AuthentiKit Spitfire MkIX Spade Grip & Flight Stick

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Aiming to launch this flight stick early December.

• Replica to scale Spitfire MkIX spade grip with 2 button firing
• Working brake lever
• Upper bracket also to scale
• Hall sensors throughout
• Standard windows controller auto-detects but you'll need to map pitch/roll/brake
• Currently being tested in MSFS with a Spitfire MkIX due out in a few weeks (have had collaboration with the developer)
• Low cost rig ensures accurate placement between your legs
• First product of a range - trim wheel, throttle quadrant, under carriage and flaps lever at prototype stage

Here's the unusual bit - it's free. It has been designed to be printable on a cheap 3D printer (developed on a sub £200 Ender 3) and to be assembled with basic Airfix/Ikea skills using low cost commodity parts (sealed bearings, bolts, sensors available from Amazon/ebay). Assembly videos, parts-list and printable files will be released at launch, so you could have it working for Christmas 😉

Here's a 3D render, photo of a prototype being tested at Boultbee Academy's Spitfire MkIX simulator and an in situ photo.

For more info see https://authentikit.org or follow https://fb.me/FlyAuthentiKit 

 

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It’s a self build kit. Here’s the latest video

 

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Nearly there folks.

 

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We're getting close now folks. There are 6 beta testers test building this now in the UK, USA and Australia. They've been focussed on testing the printing and assembly but this weekend I hope that one or two will finish that assembly and we'll get some in-use feedback. If that goes well I will publish the designs and complete my video series over the weekend of Dec 4-6.

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I haven't finished video #4 but while you wait you might enjoy this

 

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Well this had me fooled for a while. Looks almost like the real thing, but its just a nice distressed paint job someone did after downloading the print files and building one of my flight sticks.

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Moved on a bit since January, coming in the next few days are these two beauties (IMHO).

Here's the "how to assemble" video #1.

 

 

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