The UFC and HUD - A10C Warthog Simulator

[@TimberDCS]

Can we just appreciate how long it would take to bind all of those buttons

[@redwing8725]

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[@thewarthogproject]

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[@8waverider9]

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[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

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[@TimberDCS]

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[@millitarecho664]

5 Years later: The Wings and Engines - A10C Warthog Simulator

[@TimberDCS]

6 years later: Gun and Targeting Pods - A10C Simulator

[@kristian6087]

7 years later: oh shit it's flying

[@triadwarfare]

2 years later. Ukranians using his template to make an A10C simulator

[@daviddriscoll330]

I am not into flight simulators, but I am into this kind of craftsmanship. I cannot stop watching.

[@AurelTristen]

Another great addition. And let me just say, there is no such thing as too much content for this kind of thing. We're getting loads of info about your lessons learned every few seconds, and it's great that you go into the details. I really hope A-10 II breathes more life into this project, as it seems to have already done.

[@clemp3010]

Been following this project for awhile now. It is by far the coolest flight sim I have seen. I used to work on A-10s and I absolutely love this!

[@Jager-er4vc]

Your channel is becoming the gold standard of how to build a home sim-pit! Keep up the AMAZING work! Cheers👍🏼

[@EastLondonKiwi]

Awesome content. Another way to get a metal effect is to use silver Duct tape. That is made out of aluminium sheeting. Simply cover all of your 3D printed parts with it before painting, then scuff up the wear with scotch bright or steel wool. the paint will rub off exposing the metal below.

[@jzcski]

Wow! Super nice man! That UFC completely changed the game when it first came out...I always wondered how we got along without it! Certainly miss it in the airplane I fly now. Thanks for posting!

[@joelighty409]

You are a magician and a true gentleman for sharing all of your hard work. I could only dream to achieve such a result, but I really enjoy seeing your well earned success! Awesome build!

[@steffennilsen2132]

Coming along. Ordered a K40 laser and a 3d printer last week and I'll spend time practicing the techniques to put together these panels over Christmas. The electrical and programming is the easy part for me since I'm a programmer (and experienced with Arduino and PCB design), but there's some practical practice I need to get in for the actual build.

[@yousef483]

literally was binge watching your channel for 2 hours and waiting when the new UFC video might come out and this drops like hot stuff

[@Noah-gn7dp]

Keep up the awesome videos! Very impressed with your build. Reallymakes me wanna get a laser engraver to make panels

[@ericanker9049]

Greetings from Norway! This is just awesome. Thank you or showing it. Keep up the good work!

[@EricFergusonCinema]

This is fantastic, I really appreciate seeing how you achieved backlit custom buttons just by using tactile buttons with a long post, this is brilliant!

[@Xeus1985]

looks freaking amazing! Good Job on that one mate. Oustanding work again

[@andrewmclean4212]

bro. iv been researching how to build a sims pit for a couple of months now and i have to say your videos are some of the best and most informative i have found and your an Aussie. love it!! I'm on the south coast NSW and would like to pick your brain and look at your set up. I'm working on a shoe string budget and need to get things right the first time. i'm st in the designing a pit frame phase and am working around the f16c for DCS. i love the content you put out and watch and re-watch for both inspiration and technical detail thank you.

[@Chuckwagon524]

your flight sim is amazing. Something you may want to explore is there are companies who will custom design and make circuit boards for you.

[@OXYOXYOXY444]

one of australias best simpit

[@javitennn1]

WOW, your work is amazing, i cant believe how much time you spent doing that and share it with us, so thank you so much for it. Your web is a big part of this project too. Thanks & conglatulations, I`m doing a f16 block 50/52 cockpit, your work inspired me. greetings

[@thewarthogproject]

Thanks mate! I love your channel!

[@MkmeOrg]

Looks great!

[@8waverider9]

Finally we have the hud!

[@estenberg2]

Incredible job! Thanks for sharing!

[@triadwarfare]

I do wonder if ever you want to do one step further and to actually project the HUD elements to your little plexiglass screen. Would that be possible with the current implementation of DCS? I'd imagine some calibration would be required and getting a compatible HUD projector would be very difficult, if not impossible.

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Beautiful work as usual.

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

You've officially gained a new subscriber 👍

[@lindsaybrown5897]

NEW SUBSCRIBER and wow mate just wow!. Epic work buddy

[@bobthompson4319]

you think it came out well PFFFFT YA RIGHGT ITS ABSOLUTLY MAGNIFASINT

[@reginaldcrudstump383]

Absolutely amazing sim!

