In the end the real problem turned out to be the sensitivity of the analog port. I had it set to high and was overloading the 2560. Thanks go to docmobius on discord for the hint. It is now set at 3 and works perfect. Now back to the 172 build.
Continuing work on the modular PA-29/Cessna 172 panel. The Piper panel is the simplest with less buttons and avionics.
Wow! I sure have come a long way in such a short time. My new panels are so much better. This forum has helped me so much to build better.
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Remember we were talking about making the airplane a 1:1 copy of the MSFS model? I was able to import the model into F360 via Blender. So now I can do that. If all goes well, I can make any Asobo cockpit. So, the buttons and switches will be right where they are in the headset.
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WOW! that must have been a lot of work. Are you using it for your 172 cockpit? I have been hooked on building. I now have a 172 classic, 172 G1000, and working on the PA28 with GTN750/650 avionics. I still fly VR a bit but only the Savage cub for site seeing. All my instruments are exact size and as close to where they can be. I even have screens/displays on them if needed. How has the hand tracing software you were trying out doing?
I nixed the hand tracing when I realized I could use the actual MSFS models. I’m not concerned with IRL dimensions as I will only be flying these in MSFS.
As an example. Here’s the C172_1000 model converted to an STL file. This is the whole dash without the switches. I can also convert each element of the dash to a STL then convert it to a body in F360.
Still undecided which one to do first.
That is awesome. When you say which one do you mean Classic VS G1000? Now that I have both I fly one for a few days/weeks then swap them out. Once I get the PA28 done then I might be done building for a while. I love how easy Mobi Flight makes it to program everything. I am guessing that you won’t be putting displays in the avionics since you are flying in VR. I have a screen or display for all avionics since I fly both VR and full cockpit with a three screen setup. It was pretty wild the first time I fired up my PC with six displays. I also love how Popout Manager works for this setup. I launch Mobil flight, Air Manager, PU Manager, XPforce, and Voice Attack then MSFS. Then once I click the Fly Now I never touch a keyboard of mouse again. I’m having a friend laser cut me a piece of 1/8 board to go over the panel so all the instruments will have a cutout and will look more like a real panel.
Here’s the G1000 frame. I haven’t put any holes in it for buttons and switches yet. IT was a PITA figuring out how to do it. But once I did, each of the 4 pieces only took about 15 minutes each to turn into a solid that I could work with. This should be a fun little project.
What are you measurements for width and height? I based mine off of the G1000 manual.
Really great project going on. Congrats.
Not sure what any of the measurements are. I did verify that it was the correct size for the 10.4 inch screen that the manual says it has.