Any ideas for throttle detents on a TM TWCS?

[1Sascha]

To prevent accidental activation of emergency/take-off power, I've been thinking about going cheap and nasty and sticking two velcro strips into the throttle's opening to get some sort of physical threshold to overcome on the way to the 100% position.

 

Kinda like what I found here on reddit:

 

 

 

Been finding this sort of solution on the web for other games and I was wondering if it's even possible to set up IL-2's response curves in a way that I could use this in more than one plane. I fly nothing but German stuff, but even for those, throttle percentages needed to switch into "dangerous" power-settings seem to vary pretty significantly. Before I stick anything to the throttle, does anyone here know of a way to tweak in-game throttle settings so that a one-size-fits-all sort of detent could work in the manner I outlined?

 

S.

Edited April 12, 2022 by 1Sascha

[Sokol1]

This 3D printer solution looks practical, just need change the detent position.

 

 

 

Similar:

 

https://3dmixers.com/m/133102-twcs-detent-mod-w-center-and-afterburner-slots

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/j8zpx1/thrustmaster_t16000m_3d_printed_center_detent_mod/

 

 

[1Sascha]

That looks pretty interesting. I also found some other solutions in the meantime that use magnets and are adjustable on the fly, so that you can switch your detent threshold or even use multiple thresholds. I think the velcro method is just a little too crude and inflexible for what I have in mind.

 

This one looks pretty promising to me. I can't seem to find the 3D-printer-files for this one though.

 

 

The video you posted is, I think, for a helicopter / 50% detent, but that would probably just be a question of slightly altering the design, moving the detent or, for IL-2, adding an additional one to have one for combat- and one for emergency-power.

[Youtch]

This look very interesting indeed.

 

I think here is the mkII model.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4623230

Edited April 13, 2022 by Youtch

[1Sascha]

1 hour ago, Youtch said:

This look very interesting indeed.

I think sokol already posted that one as well ... but I can't for the life of me make out how it actually works... ?

 

If that's the Mk II that would probably explain why I can't find the files for the older version.

 

Guess I'll have to find someplace where they'll print this thing for me.

 

S.