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GA Avionics – Bendix/King Flight Control System
Bruno the developer of A320 Simulator has now developed GA gauges (software and hardware implementation) which can be interfaced to simulator platforms (Prepar3D, X-plane). The videos below show a simulated Bendix/King CSI 310 Horizon Indicator in Action – Bendix/King KPI 552 – There has been renewed interest in GA Aviation and simulation of the avionics … Continue reading
Lighting Controller
There are various options to illuminate the flight deck. Vendors have produced solutions which allow you to distribute 5V current over the many panels of the aircraft and also internally dim the integral lighting. Unfortunately not all solutions meet the necessary requirements of a cockpit using OEM panels (incandescent bulbs) – the controller board must … Continue reading
Radio Management Panel (RMP) Simulation
The RMPs are now successfully integrated with the simulator. Interfacing with Cockpit Concept AIRINC429 boards allows the hardware to talk to the avionics software using FSUIPC. Cross talk, or synching between 2 or 3 RMPs is also possible using the dialog input and output – when you change the frequency on one RMP, this is … Continue reading
Audio Control Panel and Loudspeaker Simulation
The Airbus flight deck has two loudspeakers. They are mounted on the sidestick console chassis facing the Captain and First Officer sidesticks. Their purpose is to alert the pilot of system alarms and to route audio from the Audio Control Panel (ACP). If you look closely at the wiring of the speaker, there are four … Continue reading
Airline2Sim A320 Cadet Training Program
Ben from Airline2Sim has launched their A320 Cadet Training Program. With 6 modules and 27 episodes, the training program is extensive. If you are familiar with Ben’s other Airline2Sim offerings, they are professionally produced with exceptional value. Not all the videos are available at the time of this writing, but Airline2Sim should be releasing them … Continue reading
Airbus Simulator 2021 and Beyond
Happy holidays – we look forward to further development and features for our Flight Simulators in 2021! ProSimA320 In November ProSim-AR launched a preview release of their avionics program compatible with the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator software. The release has significant bugs – expect an iterative improvement process by the ProSim development team going forward. … Continue reading
Meeting Standards for Electronic Systems
The Airbus aircraft is fly-by-wire – this system replaces conventional manual flight controls with an electronic interface. Electronic function is responsible for an increasingly large portion of in-flight functions. As an explainer on electrical systems put it, in fact, “uninterrupted electrical power is essential to safe flight in a modern airplane.” From small luxuries to … Continue reading
ProSimA320 1.42
ProSimA320 1.42 is now available and is compatible with MSFS2020. The preview release has some obvious bugs but this should be expected for an initial release. To ensure compatibility Legacy flight modelling must be selected in the MSFS2020 menu options. ProSimA320 must be configured to connect with Simconnect and not FSUIPC. Continue reading
ProSim 1.42 – MSFS2020 Support!
ProSim 1.42 will be released tomorrow with native support for MSFS 2020. The release is a preview according to Hanne (CEO, ProSim) and there are some shortcomings: • Lighting. Due to issues in the MSFS2020 platform, specific lighting controls are not functioning. We worked around this by controlling lights the old-fashioned way, but this does … Continue reading
