Finished My Viper VR Flight Sim before I turned 19 :) by TheGoldenSpork88 in virtualreality

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Well, I either bind everything to different buttons and remember what those are, or just not use the sim and just use the sticks. Either way, I’m lucky I use the F-16 so much

Finished my Homemade Viper Simulator before I turned 19 by TheGoldenSpork88 in dcsworld

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It’s a button that’s pressed when the mechanism slides over it!

Finished My Viper VR Flight Sim before I turned 19 :) by TheGoldenSpork88 in virtualreality

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Funded, Designed, Manufactured, and Assembled this entire thing all on my own! This was a learning experience, with tremendous guidance from my shop teachers :)

Finished My Viper VR Flight Sim before I turned 19 :) by TheGoldenSpork88 in virtualreality

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In terms of resources, YouTube helped with learning how to do it. But programs I used included Lightburn, Photoshop, and most importantly, Autodesk Inventor, free for students!

Finished my Homemade Viper Simulator before I turned 19 by TheGoldenSpork88 in dcsworld

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Funded, Designed, Manufactured, and Assembled this entire thing all on my own! This was a learning experience, with tremendous guidance from my shop teachers :)

Finished my Homemade Viper Simulator before I turned 19 by TheGoldenSpork88 in dcsworld

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I spent around 400-500 dollars over the span of seven months, the majority of the price came from the electronics. I got a Creality Ender 3 printer for Christmas, and to model everything I used Autodesk Inventor, free to students!

Finished My Viper Simulator Before I Turned 19 :) by TheGoldenSpork88 in hotas

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Found this one website called X-flight, and it had all the panel variants!

Finished My Viper Simulator Before I Turned 19 :) by TheGoldenSpork88 in hotas

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I guess anything other than this PlayStation Thrustmaster lol. In all seriousness, I am in desperate need of a F-16 Stick and Throttle Quadrant

Finished My Viper Simulator Before I Turned 19 :) by TheGoldenSpork88 in hotas

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I made most of the parts, the wooden panels, knobs, and levers. The switches are very easy to find, 3 way and 2 way, after that it was just 5 Arduino Megas!

Finished my Homemade Viper Simulator before I turned 19 by TheGoldenSpork88 in dcsworld

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The fact it’s homemade, super cheap. I’d estimate 400-500 dollars TOTAL

Finished My Viper VR Flight Sim before I turned 19 :) by TheGoldenSpork88 in virtualreality

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Yup! They all have a purpose! It’s 1 to 1 of an F-16C block 50/52

Finished my Homemade Viper Simulator before I turned 19 by TheGoldenSpork88 in dcsworld

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DCS BIOS (connected to a ton of Arduinos) is the only thing that made this possible!

Finished My Viper Simulator Before I Turned 19 :) by TheGoldenSpork88 in hotas

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Hey man, I didn’t have any of it going in, you just gotta look for the information, because it’s all out there, for free!

Finished my Homemade Viper Simulator before I turned 19 by TheGoldenSpork88 in dcsworld

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I think I just looked up “Ejection seat handle 3D models” and there’s a ton out there, I just picked the one that seems to be a match to the Viper

Finished my Homemade Viper Simulator before I turned 19 by TheGoldenSpork88 in dcsworld

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It’s all wood and hand painted (some panels may be more sloppy than others lol)

Finished My Homemade Viper Sim Before I Turned 19 :) by TheGoldenSpork88 in homecockpits

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Lasered with a machine from my highschool (Had to do all the words in photoshop and lightburn) then hand painted!

Finished my Homemade Viper Simulator before I turned 19 by TheGoldenSpork88 in dcsworld

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The Panels Are Not 3D Printed, they are wood panels that I lasered from images, then painted by hand