DIY Flight Simulators Keyboard Modification

[xXJeeXTeeXAyeXmanXx]

@rockportdenise lol for the autpilot in most boeing airliners, (not sure of others) there is an STD button!

[TheLonzo14]

DANG!!!!!!! wats tat girls name???????

[Deusrexmachina]

No, seriously rogerdodgeraviation, this is pure genius! Never came in my mind to use another keyboard the way you've done it, I mean... heartiest congratulations! :D

[NikitasGuitars]

@Deusrexmachina me neither, it seems so obvious now lol.... great name btw

[nurb101]

Hey you have a "BITCHIN STROBE" button?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

@nurb101 lol...every flight sim needs a bitchin strobe and a drink holder

[StaszekA1]

This game is il 2 sturmovik or il 2 1946. This game is better to simulate WWII airplanes than Microsoft Combat flight simulator

[Simulatorx8]

What is that game at the end

[carpetmonk]

this is beyond cool.. hey man, you add a 2 axis dynamic seat, and you could sell that for some serious money. wantme to draw up some schematics? get a couple really good, or at least rated up to 250 pounds, servos.. of course, with a built in chock so when ya get shot down, a sudden "nose first" dive in the game doesnt toss our initial clients into thier monitors like a catapult.. that olive drab pvc.. we could make modular to ship.. this is a good idea

[deestilo]

just wanted to tell you all ...

the megafailed "pitot heat" guy plays FSX........ omg.......

check out his vids....I hope he knows the diff between ejecting a pilot and ejecting a pitot ...; :P

[Munky332]

would this apply to other applications/games besides FSX/X-plane???

[rogerdodgeraviation]

@Munky332 Yes, any game that allows the user to re-assign the functions of the keyboard keys.

[dalber24]

I like the girl

[CMDRSweeper]

A clogged pitot tube is fun... Different airspeed... Stall warning and overspeed warning at the same time...

It is always fun, although you got a 50 / 50 guess for being correct on either stall or overspeed? Sounds like good ods?

[NikitasGuitars]

@CMDRSweeper lol generally there would be other clues... even in a zero visibility situation....

[commodore256]

0:37 the GTFO Button

[bobbysam232]

I have the same yoke :O x3

[Davem151]

Is it possible to get 2 keybords at one pc?

[caesiume]

@Davem151 yes, connect two (or more) to your computer and see for yourself.

[HazeAlq]

omg whats that game at 0:33 ?

[636Castle]

I wanna do this, but I just gave my grandma my old keyboard :( And I have no extras laying around anymore.

[RobinMoviesOffical]

Nice, i got to have that!

[dragonkikosgc]

What is the game?

[KAKOROTH]

The chick is hot.

[tinytwarps]

what air craft at 0:33

[1momerat99]

cool

[krf100]

Ubisoft's IL-2 sturmovik 1946 is the game in the beginning

[liamvernon]

LOL at 0:37 - pause it - IT SAYS PITOT HEAT - LOLS MEGA FAIL - NOT BUYING TYPO CRAP HAHAHAHAHAAAAA

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Please Google "pitot heat" then you will learn what it is.......free of charge.

[ashleyjamesdoran]

@rogerdodgeraviation some people you just cant reach mate.

[CaptainRex619]

@rogerdodgeraviation EPIC WIN !!!! lol

[NikitasGuitars]

@rogerdodgeraviation i wish i could give you 10 thumbs up

[matt420740]

@liamvernon Actually you "MEGA FAILED" dumbass. What did you think it was supposed to say?

[jackosmithy]

You really are a ignorant idiot aren't you? how about u comment on something you might have a clue about or know before passing judgment?

[theSTUPIDpolice]

@liamvernon...........That's such an noob mistake.

I'm embarrassed for you.....Oh the shame of flaming a product with ignorance....

[IndianSettler]

@liamvernon What typo are you talking about? PITOT HEAT??? There IS something called PITOT TUBE in aircraft, you didn't know. That is CONTEMPTIBLY GIANT FAIL ON YOUR PART.

HAHAHAHAHAAAAA

[uri0316]

@liamvernon If you havent figured it out yet its for unclogging a tube which tells you your speed, altitude, and stuff so you dont crash :P

[Gyarados94]

sorry, i'm not english. what is "unclogging"? By the way, FALCON 4.0 RULES!!

[rogerdodgeraviation]

A clog is an obstruction in a tube or pipe. When you remove the obstruction you "unclog" the tube. A pitot tube can become obstructed with ice in low temperatures.  A pitot tube has a heating element that "unclogs" the tube by melting the ice.

[bestvidsdottk]

@liamvernon you are fucking ignorant as shit

[catCRAAAZY]

WOW you're stupid.

