leifgiering
12-30-2014, 02:19 AM
I'm tired of flying the PMDG 737 with only a joystick, so I've decided to splurge and build a whole cockpit. My budget isn't bad, but it isn't great either (let's say maybe... a few thousand dollars over the course of one year).
Anyways, I want to begin my project by making the throttle quadrant first. There are two ways I can go about this (that I know of):
Buy two saitek throttle quadrants and merge them together, which would give me six slots - 2 Throttle, 2 Reversers, 1 Spoiler and 1 Flap, plus six switches that I have yet to decide a purpose for
< OR >
Buy an Arduino chipset and Make my own throttle box, which might give me more room to customize, but I need to know: can Arduino chipsets support incremental controls like throttles, or do they only support simple on/off states?
Do fellow simmers here have a preference over these two options for custom cockpits? Are there any other recommendations?
Thanks,
Leif
Anyways, I want to begin my project by making the throttle quadrant first. There are two ways I can go about this (that I know of):
Buy two saitek throttle quadrants and merge them together, which would give me six slots - 2 Throttle, 2 Reversers, 1 Spoiler and 1 Flap, plus six switches that I have yet to decide a purpose for
< OR >
Buy an Arduino chipset and Make my own throttle box, which might give me more room to customize, but I need to know: can Arduino chipsets support incremental controls like throttles, or do they only support simple on/off states?
Do fellow simmers here have a preference over these two options for custom cockpits? Are there any other recommendations?
Thanks,
Leif