[WIP] cheap DIY VR Control Box - 6 dual encoder / 8 button / 1 3-pos switch project

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My take on the VR-specific panel for light GA plane. Main points:

• knobs and switches placed far apart, around the yoke, to allow finding them in blind, with the VR headset on,
• dual encoders, easier to find in blind.

VR flying without a mouse (DIY hardware panel for finding the controls in the blind)

Using a mouse to operate the cockpit knobs, switches and buttons when flying is an immersion killer for me. The remedy – the hardware panel, built with VR in mind: controls (knobs/encoders, switches, buttons) placed well apart to allow finding them in blind, dual rotary encoders with pushbuttons (expensive but worth every penny) used, allowing 5 inputs in one hand position (outer ring CW/CCW, inner ring CW/CCW, pushbutton), controls located left, right and bottom of the yoke to allow locatin…