I designed these rudder pedals to be bolted to the underside of a racing rig pedal plate.

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Features

  • 3D printed, with 8mm linear rod and bearings
  • toe brakes and rudder control
  • AS5600 magnetic position sensors on all three axis
  • adjustable pedal angle
  • easy install/removal, two bolts and it slides out
  • USB-C

Mk. 8 is simpler and cheaper to build and has the potential for variable/motorized centering force.

Possible enhancements

  • electro-mechanical release of centering force for rotary flight
  • experiment with a stepper motor for providing the centering force. This could also provide force feedback

Previous Iterations

Mk. 7

Excellent pedals! Did not center well, very difficult to adjust the centering force and impossible to release it completely.

Mk. 6

Evolution of Mk. 4, but with separate toe brakes. Immediately after I finished them, I realized my mistake with Mk. 5…

Mk. 5

Really nice, felt like I was getting somewhere but hard to use the toe brakes and a bit heavy to use.

A video of the pedals installed and working:

Mk. 4

I hacked brakes onto Mk. 3 using load cells (pictured) and although they work they don’t have very good feel.

Mk. 3

The rudder control works really well, but I didn’t include brakes.

Mk. 2

These felt awful…

Mk. 1

Nope.

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