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Title: May the force be with the X wing fighter
Post by: cooder on June 13, 2019, 07:03:40 AM
Lots of knobs, firepower and possibilities in this cockpit for sure.
Pedalpcb take on John Hollis Omnidrive, a very clever piece of circuit hacking and I'm impressed with the first test flight.
Great sounds and tweakability, will take me a while to get through what it can do.
Dig it already though and it's great to have this grinder in the stable that's not just another slight variation.

I might add a protective thingy of sorts to prevent the toggle switches to get accidentally knocked when foot switching, mostly to make sure I don't damage one of the levers. Taking it out and replacing switch is too much of a PITA to leave it like this. But for now it's take off and fight for glory, princess and empire.

(https://i.imgur.com/Iaa7KTu.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WNrKQvA.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KPVJjLN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/OIWHFe9.jpg)
Title: Re: May the force be with the X wing fighter
Post by: somnif on June 13, 2019, 08:46:57 AM
Looking around, its strange that this style of guard :
(http://www.apexjr.com/images/SwitchCover.JPG)

Is orders of magnitude cheaper than something simple like:
(https://cdnimg.webstaurantstore.com/images/products/large/407993/1505513.jpg)
Title: Re: May the force be with the X wing fighter
Post by: TGP39 on June 13, 2019, 01:21:31 PM
Awesome job Cooder.  I built this also and love the different distortion/fuzz sounds you can get.  I'm very interested to see what you come up with to protect the switches.  Great job.
-Steve
Title: Re: May the force be with the X wing fighter
Post by: EBK on June 13, 2019, 01:35:41 PM
Those perfectly lined up nuts on the perfectly lined up toggles. 
[DarthVader]Impressive. Most impressive.[/DarthVader]
Title: Re: May the force be with the X wing fighter
Post by: cooder on June 14, 2019, 02:19:23 AM
Cheers guys!
Quote from: TGP39 on June 13, 2019, 01:21:31 PM
Awesome job Cooder.  I built this also and love the different distortion/fuzz sounds you can get.  I'm very interested to see what you come up with to protect the switches.  Great job.
-Steve
Yes I was expectinmg more chaos and unuseable sounds with all that variety, but there's a lot of great stuff to be had and I haven't even had much time to dive in.
Quote from: EBK on June 13, 2019, 01:35:41 PM
Those perfectly lined up nuts on the perfectly lined up toggles. 

Maybe a wee bit OCD...  ::)
Title: Re: May the force be with the X wing fighter
Post by: KMRO on June 14, 2019, 03:09:10 AM
This looks so awesome!  Nice graphics and looking crisp. 
Title: Re: May the force be with the X wing fighter
Post by: Strassercaster on June 20, 2019, 03:23:43 AM
fantastic build sir!!! i love all things star wars and the X wing is the coolest of all the ships ! Whetre did you get that killer switch and ciruit board from? Id love to put that on a few of my builds. I assume its silent and true bypass? is it opto based? Very impressive graphics. You did a great jobh. Is it photo sticker paper or a waterslide decal? you are an ace builder !
Title: Re: May the force be with the X wing fighter
Post by: cooder on July 15, 2019, 06:39:05 AM
Quote from: Strassercaster on June 20, 2019, 03:23:43 AM
fantastic build sir!!! i love all things star wars and the X wing is the coolest of all the ships ! Whetre did you get that killer switch and ciruit board from? Id love to put that on a few of my builds. I assume its silent and true bypass? is it opto based? Very impressive graphics. You did a great jobh. Is it photo sticker paper or a waterslide decal? you are an ace builder !
Glad you like it! Relay switching is 1776 effects 'finish line'. I dig those they work great for me.
PCB is from BuGG / pedalpcb.com.
Graphics are laser decal under acrylic faceplate. I did a tutorial on that awhile back, you'll can search it out in the tutorial section.