Good spot. That would have been quicker and easier 
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I was in full agreement for a couple of years with the damper. Now, the damper is no longer the best. This is:
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Wow! That’s quite impressive and a fair bit outside of my skill set.
How long did it take to complete this project?
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Thanks! Not my design, I was just one of the early-ish ones who built it. Machined it in about a day and built it in an afternoon. Actually 3d printed test parts first.
You could order machined parts from somewhere like send cut send or PCBway. It actually isn’t that bad to assemble. Well worth the effort IMHO.
PSA:
Yesterday, when I pressed my right foot down, the metal threaded rod pulled out of one of the plastic heim joints for the linkage. The plastic threads in the end being the weak point.
The concern here is that the added force required for the damper (I have mine set to the lightest setting, too) is placing added load on the plastic heim joint ends that, most likely, aren’t strong enough to handle that added force.
I used “JB Weld” to lightly fill the inside of the threaded end and screwed it back onto the steel rod. There were enough threads still present inside the end for it to be screwed back on and I’m hoping the JB Weld will provide the needed reinforcement. It’s been curing overnight and I have yet to test it out, but I am tempted to remove the damper and just run without it.
I have not reached out to Thrustmaster re: replacement parts, should that be required, but they have furnished me with parts for their Boeing yoke in the past.