Home Cockpit Flood Lighting - A-10C Warthog Simulator
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- This video explains how I made the new replica flood/spot lights for my home built A-10C Flight Simulator.
All my plans, panel files, and 3D printing .stls are free for download at thewarthogproject.com/
Also:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:487...
www.thingiverse.com/thing:487...
The light posts are like these (but green... which I cant find anymore): www.ebay.com.au/itm/164302966...
The bulb holders are these: www.ebay.com.au/itm/254933284...
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Lighting Systems
02:10 - Small 'Grimes' Flood Lights
06:28 - Large Flood Lights
10:57- In Action
If you have any questions please check out my website: thewarthogproject.com/
I sometimes livestream on twitch- / thewarthogproject
Or check out my Instagram at- / thewarthogproject
Please subscibe here- lots more content on the way!
Intro Music-
Darkling by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
I am not jealous... i am not jealous... i am not jealous... i am not jealous....
Maybe.
I am
.. .
A lot !!
Good work dude
You spoil us, Sir.
Do go on...
"I do live in Australia, so if you feel an insect crawling on your feet..." -> EJECT
or "brrrrrrrrrrrt"
Cool!
By far, BEST SIM I've seen PERIOD!!
Lol, I too am in Aus, and thankfully have never had an insect crawl on my foot while seated in my sim...
Why do you put these videos out, brings a tear to my eye. I would be happy just sitting in it all day.
Excellent work! Really want to thank you for providing everything that you have for others to build their own. We need more simmers like you!
I'm blown away at the detail and time you've put into this project. I've been watching since just after you started and it's been fun and exciting to see the upgrades and enhancements you've made along the way. Thanks for the videos and great explanations of how you have done everything. Looking forward to the next video! 🙂👍
Man you are a BOSS. You have inspired me to start my own project. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!
Looks Prettyy Cool in the end. Splashin job my friend.
Amazing job on the lighting details - Every time I see your setup, it gets more and more impressive. Thanks for sharing.
The amount of dedication and pure passion for this project is amazing, and I've enjoyed seeing it progress over the years.
Also I've finally got DCS (and bought the F/A-18C module) along with with a Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS HOTAS (to replace a crappy older stick/throttle combo which I rarely used), currently melting my brain trying to learn the Super Hornet lol.
I don't even want to think about the A-10 and its complexity....
i would probably double the thickness of the bracket, and print it in petg. much stronger, and honestly even at that thickiness would probably hold up to an accidental elbow or what have you. awesome work my man
This is by far the Largest Rabbit 🐇 Hole I have ever seen anyone go down lol. The build process on the website is amazing. I’ve watched all the videos and followed the whole progress. Great job on this!
Every time I see your professional work, I'm astonished again. Thank you for so much inspiration.
Looks absolutely incredible.
this is just amazing
The fact that you put foot well lighting in, specifically because you get bugs inside enough that you want to see what it is....is scary. Australia is scary man. lol
If the Mig’s don’t get you, the spiders will!
looks AMAZING!!
You are an incredible inspiration! Beautiful work as always!
This project is so cool!! Subscribing for more!
An idea in place of the shiny vinyl in the reflector: you should check out cheap acrylic silver mirror paint. I was skeptical of it at first, but my tests have shown me that if your surface is okay (3D printed layer lines disappear with a second coat), It's really reflective!
Every time i watch your videos i wander if you can do more, and then you drop a video and i get blown away! Continue the amazing job my friend!
If you ever need a hand with voltage regulation give em a hoi.
Can point you at easy to use Ali / Ebay modules that would have driven those servo torches.
Real nice additions there!
As I understand it you've hardwired the lighting logic so consoles follow generator and battery switches?
In the latest version of DCS-BIOS (DCS flight panels branch) we included the values for the actual lighting intensity (consoles, flood etc.) - so not just the knob position on the panel.
If you use those values you can sync lighting 100% in software (nice way to handle unforeseen configurations, like engine out but switches on or other events that should shut the lights off/on)
Thanks mate! Legend! I needed to monitor if the electrical power bus was either on or off to correctly position my relays, rather then the actual levels/intensity of the backlighting. It is not using the gen and batt switch positions, but is actually using the off flag on the angle of attack indicator, so it will come on with aircraft or with ground power and if the bus gets broken/destroyed, it will shut off as well. Would be cool to get a true/false value added in DCS-BIOS for the A-10 electrical bus.
@@thewarthogproject Yeah it'd be nice to have system values output directly like that. On the Hornet it got really bad, there we special gen tie conditions so I had to check even more instruments, warning lights and switch positions to figure out if the light should be on. Quite ridiculous, so we searched and found the new lighting parameters for both it and the Warthog. Much easier now.
Your videos never cease to amaze me. If you are in lockdown I hope you're getting plenty of flight time in.
One thing I noticed in the green light is how much the throttle stands out compared to the rest due to the different materials and finish. You ever thought about painting it?
I am assuming the led's can also be used on a motorcycle as indicator lights . Pretty cool. I just stole the link mate . All I need is to find a amber sleeve or tube to slide over them . 🤔 . Keep on going with all of that good content 👌
Amazing 👍🏻
Oh wow looks great 👍
Question
What's the total power draw of your simpit setup?
on the level of reactor number 4 just before it went critical in chernobyl
@@Swatmat lol'd
Cheers! From memory, the entire lighting circuit at full brightness was drawing less than 8 amps.
@@thewarthogproject Cool I'd hate to think what it'd be if it was bulbs and not LEDs
@@JohnSmith-xq1pz The PC and projectors are probably the highest draw of the whole thing. And yeah LED's are great :)
Your 3d printed parts look great! What filament and filler are you using? I never had shiny parts like yours :/
I'm using PLA from an Australian company called 3Dfillies. After printing I give it a rough sand, then heavily spray it with some spray on car body filler. Then sand it with 600 grit, and spray paint it black. FDM printing will never give you perfect results, the key is in the finishing!
Have you considered replacing the panels on the throttle since the blackness of it stands out compared to the rest of the panels?
I have. I have also considered hacking up the throttle altogether and extending the handles to give it a longer more realistic throw. Won't be anytime soon, but it may happen in the future.
RK you gave me the inspiration to build one of these myself to raise money for a uk veterans charity. However i am having some issues with the arduino programming if you could help with some sketches I would greatly appreciate it. I've sort of lost enthusiasm and need a boost to get going again.
Not sure if you have mentioned this before, but have you added any Buttkicker (bass speaker) like addons for simulating the Burrrrt vibrations ?
3:28 are you using CATIA for 3D modeling ?
It's FreeCAD
For emergency add red light
Shit may aswell build a 1:1 replica at this point😈
yo
1:33 I’m a noob to this stuff and wondering how exactly did you wire this?