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    new THC controller

    love it! I've been throwing around the concept of doing something similar but using this arcade joystick: http://na.suzohapp.com/joysticks/ultimate_joy.htm Problem with that one is that the switches are integrated into the rather large plastic assembly. It would be hard to spring mount that...
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    Soyuz-TMA panel size?

    http://www.niiao.ru/index.php?mode=topic&id=58 this lists a diagonal size for the display? Not sure about the source, but looks like a supplier of the display or something?
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    Building a simpit

    I don't want to get too off topic here, but regarding the translation of Russian control panels. How do the non-Russian astronauts manage when they fly on soyuz? Do they have to learn russian and the cyrillic alphabet? are there versions of the panels for the iss missions with both english and...
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    Since we're showing flight decks. . .

    Yagni, Nice! Ummm... You seem to have a furry little stow away (very bottom of the pic)!... you need to install that "Jettison Cat" switch! :lol:
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    Space shuttle Oven timers? STS and ISS equipment question

    wow...thanks orbinaut pete for solving that pesky little question... if you dont mind me asking, how is it that you knew that? Would they actually use them to time burns? i'd think the computer autopilots etc would be doing that? ...makes me really want to buy one and start gluing Velcro pads...
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    Space shuttle Oven timers? STS and ISS equipment question

    OK, so this has bugged me for while now, and I hope someone can shed some light on it. (hopefully I'm posting in the right forum here?) In images of the shuttle flight deck in-orbit, or from inside the ISS I've noticed there almost always seems to be one of or many of a little white piece of...
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    Saitek X65F

    Ok... that abates some of my concerns with the logitec system. Sounds like it would be great for regular flight sims (or atmospheric flight in orbiter), but i'm still not convinced it would be good for orbital attitude maneuvers where short pulses of RCS are required. I spend most of my time...
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    Saitek X65F

    I've read on some random online review that the G940 stick dosn't center. The review said there's no springs or anything, so if you push it to one side it stays there? Does anyone know if this is true? If so, I think that the stick would be near useless for RCS thrusters?
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    Translation controller

    I've been planning on building a THC using an arcade style joystick http://www.happ.com/joysticks/competition_joy.htm They're pretty cheap, easy to interface too (just switches) and i think they have a bit more of that "industrial" look? Down side is they're digital and that anoying lack of a...
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    orbit sinc with a catch-up orbit???

    I want to be able to rendezvous with the ISS (or any satellite)by doing the following: 1) launch behind the target and into a lower orbit. This way my orbital period will be less than the target and i'll be in a "catch-up" orbit. 2) do final plane alignments, 3) at the right moment execute a...
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    Basic switch board

    I'm also looking at building something similar as a stating point... here's a few beginner articles i found that i think may help you. Theres some info on using toggle switches with keyboard encoders too. Again, as Yagni mentioned, its a bit more advanced because you need to wire up some...
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    dealing switch synchronization

    what software/hardware do you normally use? Also, one idea i had is to implement some sort of 'disconnect switch' to the panel. When you activated it, all other switches on the panel would somehow disconnect from orbiter so you could get a switch into a desired position. Then you could...
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    dealing switch synchronization

    I've seen some pretty cool simpits here in this forum, and what simpit would be complete without a bank or two of awesome looking switches! :) I've been doing some research online on how to electrically implement switches into a simpit (pulse generation to keyboard encoders, buying game pad...
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    Joystick Controllers

    hey all, I'm new here and I'm in the dreaming/planning stages of a simpit. Im going to start out basic (control mounts, keypads), and try and build my way up from there... (custom panels, outputs displays/led... etc etc). Right now i'm interested in controls. I'd like to get a right hand...
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