Can't wait to fiddle with it 

Wow!!! great work Girish, Would love to experience this amazing thing on the field...Cheers.

what happend to the "
thrustmaster t.flight hotas x"?

The thrustmaster has its guts open, gt-jtx board fitted and pots soldered, still have to decide what to use as trim buttons and menu buttons...
The tentative is attached...the POV hat is a candidate for ail and ele trims /camera pan and tilt but if i use it for camera pan and tilt, i run out of suitable buttons for trims..Any ideas would be welcome...

Meanwhile the GCS is now complete and is internet enabled...Pictures attached

Harry Potter would say "Flying without a Broom" 

you could use the ruder lever (the one on the trust control) to trim and the two button next to it to roll what is trimmed? (or a one is this one the other is this one neither is the third ?

anyway your just amazing! i had thought of doing something similar by fusing the thrustmaster and a turnigy 9XR but you took this a whole new level :p

by the way what type of detection does the thrust and stick have? hall effect or good'ol potentiometers?

I hate to tell you that they are simple 5k pots! I expected they'd use halls like those in the 16000M model, so much for cost saving.

thought of providing dedicated trim buttons for each axis (perhaps sans throttle) for ease of usage mid air and easy migration for those used to tx buttons... not worried about the rud actually, really want to move the ail/ele trims off the POV..till I get custom Joysticks designed now...



PS: Welcome to RCI... I see that was your first post...

why not add buttons for trim? or make a flip switch that can cycle between using the POV hat as a camera or a trim....

Aniket, there are so many buttons on the joystick already which I don't want to go waste. There are 1000 ways to skin a cat but I am looking at the one which is simplest for exsiting flyers. Fiddling with a flip switch in mid when the plane is untrimmed - that's complex for me atleast

actually i got here thanks to your project (i was searching to see if i was reinventing the wheel) ... and actually it's a good news for me, less re-engineering if i get on with my project since the 9XR's gimbals are pots, oh btw  is the stick and thrust lever glue/molded or screwed (i'd like to change the switch on them to holding rather than pressed (and add a led when on eventually).

#edit: about that unused "ex rudder control" buttons on the thrust stick it could be used for flaps no?

The DIY FPV goggles for viewing live feed... Have got hold of the cameras and Video Tx now that goes inside the GCS..

Have left the fresnel's ends untrimmed so it can slide out for cleaning.

I am alive! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch/YDr7rL51064

loooooong time girish Bhai .....hw  u doin

 

Welcome Girish !!!

We need some excellent builds .....  waiting for them

thanks @madaquif, things have been really busy over the past year, getting less time to fly
thanks @sanjaysir, @rastsaurabh, should have this on the field shortly for you guys to try it hands on

Finished and had the adapter board fabricated.



Will upload pictures of the board tomorrow. Anyone who want to build one can refer to the github link. More. Coming soon.

5 way navi keys added, 2x5 way for trims. Backlight added. Seriously considering modding the 2560 code to connect to the serial protocol now via Bluetooth or wired USB.

Coming to the field soon

Extraordinary work from a certified tech geek! 

Hello Girish, this may turnout to be a game changer .... this is something worth appreciating and kind of stuff we expect to have on the forum.

All the best for trial.
Just one request .... please finish it in 2017.

@rastsaurabh, I'm onto it, a little progress everyday 
Thanks @sanjayrai sir, would love to see you flying on it

Me? 

great going sir!
I would also like to try it out when it ready.......
I would be an ace flyer! I am an expert on Flight sim with joysticks! 

@Prabal, most welcome whoever wants to try it.

Finished an Acrylic front plate, designed (CAD plans available online now), cut and drilled holes using a template.

The bottom edge will need to be squared out