Captain Horgan has made significant progress in his MCDU conversion project. Using a genuine Thales/Honeywell MCDU, he has been able to interface it directly with Jeehell FMGS. No disassembly of the original MCDU is required. It looks like only a few more bugs need to be ironed out. Fantastic work. Check out his Facebook page … Continue reading
Tag Archives: MCDU
MCDU Conversion Update
James has made progress on converting the MCDU — amazing stuff! Source: Facebook JetA330 Continue reading
OEM B737 CDU Conversion (Simstacks)
Flaps2Approach has written about the genuine B737 CDU conversion process using Simstack. This is one way the Airbus MCDU could also potentially be converted; it does pose another challenge for Simulator Solutions as the screen size for an Airbus MCDU is slightly larger than a Boeing CDU. Our friend James in the UK is also … Continue reading
MCDU is alive
115 VAC required to turn on the MCDU. At least we know it is still functioning – interfacing comes next. Thank you James for the assistance. Continue reading
Thales MCDU
This dropped in a few days ago… It’s heavy at around 10 kg. Useful parts are the buttons/keypad, backlight bulbs and casing. It would be impossible to interface such a complex piece of avionics electronic equipment without serious knowledge on the components. The plan is to remove the screen and I/O boards and replace it … Continue reading
FMGS Resource Links and Reviews Fixed
The FMGS resource links are now fixed and migrated over. Reviews have now been reposted: FDS MCDU Review FDS MIP and Glareshield Review Continue reading