Friday, September 27, 2019

Knobster 3D printed case

I use touch screens on my home flight simulator.  It just makes it much more configurable and easy to manage, however doing things like twist the knob on a 530 is difficult using a touch screen.  Enter the knobster!  I use a product called AirManager for the touch panel, and it supports a device called the knobster.  I built my own knobster following the instructions here:

Here is the 3D printed case file which took me forever to find: and I used a service called Sculpteo to have it printed since I don't have a 3D printer.  Awesome!


  1. The link for the DIY of the Knobster doesn't work. Is the another one somewhere?

  2. Ditto - The link for the DIY Knobster doesnt work. Where do we go to get this information?


  3. The correct link is: