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Cockpit Concept: MCDU Master Board
The highly anticipated MCDU Master Board has finally been released by Cockpit Concept. It is another master achievement by Chris and James who have spent countless hours debugging and ensuring native compatibility with both Jeehell FMGS and ProSimA320. Simply connect the networkable AIRINC board terminals to the MCDU cannon plug connector. The MCDU operates at … Continue reading
Interfacing the Sim
With the foundation built and Main Instrument Panel (MIP) mounted work can begin with the interfacing of the Simulator switches and korry annunciators. With the previous Flight Deck Solution build the TEKWorx InterfaceIT boards were used. The TEKWorx boards are designed with group wiring – 8 positive connectors assigned to one common ground. This solution … Continue reading
The Atlantic: What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
“Victor Iannello, an engineer and entrepreneur in Roanoke, Virginia, who has become another prominent member of the Independent Group and has done extensive analysis of the simulated flight, underscores what the Malaysian investigators ignored. Of all the profiles extracted from the simulator, the one that matched MH370’s path was the only one that Zaharie did … Continue reading
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
A “game” changer? The visuals look beautiful, but questions remain about the engine, API and compatibility with 3rd party developers. Many will remember MS Flight and its controversy. It never gained traction because of its paywall requirements and the arcade like approach. Support was eventually dropped. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/06/09/xbox-e3-2019-briefing-recap/ Microsoft Flight Simulator (Xbox One And Windows 10 PC)The … Continue reading
Rudder String Potentiometer
A string potentiometer has been interfaced to the rudder mechanism. Although not cheap in comparison to the other conventional potentiometers available in the market, the ease of use, smooth movement, accuracy and time it takes to implement the system outweigh the expense. The potentiometer was purchased directly from the CALTSensoR store on Alibaba – linear … Continue reading
A Modular Approach for a Segmental Cockpit
The flight deck has been designed to be modular – each section can be quickly removed and reassembled for maintenance. Using aluminium profiles the segments can be created and reinforced using simple bolts, angle brackets, and nuts. A hex key set is all that is required to assemble the foundation. The following sections have been … Continue reading
Impressions of the Airbus A320 Rudder System
In an attempt to replicate the Airbus trim system for the flight simulator further clarification on the rudder operation of the aircraft was required. Different scenarios were considered – take off roll, engine out with A/P engaged and disengaged, and crosswinds. A proposed trim mechanism system using a linear actuator was sketched by Richard Long … Continue reading
Introducing A320 Simulator
Bruno, Rene and Jan have developed a brand new A320 simulator suite which can be integrated directly with OEM hardware. This is great news for real world pilots, flight deck builders and aviation enthusiasts as it provides an alternative avionics software option. From the information found on the website the avionics suite looks complete and … Continue reading
ProSim A320 1.23 Release
With the introduction of the new SDK there were interfacing issued with the Cockpit Concept boards. The bugs have now been resolved with the 1.23 full release. Ensure the Cockpit Concept software starts after Prepar3D. May 11 2019 Release version 1.23 ================================ Systems: – Improved GPWS don’t sink message FMS: – Added support for equi-time … Continue reading