Trevor Olsen Preface: This is an English essay I wrote for my final project. Its possible there are errors in this paper, so please take everything presented with a grain of salt. Without further adieu, ladies and gentlemen. My paper: Are …
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Can MobiFlight handle Potentiometers? Yes: There’s a GitHub Wiki that shows how to set this up. Man this blog post was easy! Fine. I’ll elaborate. MobiFlight used to not support analog potentiometers, a lot of the developers really feel they …
Wheels are your friends! Move things around Small drawers: CNC Stand: Drawers under, CNC mill, Laptop above, 1.5′ x 1.5′ Saves space Smarter not harder Google “Kaizen Foam” or 1″ thick foam (maybe lowes/HomeDepot/Hardware store) $30 Stack things! Amazon video …
With my Cessna 172 Project, I’ve learned a lot of lessons about how sheet goods work. Here are some of them outlined below: Sheet Metal is 2D, not 3D: To put a skin/covering on your simulator you really need to …
CAD/3D Design Programs: Fusion 360 Personal Version (free as of podcast) Blender Solidworks (not really free) TinkerCAD (very easy) FreeCAD Links CAD vs Sculpting Maker Muse Extract Files from Video Games (untested) Example POH for drawings (Pg 5) Model Airplane/RC …
Determine Purpose: Student Pilot Currency Interested in Airplanes Interested in Simulators/mechanics Building for someone else (Better than cutting off your ear) How are you going to build it: 100% from scratch Mix of from scratch and OEM (original equipment manufacturer) …
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Woodworking Typically a little bit of woodworking knowledge and skill can help a lot in building a flight simulator. Many flight simulators are primarily built with solid wood and plywood, so having fundamental woodworking knowledge will help a lot in …
MobiFlight Arduino Megas typically used to only have 52 pins. These are pins 2-53 (excluding 0 and 1, which are unusable). With the fairly recent Release 7.8.0, now analog pins are supported for use with digital electronics. This allows users …
The following tolerances work for me and may differ from yours due to printer calibration, filament type, printing settings, etc. You can use these as a guide, but make sure to use values that work for you! All of these …
Which Arduinos can you use? Arduino Cost Pins Cost/Pin Footprint 👑(Recommended) Arduino 2560 Mega (Or Clone) $17.50 68 $0.26 Large 👑(Recommended) Arduino Mega 2560 Pro Mini (Or Clone) $15 68 $0.22 Medium Arduino Pro Micro (Or Clone) $7.67 16 $0.48 …
I’d strongly recommend only buying the tools you need, and when you need them. This will help make sure you aren’t buying unneeded tools and can help your workshop be less cluttered. Ender 3: $200. The Ender 3 is a …
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