[pingpongpung]

@liamvernon OMG, you are right!!! It does say pitot heat!!!!! While it should have said:"PRESS THIS BUTTON TO ACTIVATE A HEATING ELEMENT ON THE TUBE THAT STICKS OUT FROM YOUR PLANE AND THAT MEASURES AIRSPEED". But since the button would get too large, they might have abbreviated it to "PITOT HEAT".

[ollopa1]

@liamvernon

Pitot tubes are named after the Frenchman who invented them. They use difference in air pressure to give you your airspeed. The heater keeps them from clogging with ice. Covered pitot tubes have been the cause of some pretty nasty accidents...

I'm not even a pilot and I know this without googling...

[tinytwarps]

@liamvernon horrible pilot

[OO7ACEMASTER]

@liamvernon itz the sensor heat dumbass

[Tawanamakuri]

@liamvernon We can see that you are not a pilot, or ever been at an aircarft, you stupid ignorant fuck. is a pressure measurement instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity. It needs heat because if it gets frozen, you will have no airspeed indicator, without that, you may enter in stall or overspeed, unless you've got a GPS.

[heberorozco]

@liamvernon seriously dude, ur an idiot

[TheAirlineFlyer]

@liamvernon wow im guessing you have not been in a airplane cockpit or been around a plane. what did you think it was supposed to be spelled.

[Danielkchoi]

@liamvernon o rly is it a typo?

[Lueseiseki]

@liamvernon lol owned

[rambocivilairpatrol]

@liamvernon you sir.....have failed lol

[SEGAjdb]

@liamvernon This is the greatest YouTube comment I have ever read!

[Tyrantis]

@liamvernon Ummm its not supposed to say PILOT Heat, indeed PITOT heat is standard in every plane. Look things up before jumping on people.

[brandon9271]

@Tyrantis You never heard of "PILOT HEAT"? You activate it and a mug of Swiss Miss pops out. :-)

[FoulOwl]

@liamvernon well since you're so easily entertained....Pitot,pitot,pit­ot.Try not to shit yourself.I think the "fail" is on you.

[botuts]

@liamvernon lol.. owned

[poikilotherm1]

@liamvernon Congratulations on another successful ultra-troll

[lolz651]

wow

[underpantswedgy]

Why did't i think of this idea?? there are 3 keyboards lying around my house, 2 which are old, i was going throw them out..now i can put one of them to good use again!

THanks for such a simple but creative idea!

XD

[claytonrspro]

so can I use 2 keyboard at the same time?1 for typing and 1 for flight simulator buttons?I yes how can I set that?

[ashleyjamesdoran]

@claytonrspro just plug another one into a usb port...heck you could have as many as you wanted, as long as you have the free usb ports.

[AweSomo84]

really awesome!

[ForTheFS]

wow a chick. hehe

[Z9ld]

This game is pacific fighters guys.

[illmagnified]

How does this work when game controls rely on single button pushes to work. These stickers push down several buttons at once. How does that work?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Many of the buttons only press on one key at a time. Some of the buttons press on two keys at once.

[illmagnified]

So how does the buttons that press several keys at once work? I would like to do something like this because i just bought a 40" 1080P 120HZ LCD and this seems like a perfect fit because i have 2 22" WideScreen LCD's that i would use as my right and left "window" while my main screen is the front view!

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Are you using FSX ?

[NikitasGuitars]

@illmagnified me too, and my 60 inch as my main screen, im already setting it up lol, what a great idea, i feel like such a dipshit for not having already thought of this

[pafalee]

it is not fsx is it?

[robert0joe]

I think it's Combat Flight Simulator 1 or 2 or 3. CFS for short.

[ClearedToLand7]

HAHAHA very clever. Way better than an optimus maximus!

[DdSSonicScienceLab]

COOOOOOL. but how i realize shortcuts with it like Strg + F1 ? any ideas out there?

[ydyammo]

Re-bind to a single button - problem solved ^^

[charlesalbar]

yep you can bind the key,

[Pugragger]

Will FS think this is a new keyboard and label it "Keyboard 2" or if you change any assignments will it effect your standard keyboard?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

You can just plug in another USB keyboard and use that like a normal keyboard.

[shocker2103]

what game was that?

[rockdoon2]

looked like IL-2

[BobCrane787]

Very Creative.:D

[WhiteWolf410lx]

LOL simple and silly, but AWESOME idea :D

[Scoot1Shop]

Any good sims i can use on a laptop that you can voice chat on

[killerofporn]

nice i'm going to do that

[saitek13]

shooting down a zero?

come to hyperlobby sometime, i will show you how to fly a zero lol

[rogerdodgeraviation]

I'm on Hyperlobby most Wednesdays and Sundays, and I get killed a lot. I am =JSAWG=Matt

[Brillendrager]

But how do you get FSX to unterstand your key-assignments???

