The forthcoming presentation of my home built Spitfire simpit at an aero-collector fair in Paris was an incitation for me to create additional controls and some dummy components to improve its visual aspect. The new control fitted is the wobble pump for which I had designed a replica some time ago but needed to make…
Spitfire Sim Spade Grip upgrade
In between flying online and other activities I get a bit of time to undertake my favourite pastime which is doing R&D on my replica Spitfire sim controls. It’s the occasion to imagine how to design mechanical operating functions that also include modern electronics to transmit instructions to the flight simulator, instead of the original…
The art of stopping trains in DCS
We in TBD Group are working on the Normandy 2.0 map making up targets for Mosquito Intruder & Ramrod missions. One idea was to to have German supply convoys moving west to resupply the Caen area and to see if we could stop them by destroying bridges. So we set up a fuel supply train…
Is it important to have contemporary aircraft types in combat flight simulators ?
Since my early days of online combat flight simulator flying starting in IL2 Cliffs of Dover and moving on to DCS, there have been heated debates about which aircraft should be in the plane set for the particular period of WWII that a given map is supposed to represent. For example, in the early Cliffs…
Building a Spitfire sim pit : part 2
I am a bit late in publishing this follow on as I got tied up building 3D cockpit parts for customers and that took priority over writing articles. Recently I looked at the the number of views on the subject and had some enquiries for further details. These were indications that I should not wait…
Operation Dragon Slayer
After the success of Operation Desert Justice TBD are being redeployed to the Pacific and we’re looking for support…
TBD Inaugural Liberation Campaign
It’s been an interesting couple of months as TBD finally completed a full Liberation campaign on the Syria map, starting in Cyprus and making it all the way through Syria to take Allepo, via Palmyra.
Thrustmaster TPR Pedals
A review of something I’ve had my eye on for quite some time. Are they worth the price?
Set up update…how are things holding up?
I’ve seen posts asking about how some bits of kit hold up over time…here’s my experiences with my set up.
Building a Spitfire sim pit : part 1
I have had occasion elsewhere on this blog to talk about the replica Spitfire flying and engine controls that I developed with 3D printing, but here I will talk about how I went about building a replica cockpit section in order to further enhance the feel of flying a Spitfire. Part 1 : Before starting, …
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