[@GaryGraham66]

Brilliant!

[@CompleteAnimation]

Could you show what it looks like to play Star Wars Squadrons on your wrap around screen?

[@thewarthogproject]

I dont have that game- but ill look into it. Getting the game viewports to warp is doable, but not exactly simple- it requires some game file editing. I know it works in DCS, MSFS and BMS, but im not sure about other games.

[@HAMMER_2.2]

this is truly awesome work! I am mind blown at all your videos of this project! I have had a similar idea for making a button panel as you have shown in this video and it might be obvious, but are your buttons made of two pieces of acrylic? (the top piece sized down from the bottom so that the button is retained within the faceplate). hope that makes sense. hard to tell in the video I'd the buttons themselves are indeed 2 pieces bonded together. cheers!

[@dominicdiclemente8877]

This vid was enough to push me over the edge and I bought a pre-built UFC.... thanks for spending my money.

[@thewarthogproject]

Glad I could help!

[@CraigSmysimpit]

Great enhancements, looks superb 👍

[@macedk]

U haven't build the whole jet yet ????????? ;) Amazing work!

[@neok23]

What an awesome build. I love the finish. Can you share what primer and spray paint you are using? Keep up the great work!

[@thewarthogproject]

Cheers! I use Rustoleum 2X Grey Primer, and Rustoleum 2X Flat Black. For the 3D prints, don't be afraid to spray the primer very heavy and very wet, then sand and repeat. I also use Tamiya filler putty for the joins between printed parts. Weathering is just simple dry brusing with some Tamiya satin aluminium. It's basically just model aircraft making, at 1:1 scale!

[@renatogalesi7219]

Great stuff as always.... How about ultra short throw projector to create a screen above you/in the roof?!?!

[@txgrunt5969]

Nice! Was curious if you had plans to make a functional hud? Can that be done?

[@thewarthogproject]

Unfortunately not. My PC doesnt have enough video outputs.

[@andrew1977au]

Another awesome video! Design the PCB and maybe have it printed by PCBWAY

[@Duckioboi]

Im confused. So the USB goes out to connect to the computer, and the other wires connect for the backlighting, but how do you connect it to the arduino for DCS BIOS?

[@noelengeler7254]

Hey man can you make a video where you explain/show how you did all the keymapping of the different switches in dcs? I got the problem that with toggle switches i have to put them in the on position to toggle it in game, then cycle it once more (to the off and then again to the on pos.) to turn it off again in game and its starting to annoy me like crazy.

[@thewarthogproject]

You can edit the DCS lua to stop that- however it's much easier to program all your switches using other software- helios- rather than binding it all in DCS. That software runs the gauges, but it also binds every switch. Link is in the description FAQ section.

[@noelengeler7254]

@@thewarthogproject thanks mate🙏

[@jlgarau]

Nunca vi um projeto tão extraordinário, meus parabéns !!! This is amazing !!!

[@koga1330]

I'm wondering how did you create the push buttons? Are those 3D printed as well? How did you make them so they can be backlit?

[@DerMoosfrau]

Same question here!

[@jimhinkle7245]

Where do you buy your plastic for your panels?

[@NatendoSwitch]

Looks so damn good!

[@Nick-xe2hu]

What type of dimmer switch are you using? I have a pwm dimmer on some leds in my sim pit and sometimes I get flickering like a pulse, lol...you know pwm pulsing.

[@thecorbies]

Hi. Relatively new to your channel (maybe three weeks ago), and have binged watched a bunch of your videos. I'm in total awe at what you've created there. It almost makes me wonder why the full size aircraft needs a $500,000 UFC when yours is probably 90% as good for, (I'm guessing), $250 - $300.cockpit. Of course I'm not serious; I realise that these things have to be able to withstand a lot more under operational conditions, but none the less, you have created an absolutely amazing version of the Have you given any thought to putting the entire set up onto a 3 axis gimbal? That would be TRULY AWESOME; and I'm sure you could do it. Then you could hire it out to USAF to recoup your investment - lol. Great work. Looking forward to your next video. Regards Mark in the UK

[@CyrusEpion]

If I could ask man, What are you using for the HUD combiner? Teleprompter glass? There is a company called Edmund Optics by me that has the ability to coat a piece of large glass with a Notch Filter (As close as you can get to the other types of coatings normally used) but my god is it expensive. (700 USD per 1x1 inch last I checked) Haven't been able to find any other good alternatives to teleprompter glass besides that..

[@Chuckwagon524]

Do you find yourself having to install cooling fans in all these panels?