[rogerdodgeraviation]

It's easy to assign the keys to FSX events. We show you step by step in the video and instruction manual.

[thedefiantrebel]

how did you eject and get the tail to come off?

[ChrigerOttawa]

That's from IL2

[Abbas11227]

Mr Dodger What Can You Do With The Key Boards How Do You Modify Them

[dzill2]

Hey great idea :D but since my family shares the comp im gonna go get my old keyboard and do this. then when im flying i can plug it in :D cheers for the tip

[GrantRules174]

what flight sim program do you use?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

We use FSX or Pacific Fighters or Wings Over Israel, depending on what type of flying we're wanting to do.

[mischa2oog]

Hey, could you tell me what the flight sim program is when the tail of the aircraft comes off? Thanks.

[rogerdodgeraviation]

That's Pacific Fighters

[mischa2oog]

Thanks a ton.

[bobnoxadrez]

nah i think its IL-2

[EvilRobin1]

where do you get the Cookies?

[JetStream154]

where do you get the stickers?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Click the link in the sidebar.

[darredl]

cool!! that chick is hot!

[rainn24]

I think, like most people that saw this, I feel incredibly ashamed at not thinking of it myself.

[jdsanchez473]

I've been looking for something to ease flight simming a little bit, and i can't believe i didn't think of something as simple as this!! would help alot, yet its so simple!

[hondaaccourd5]

good idea never thought of that

[llldeceptionlll]

That's pretty inventive. Hopefully most games will give you the option to combine keys like you did.

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Thanks! All modern flight sims that we know of allow users to assign functions to keys. Here are some sims that definitely work with this keyboard mod: Microsoft Flight Sim X and Flight Sim 2004, IL2/Forgotten Battles/Pacific

Fighters, Lock-On Modern Air Combat, Wings over Vietnam/Europe/Israel, X-plane, Micro Flight

[5518kevin]

omg wats dat game called i so want that game or is ther any update verson with the man juming out of the plane

[Gunney918]

microsoft combat flight simulator pacific theater

[trechan]

errr I think your wrong man, its IL2 Pacific Fighters

[rabarbor]

yes, it is IL-2!

[CML022]

Where i cant buy the Keyboard

[TERRANCIO]

it's so obvious that NOBODY thought of that before, thanks!

[Senseimatty81]

You're a genius! LOL!

[bmnnbmnn]

Thanks for the Idea

But where can i get the things you put on the Keyboard

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Please see the DIYflightsims website

[nickeax]

Thanks for this!

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Glad you like it!

[cartuner555]

what game is that

[rogerdodgeraviation]

It works with FSX, FS2004, X-Plane, IL2, Wings Over Europe, etc...basically any flight sim that allows you to assign functions to keyboard keys.

[Kampfgreta]

AWESOME Idea, i build one.

I wanted to use the keyboard's matrix and bushbuttons, but this idea is 100times better :-)

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy it!

[InnSewerAnts]

great idea, going to remember this, since i wont ever be able to afford a simpit lol, and if I could I might as well save for flight school sigh so expensive, getting too old to start with hope for a career as time creeps by.

[Cdaag69]

thanks!!!

[sparks444]

smart

[ShikaiXu]

nice idea!

[kellogs211]

how wud u do the Stop button using 2 buttons??

[matt66205]

The simulator recognizes the 2 buttons pushed together as one command. You can assign it that way in the controls menu.

[Pyroman1990]

Nice vid, but arnet Saitek yokes better?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

We need somebody reputable to do a side-by-side comparison video.

[nurasbeti]

Please tell me step by step how I have to customize my cpu so that I also get such a pretty girl sitting at my cockpit and smiling at me that way.

[PrivateRidgway]

LMFAO

[aegismachina]

yeah, great idea!

[rocketbat]

wow! now that is a brilliant idea! im sooo going to do that!

[wraith444]

That's tight, nice work! Should hold me until I can build a full-bore simpit... Hehehe! :)

[wrenthereaper]

wow thats really cool. so simple yet slick and clever. and cheap!

[KONERKOSLAM14]

ur wife is cool and hot! :D

[Tomtheflyboy]

wow, clever idea, I've seen these before with CH Products

[wney]

Would be necessary do changes in the flight simulator control assigments?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Yes it would be necessary to re-map the control assignments. Our instruction manual covers that.

[WilliamBrothers]

I'm sold, thanks.

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Thank you!!