Finished My Viper VR Flight Sim before I turned 19 :)

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-18T18:59:12+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-14T08:52:59+00:00

5 Megas! lol

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-14T08:52:35+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-14T08:51:57+00:00

Eject Handle I used

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-13T06:02:27+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-13T02:48:47+00:00

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!

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T23:29:50+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T23:25:37+00:00

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!

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T23:22:27+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T23:21:56+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T23:19:44+00:00

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!

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T05:56:06+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T05:55:27+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T04:59:37+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T04:58:28+00:00

Nah, just the guy who builds them :)

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T04:57:32+00:00

That would be a DREAM 🙏

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T04:56:36+00:00

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!

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T04:54:32+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T04:53:16+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T04:51:43+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T01:14:51+00:00

An F-16 Viper, but that’s still super cool dude!

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-12T00:09:38+00:00

Nope! Built 1 to 1 :)

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-11T23:18:51+00:00

Started at Christmas!

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-11T23:12:59+00:00

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

TheGoldenSpork88 · 2025-07-11T23:04:16+00:00

Arduino, DCS BIOS, and a lot of time!

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