A year (at least) of painstaking accuracy in CAD, watching grainy old videos to pick out details, printing and wasting filament through failures, soldering and desoldering and rewiring and sanding and spraying and testing.... TO GIVE THIS AWAY FOR FREE. You are an awesome person, genuinely wanting us all to enjoy this habit. Thank you!

nice i have to finish my F18 throtle here....

Neat

Nice! ...Thanks, you rock!

Fantastic stuff. An A4 Skyhawk variant would be great too.

Great job

Awesome work, well done. Thank you for sharing. I've been looking for ideas on how to get the Alps into a hat and I like your approach.

Great abnd nice job Thank you very much!

Very nicely done. Thanks for making the model available!

Amazing work, thanks for sharing

I was looking for some older grip on Thingiverse, but this project overwritten it for me. Just a historical note - as Korean and Vietnam war gave fairly solid supply of these types of grips to the communist block, I guess that Soviet Union did not have to rely on pictures to model their own variety

Absolutely love it! I think it'll go great with my open source big stick project! Looking forward to printing it!

Excellent work and thanks for sharing! I can really appreciate the time, effort, research, (and PLA) that went into this having just completed a similar project myself (Spitfire rudder pedals). Your work is really first rate!

Great work!

This is awesome. The B-8 grip is a classic, and it's great to see someone reproduce it accurately. I may print one just to compare it to my B-8 grips. It looks damn near perfect, though. I think the wiring is a pretty key part of the assembly, and I'm interested to know more about how this all works together. I assume you solder on leads long enough to come out the bottom, and then you just plug them into the board and stuff it all back in? I have a few real "dual header" grip versions (couple of S-61 grips and an H-53 grip). Note that on these, the mounting boss for the hat switch protrudes out of the stick to a greater extent than the B-8/MC-2 grips, so unfortunately, it's not as easy as simply mirroring the top of a B-8 grip. I can get you pics if you want them. That said, your version is probably actually more comfortable than the real thing (because the hat protrudes out more, it's more awkward to use) and an ambidextrous one is always a plus. Absolutely fantastic option for people. Have you determined the maximum force and bending moment the grip can take? I have a Virpil CM2 (original version) with the stiffest springs to better emulate the real thing. It broke the tail piece in my TM warthog grip (though that was also old and fatigued). I ended up having to turn and mill an aluminum replacement. I suppose a custom metal tailpiece is an option for this grip as well (for those who have the required tools).

Good job! 😀

Sorry for being a cheap ass, but right after accepting the price of that 4-way ALPS switch I've noticed the momentary switches are $10 EACH. I need to find some cheaper equivalent. Hell, looking at the prices of various other switches I need I WILL look into actually making some switches from scratch.

Btw., as you talked about other versions - would you consider to change shaft on the left side for i.e. 4-way+push switch? (not the one left to the HAT already there but below it). In that case it would be fairly easy to choose configuration - either simple button or multifunctional one.

Thank you again for uploading the F-5 variant of STL files. An F-5 specific question: did you intend some specific 3 way switch for the dogfight FWD / AFT function of F-5? I've noticed you did in fact include a 3D hat model specifically for that location.

Almost completed first build :) Got a little issue with the trim hat and the ALPS RKJXT1F42001. The trim hat is not holding onthe 4-way alps switch. On the 3D part it's a full circle while on the alps it's half one, did i do something wrong ? Printed the wrong file or ordered the wrong alps 4-way ? Thank you for this great project.

Good job man! I wonder if you can export the files for solidworks or a left hand design? Thank you very much in advance!

Would have preferred a split body, like ghe original, so I could make a cast to make a metal version..a split would also better allow to work inside and could more easily invert to make a left hand stick

One question: What springs did you use for the trigger, I can't find any the right size.

I 3D printed your masterpiece and it looks amazing! the grip pattern had trouble printing however on the sides of the joystick. how did you manage to print it so perfectly! printer settings?

Since this is compatible with virpil. I would assume we can also make heads for the collective like a Uh1

How difficult would it be to add a paddle switch lever to this?

Awesome work, just one thing i cant understand is why you exporting stl files in so small resolution when you spending so much time on modeling and then it looks litle bit ugly becose of it

I have tried twice to print the grip, but doesnt work. I have check de STL with other programs and 3d printing vendors, and it seems that the STL has issues on walls. Is it possible for you to check if the STL is ok? Thanks.

On the 4 way switch: the BOM lists ALPS RKJXT1F42001 which has a built-in rotary encoder. Doesn't it get in the way, by rotating unintendedly for example?

Where can I buy one assembled?

I hate to be this guy. But I have a question, I haven't looked through the files too much yet. Is there a version with the extra push button extending from the right side like the Cobra or the UH60L?

is there an easy way to increase wall thickness? My 3d printer can't handle the stl files from thingiverse. Might it be because of detail level settings during model export to stl?

Voce poderia me enviar o arquivo mestre? pois eu nao preciso de tantos botões...

I know this likely wont be seen but will you ever make a control panel for the F4?

Waitin for u f14 grip if u wanna made

I'm about to submit the model to a printing service. Is there any chance you'll be uploading the F-5E version of the grip soon?

Could i put this in my car?

id buy one if you were selling

Theres zero chance of getting that custom pcb outside the USA as I am, so couldn't I just use an arduino micro ?

I myself recently sat in an Phantom at a airforce hanger in Greece. Im busting my University's balls to use their 3D printer just so i have a reminder of that moment xD. I couldn’t have done it without you, can’t thank you enough. Quick question, how long does it take to print? Im new to 3D printing, and my first print will be this piece of art.

I’m also interested in a fully assembled F-15E joystick I’m not on discord…..

Walls are very thin, especially at the top