work
I bought a affordable Logitec Z333 2.1 audio set because the headphones aren't that comfortable on longer flights. The speakers go flat on the floor on the side of the rudder control for now until I find a way to properly mount them without having to make brackets or drill in the pastic housing.
The PC, the joysticks, rudders and boards are all in place now. It's time to clean up the wires with tie-rap or cable binders.
I'm tinkering no more than half an hour a day now, but I can compensate that with a few short Elite Missions. This cancer has made me tired but i've come already a long way.
In an attempt to de-bezel the triple monitor setup, I quickly found out why the monitors were mounted so flimsy.
The reason is quickly seen on the image below. The VESA mount points are attached to the bracket with the mainboard. This bracket however, is held to the display with TAPE (yeah, no screws or anything), while the plastic housing is screwed to the display. But there is nothing that connects the bezel/housing to the mainboard bracket.
I will have to go back to the drawing board to come up with a bracket that attaches to the TFT panel directly, or one of these days the tape will yield and get my panels damaged with a loud noise.
Also note how thin the displays actually are once you remove them from the housing.
The reason is quickly seen on the image below. The VESA mount points are attached to the bracket with the mainboard. This bracket however, is held to the display with TAPE (yeah, no screws or anything), while the plastic housing is screwed to the display. But there is nothing that connects the bezel/housing to the mainboard bracket.
I will have to go back to the drawing board to come up with a bracket that attaches to the TFT panel directly, or one of these days the tape will yield and get my panels damaged with a loud noise.
Also note how thin the displays actually are once you remove them from the housing.
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Jeepers! What brand are the monitors?
ASUS V239H
I should add that the monitor will sit fine if you keep the housing, though not solid.
To solve it, all it needs is a little mounting plate to screw the panel to the bracket. $1 job.
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well it's my own fault for removing the housing to be honest. Otherwise the screen is well built.
Now thats dedicated madness Cat, heh.
Madness comes pretty close yes. Especially if you consider that my triple display setup is held together by brown packaging tape right now.
One step away from plain stupid.Some hires shots of the build.
Madness comes pretty close yes. Especially if you consider that my triple display setup is held together by brown packaging tape right now.
Welcome to my 'D.I.Y. World! Dude, really, blutack ftw!'
New frame! This new setup does away with the bulkhead bars and side supports that was needed to support the bendy wood. Now it is all aluminium (aluminum for the US guys and girls)
Most of the wood structure is gone, what remains are the cross members and of course the seat structure. The triple monitor frame consists of 2 horizontal aluminium strips, bent at 35˚, drilled and countersunk at several places. Then i have two aluminium square tubing 20x20x1.5mm vertical stands to bear the weight. Because the screens are bent forwards, it makes the screen tilt towards you and that is where the cross members (behind) come in. This leaves a very open and easy entry/exit.
Now the bad part: "Thou Shallt Not Lean On The Screens".
Ok, picture time. This is a close up of the backside of one of the displays. By removing the bezel i gained a lot of mounting points, much better than the single VESA mount. Especially on the corners this makes the screens sit much tighter together.
Crappy pic of the front side. I plan on moving the computer out of sight, this will leave a 'hey these screens look floating' effect, just like it was designed (see my banner).
Back side. Cable management required.
Most of the wood structure is gone, what remains are the cross members and of course the seat structure. The triple monitor frame consists of 2 horizontal aluminium strips, bent at 35˚, drilled and countersunk at several places. Then i have two aluminium square tubing 20x20x1.5mm vertical stands to bear the weight. Because the screens are bent forwards, it makes the screen tilt towards you and that is where the cross members (behind) come in. This leaves a very open and easy entry/exit.
Now the bad part: "Thou Shallt Not Lean On The Screens".
Ok, picture time. This is a close up of the backside of one of the displays. By removing the bezel i gained a lot of mounting points, much better than the single VESA mount. Especially on the corners this makes the screens sit much tighter together.
Crappy pic of the front side. I plan on moving the computer out of sight, this will leave a 'hey these screens look floating' effect, just like it was designed (see my banner).
Back side. Cable management required.
This build is coming on in leaps and bounds sir!! My hat comes off to you for your time and dedication... let alone pushing the envelope that little bit further to get to points like how your screen setup sits right now..
I salute you!!
I salute you!!
Reflecting on my little todo list, i'm getting closer and closer to finishing this phase!
I am waiting on the led strips to light up everything. But due to the rebuild of the monitor bracket i need to come up with a new way to mount the keyboard. No worries, this is an easy fix, just need to make a bracket.
I am waiting on the led strips to light up everything. But due to the rebuild of the monitor bracket i need to come up with a new way to mount the keyboard. No worries, this is an easy fix, just need to make a bracket.