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
James has made progress on converting the MCDU — amazing stuff! Source: Facebook JetA330 Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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