Just curious if anyone has attempted to use a racing sim E-Brake handle as a STOL style flap lever. I feel like it should work as they utilize a hall sensor to read the position, Just have to fab up some form of simple detent positions, Should be simple enough in arduino to make a script. Im just getting back into the sim and I think this will be the direction I’m going,
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I’m with you on this question. I actually bought an e-brake controller to mod, but I ended up getting a Johnson bar flap lever off a real piper arrow from an aircraft parts dealer. I’ve had it sitting around for a year, thinking about way to turn it into a controller, but haven’t had the time to really get into it.
I use a hand brake (bought on Amazon) as a STOL style flap lever:
This lever is a cheap one, and the built in sensor was really bad. So I just used a slide potentiometer to measure the handle position (a hall sensor would be better). Then Im using Arduino and the MagicPot library to read the input. The Arduino then connects to SPAD.next by its serial lib.SPAD speaks with the sim.
(GitHub - francobasaglia/MagicPot: Arduino library for read values easily from potentiometers)
Nice to see others that play sim racing also. I need to try this out with mine.
Great solution, I have the same handbrake which I have tried to use as a STIL flaps lever, and yes the build in sensor is pretty bad, good solution with the potentiometer. Could you link to wich potentiometer you have used?
I can see that you also have made an custom 3D printed mount for the potentiometer, will you share this?
I have been thinking about a way to make some kind of mechanical indents to the lever, but haven´t come up with a good solution yet, have you thought about a way to do that?
Hi!
My solution is extremly crude and could be refined a lot. Anyway, her are links to pot and to stl.
Thanks a lot, I will look further into some kind of flap detent, I will post if I fund a good solution😀
Hi There is somthing wrong with the scale of the STL file, the potentiometer you have linked dosent fit in the 3d print. I have bought the linket pot… and i heve printed the linket mount, the potentionmeter is to large for the print?