I know, My space has grown more than it should over the last decade. Two stations for flying, one VR and one F-18 pit with TrackIR. I have seen many contraptions posted with so many parts nestled here and there, must take a half to full hour to reconfigure between the two hobbies.
In my imagination, the first idea that came to mind was a racing wheel attached to an arm or some sort of support that you can push and pull and lock in place, so you can have the wheel in the right position when in use and the unlock and push forwards when not
I've seen a video with that, guy was more trying to make a yoke/ffb yoke. Got a linier pot & some desk draw sliders & bolted the whole thing to some ply base
VP is better priced and better developed for DCS. I approached Brunner years ago with a large group purchase and they were unwilling to develop their software for DCS. How deep is the preorder here now 300+. Pretty short sighted on their part.
Could easily keep the part that connects to the base going just forward and backward with a gate limiter, and then the only hard part would be adding resistance (possibly even ffb?) to the yoke that turns like a wheel, and ofc have button fuctionality
Considering the ideal length (200mm+) and the actual heft something like that may produce, stronger motors may be required, so could be something for a next gen bigger version of Rhino
Crazy to think collectives weren't even on paper little alone mainstream with multiple grips from multiple bigger name companies when the tecs was first announced
the real question is f15 front panel when or f16/a10 front panel they set a wonderful precedent with the f18 panels i hope they fill out the rest of their stick and throttle catalogue with more panels