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05.03.2010

Want to know how to cheaply and easily make your own backlighting? See it HERE.

I have decided to build a Boeing 777. Go to the new Boeing 777 Simulator page to see preliminary photos. My good friend Gwyn over at Aerosim Solutions will be building my 777 throttle quad and most of the panels. Once again Opencockpit hardware will be my choice of interface along with SIOC code to run the baby.

Watch this space and follow my progress because it's going to be exciting!

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simulator links

Tutorials

 

Building the Opencockpits COMM

COMM tutorial

Building the Opencockpits NAV

NAV tutorial

Building the Opencockpits ADF

ADF tutorial

Building the Opencockpits XPDR

XPDR tutorial

Radio Pedestal Circuit Diagram

Full Circuit Diagram

Backlighting the Opencockpits MCP

Backlighting the MCP

Simple and Cheap Home-Made Panels

Simple Home-Made Panels

 

December 2008 Builder of the Month

Hardware

PC-1

CPU - Intel Quad Core Q6600 overclocked to 3.0Ghz

RAM - 4Gb Corsair 2 x 2Gb matched pair

VIDEO 1- Asus GT8800 with 512Mb RAM Overclocked

VIDEO 2 - Gigabyte GT8500 with 512 Mb RAM

VIDEO 3 - Matrox Triple Head 2 Go

HARD DRIVE - Seagate Barracuda 500Gb 32Mb Cache 7200

MONITORS - 3 x 17" LCD (for instrument display), 3 x 22 " LCD's (for outside view via TH2GO)

SOUND - Onboard HD Gigabyte Realtek 5.1 Audio & Logitek X530 5.1 speaker system plus two 15" sub-woofers under both seats for added realism.

DUAL YOKES - Custom Aileron/Elevator mechanism with CH yoke handles and interface controller.

DUAL RUDDER PEDALS - Custom made attached to the CH yoke controller

THROTTLES - Custom made attached to Leo Bodners joystick card.

HARDWARE INTERFACE - IOCards from Opencockpits.com using SIOC software.

SOFTWARE - Windows 7 64bit, Microsoft FSX (SP2), FTX Australia, various addon aircraft and panels.

PC-2

AMD Athlon 3.0Ghz

2Gb RAM

Windows XP Pro

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