I saw somewhere recently where a racing sim E-brake lever controller was recommended for use as a helicopter collective. I found a cheap one on Amazon, removed the spring from it, and made a bracket to attach it to my office chair. There is no twist throttle obviously, but it works well as a colle…

I should also add that though it works pretty well, the hall effect axis is pretty twitchy. I am going to make some trial adjustments to the location of the magnet to see if I can get rid of some or all of the noise.

The price in my country is no so great, almost half of the price of pro version like the basic one of Virpil (now in sale). But, as the market of car simulation is huge, I’m seeing several offers in the 2nd hand market. Also, if you’re finding that the sensor is only okay, I’d prefer to test before…

On reddit I’ve found a similar case: https://www.reddit.com/r/simracing/comments/10a68b6/trouble_calibrating_this_handbrake/ He was using this brake as collective but he suffered a lot jittering. Sadly didn’t metion if finally he found a solution.

The jittering is a little annoying but didn’t prevent it from functioning adequately as a collective. I completed three successful flights in the Cabri with it last night. Currently the magnet is just barely over the sensor when the lever is in the full “up” position (when the spring would be in f…

I figured out last night that moving the magnet doesn’t decrease the jitters in the axis and also that the button press occurs when the magnet is directly over the sensor (max magnetic field strength detected by the sensor). One thing I do wonder is if a slightly stronger magnet would decrease the …

Hope it works! The jittering on mine is minor, and only noticeable when it is in the full down position and I hear the collective “rattling” against the stops. In flight it is not noticeable. I am going to move forward with building mine out, adding mechanical stops to limit the lever travel to th…

You could mount an E-bike throttle over the end if you want a throttle. Most birds have a governor but I usually turn it of and fly manually. It’s amazing how much fine control it gives you once you figure out how to use it instinctively.

I fabricated the extension and mounted the mini-bike throttle tonight. The throttle isn’t functional yet but one of these days I will get the rest of the parts get it hooked up. [PXL_20250104_050620599] [PXL_20250104_050623133] [PXL_20250104_050843994] [PXL_20250104_050905553]

Nice. I recommend a cheap Arduino Uno clone and Mobiflight. Cheap, simple to hookup, and programming is stupid simple. It’s not really even programming, just selecting options from drop-down boxes.