The Soarbywire Simulator will now be disassembled and retired in its current form, with future plans to possibly relaunch in a public accessible space, where it is will be more useful to serve as a professional trainer. The Simulator has proven its resilience and durability due to the use of Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM, Airbus) … Continue reading
2022 has been year with major updates and significant new releases. Fenix A320 One of the highly anticipated aircraft for MSFS released this year was the Fenix Simulations A320. The aircraft was designed to integrate seamlessly with the ProSim systems in the backend. Unfortunately as many operators of the Fenix Airbus soon found out, their … Continue reading
The Airbus aircraft has built-in multiple redundancy and alert systems in case of a catastrophic failure. The Flight Warning Computers (FWC) presents failures to the pilots in the upper and lower ECAM displays and also the glare annunciators. Three annunciators – Master Warning, Master Caution, Autoland are available on each pilots side (six in total). … Continue reading
Jean Luc, developer for FMGS has confirmed native MSFS compatibility is on the road map. Jeehell FMGS is study-level avionics with accurate flight dynamics and system modelling. Paired with MSFS it will provide high fidelity visuals which can be especially useful for VFR training. Continue reading
The Airbus trim wheel can be interfaced directly with Jeehell FMGS using the Sidentus Trade & Technology GmbH FDSMotorTrimWheelCtr software. Requirements – Jeehell FMGS, PhidgetMotorControl HC, FSUIPC (registered), potentiometer (joystick) I/O, Phidget21 Libraries First ensure the trim has been mechanically setup correctly. A DC motor attached to a clutch and gears connected to a potentiometer … Continue reading
The avionics program Jeehell FMGS includes an incredible pilot training tool – a full featured intercom application. The program simulates aircraft intercom functionality. Headsets and boom microphones can be setup for the pilots, and even an instructor. The program integrates directly with the Airbus Audio Control Panel (ACP) and the push-to-talk (PTT) buttons of the … Continue reading
This opinions express in this article are based on over four years evaluating the ProSimA320 avionics suite and receiving countless feedback from commercial and personal consumer users of the software. Humble Beginings When the avionics suite ProSimA320 was initially announced by ProSim-AR there was excitement within the commercial and enthusiast community. There were few other … Continue reading
2021 has been an eventful year (pandemic aside); there has been significant software and hardware developments and a few surprise announcements. What will 2022 bring? On the software front MSFS continues to advance in development with patches and scenery updates. Several scenery developers have announced cessation of Prepar3D support and development to focus primarily on … Continue reading
Cockpit Concept have now released their LAN based Printer Interface Board. The board connects by AIRINC 740, 744 or 744A and is compatible with existing OEM aircraft printers. B747 functionality with Aerowinx and A320 Jeehell FMGS is confirmed. 3rd party avionics software are able to write (ASCII) to Cockpit Connect to output to the printer. … Continue reading
ProSim has launched their FMS trainer tool; focused on FMS and FCU training, the trainer allows you to setup route plans and simulate a flight. Although there is no peripheral input or visual generation output, the trainer is ‘free-play’ and can be used for familiarisation with aircraft navigation, airport runways, approaches and departures, and the … Continue reading
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