Aviator flight stick mod

[loopdreams]

Good work. I might well try this, at £30 these sticks are cheap enough for me to void the warranty.

[Saturat]

you did that? Amazing!

I may want to try this if you recomend it and post some good photos (no pressure)

[reverend66]

ok here are some pictures of the wiring.

controller with base plate off.


orange wire location on board
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249137454.jpg

purple wire location on board
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249137547.jpg

wires connected to buttons (red wire is from buttons)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249139012.jpg

finished product
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249140170.jpg

I'm going to add another small button to relocate the map function later this weekend. I'll add info on wiring that later.

Hope this helps,
Rev

[Zensuji]

Well played Rev!

[Saturat]

thats soo cool!

hey, is it possible to move the POV to the base?
say I got an old XBOX controller, would you be able to use one of its thumsticks and use that as a 'look around' on the aviator?

[TexRoadkill]

Nice job Rev!

How hard do you think it would be to take a better PC stick and change out the board with an Aviator board? That way you could have a better stick and throttle combo with Xbox compatability. I was thinking of tackling that if the game is as good as it seems.

I would think the only real challenge would be figuring out any power issues.

[Zensuji]

Originally Posted by TexRoadkill

Nice job Rev!

How hard do you think it would be to take a better PC stick and change out the board with an Aviator board? That way you could have a better stick and throttle combo with Xbox compatability. I was thinking of tackling that if the game is as good as it seems.

I would think the only real challenge would be figuring out any power issues.

I'm sure some mods will turn up soon or later...I'll be all over them when they do

[Devan]

Originally Posted by reverend66

ok here are some pictures of the wiring.

controller with base plate off.


orange wire location on board
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249137454.jpg

purple wire location on board
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249137547.jpg

wires connected to buttons (red wire is from buttons)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249139012.jpg

finished product
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249140170.jpg

I'm going to add another small button to relocate the map function later this weekend. I'll add info on wiring that later.

Hope this helps,
Rev

Awesome mod to the Av8R.
Could you repost the pics with the wiring specifics?
I can only open the purple wire image and am dying to do this to my Saitek.

[reverend66]

Here ya go Devan
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=9578

[Devan]

Thank you, thank YOU!