Ghetto controllers for simming.

[djrisc]

So, I've spent quite a bit on sim controllers now. (Well at least for me.)

I have the Saitek Cessna yoke/throttle, rudder pedals, trim.

I couldn't bring myself to drop another $140 on a panel with switches on it.

So... I started looking around my studio (I have a recording studio in my house) for what I could re-purpose for use in simming.

I found a great solution and it works so well that I thought I'd share it here.

I have hooked up the NI Kontrol X1 midi controller to xplane. It works awesome!

First off it has 4 selector knobs that are 2-mode and you can push them for a button. This matches exactly to the knobs on the garmin 430. It then has a ton of other buttons that you can assign as well.

I'm now trying to get one set of the 4 encoders at the top to Chang each number for transponder.

Here is a picture of the controller:



Ok, so it's not the height of realism. But it works great.

So if you have any midi controllers sitting around your house, think about it. you can use Bome's free app Midi translator to convert midi data to any keyboard commands you want.

Just thought you might be interested!

Brett

[Keith Smith]

hysterical, and very clever. Nice work.

[SmallJet]

Ok, so it's not the height of realism. But it works great.

Ok, so now I know what you mean by "ghetto controllers." You initially caught me off guard for just a second there. Based on your description, I thought we'd turn on PilotEdge and hear a different kind of Clearance Delivery.