[@hanszimmer4679]

Waaay beyond cool. If i had such a cockpit it would take a crowbar to get me out of that thing. :o)

[@philipjensen6442]

hey mate, what was the print orientation for the pieces? looks superb

[@martygrant3205]

Hi m8, Great videos & so helpful. I am just starting a F 16 pit and have all the switch panels cut & ready to engrave. I'm now looking at starting to construct the F16 IPC(UFC) and starting to collect components(Switches/Potentiometers) being an absolute newbie to electronics I'm trying to get my head around all the different specs of potentiometers & resistors. Do you have any kind of list you have compiled with component details/types to use. Also regarding wiring of switches using a matrix is there a set way of doing this for different types of controllers(I'm using mainly the Arduino Pro Micro) or is it a common way for all types?. Cheers.

[@tsangarisjohn]

So cool 👍🏻

[@seinfeld11123]

thats fucking awesome dude! . you eed to start selling this. sell them as DIY kits, or you build them, or employ mates/ builder to make them

[@FleMoo]

Why an BBI64 and not just a Arduino Micro Pro? Started to build my first custom panel a few days ago.

[@chemicalcorrosion]

I implore you. Work with a Chinese manufacturer and turn all of your modules into kits. Pretty sure there are thousands of us who would buy ALL of the modules. I know I would! We could build our own cockpits and you can make some well deserved money from the kits!

[@ben_sob_chan6740]

Since your sim controls are soon to be homeless, you could replace the tisl you ejected with a dedicated sim panel.

[@Masteroftee]

how u communicate arduino uno with dcs ?

[@FullMetal_cooKie]

Have you considered streaming DCS with your setup on twitch.tv?

[@BornGinger]

Is there a way to contact you? I need to ask your permission to share some screenshots within my drawings that I want to share with others.

[@thewarthogproject]

You can contact me here! Sure- feel free to use screenshots!

[@shakaibsafvi97]

Hi, Can you please make proper PCBs for this amazing project ! Please... next time you need a new panel made do let me know.. I'll do the PCB design for free !

[@jonshouse1]

Does the software support an external heads up? A Pi board driving a mono CRT would make a proper looking HUD display.

[@thewarthogproject]

Yes, you can export the HUD, but i cant have anymore viewports without buying another grapics card. It would be great, but not worth that amount of money...

[@jonshouse1]

@@thewarthogproject I think you did not understand the question. On some flight sims you can send the flight instriment data over the network. I was talking about using a small ARM board (like a Raspberry Pi or similar) to drive a display. The board itself being connected to the simulator via Ethernet.

[@thewarthogproject]

@@jonshouse1 DCS doesn't support exporting the HUD over Ethernet, only via a viewport.

[@kake9340]

Just curious (considering making NACES/GRU-7 blend) how much (about) it cost to make the seat?

[@thewarthogproject]

I dont have the exact cost of it- but the seat was the cheapest thing in the room (excluding the seat cusions- which are the real thing and cost me $300 AUD but are not really necassary). It is only plywood and mdf. Here is a video all about the seat- kzbin.info/www/bejne/hojdn6CPasybaqs

[@kake9340]

@@thewarthogproject ok thanks, I’ve already seen the seat video and have sketched out plans for my seat upper and lower handles, any advice on a USB card to control the inputs (likely 3 switches)

[@rjet43]

I still need to print the HUD frame STL files, So why did you not just buy the one that is on the market already?

[@steffennilsen2132]

I'm guessing it's because making the simulator is part of the hobby just as much as actually flying in it

[@rjet43]

@@steffennilsen2132 I understand I am building one also but don’t have the patience lol

[@steffennilsen2132]

@@rjet43 I'm not going to hold it against anyone, and especially for parts that are hard to replicate properly like the throttle or stick that needs a high quality injection mold and custom drivers and whatnot if one were to make everything from scratch

[@rjet43]

@@steffennilsen2132 thrustmaster has the best

[@megarycesz9562]

@@rjet43 im currently modelling a "copy" of the f16/a10 stick. Still waiting for my printer to arrive. Ill let you know about the results of a custom build stick. Peace!

[@tripodcatz5532]

Very impressive and informative! The Internet is not just for masturbation anymore.

[@mlefe09]

Wow...

[@ComdrStew]

Are you planning on making a real HUD?

[@planeguy_0577]

Does anybody know a good, free online mechanical/electrical engineering course? I just assumed that he had some sort of engineering background because of his ingenuity!

[@stevenV57]

And I thought my model railroad hobby got out of hand. 😒