There was common discussion among professional pilots how the ProSimA320 flight model was ‘on rails’ and unrealistic. In comparison the freeware avionics suite Jeehell FMGS provided a more accurate rendering of the flybywire system with a flight model which was similar in depiction to the real aircraft. This might all change with the soon to … Continue reading
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First Officer Seat
The Airbus FO seat has now been received. They are heavy in nature, weighing approximately 80 kg; the bulk of the weight is from the electronic actuators at the base of the seats. 115 VAC 3 phase is required to operate the electrical functions of the seat – fortunately, there are also manual controls allowing … Continue reading
Airbus Aircraft – From Teardown to Flight Simulator
Part 1 of the Series. 9V-SBD SilkAir MSN 1698 Thank you to Captain James for the site visit footage. Continue reading
Rudder RVDT Interface
The rudder axis has now been successfully interfaced using with the Simulator using a custom made RVDT board. The board requires 28 VDC to operate and connects to the rudder pedal transducer and a joystick board (e.g Leo Bodnar). The RVDT requires grounding to the Computer mainframe for consistent accuracy. Continue reading
RVDT Interface board
Captain Andre has now developed an RVDT interface board which can directly interface with the Airbus rudder transducer. An RVDT (Rotary Variable Transducer) is an electromechanical transducer which provides a variable AC output that is linearly proportional to the angular displace of it’s input shaft. RVDT are brushless technology and this ensures reliability and accurate … Continue reading
FSL Hardware Interface v1.0
After several years of development, Flight Sim Labs has finally released 1.0 version of their Hardware Interface. Only one manufacturer (Skalarki) is supported at this time and only the MCDU and Glareshield can be interfaced. Surprisingly each module will require a license use by itself. FSL intends to subsequently release Skalarki driver support for the … Continue reading
Glareshield Lighting Pinouts
Flight Control Unit (13VU)Pot control – Integral Lighting: 1, 2 (wiper), 3 Pot control – Vizor Light: 4, 5 (wiper), 6Lighting controlled by Normal Bus Center Flood Lighting (13VU)Right Center Flood: 7 (28 VDC), 9 (GND)Left Center Flood: 8 (28 VDC), 10 (GND) Left Center flood lighting is controlled by Essential Bus Right Center flood … Continue reading
FSL A320-X Hardware Support
Looks like FSL isn’t out of the game; some surprise news today – Leftaris has announced Hardware support starting with Skarlari will be releasing in a few days (!!). https://forums.flightsimlabs.com/index.php?/topic/13836-mcdu-for-a320/ Lefteris Kalamaras Our “FSLabs Hardware Interface” is undergoing final beta testing at the moment. Version 1.0 of the software will allow full compatibility with Skalarki … Continue reading
Standby Altitude Indicator
Mick recently completed the hardware interfacing for the Standby Altitude Indicator (thank you!) – we have been having fun starting up the gyroscope and listening to it whirl. Ted, an Airbus flightdeck builder from Canada pointed out this video for reference — AI startup occurs at 52 seconds (after battery on) Continue reading
Fresnel Lenses – A missed opportunity?
Cockpit builders usually settle on TV screens or projecting an image on a curve screen for their simulators. The pinnacle of image generation has always been collimated – this allows you to view an image with parallel rays and does not diverge; the image has correct perspective with depth like perspective. Collimated setups require dedication … Continue reading