Making Korry replicas.
I didn’t see any other choice but to make my own Korry replicas. I made a prototype master out of 1 mm white plastic sheets. I made a silicone molds of master and started casting replicas. I think I had to make
Could not resist that CpFlight FCU.
My Flight Control Unit (FCU) or “autopilot” is not getting any closer to completing. I managed to find a second hand A320 NOVA series glare kit, something FDS started with. I connect all four encoders for selector knobs with push function
The Unofficial A320 Simulator And Checkride Procedures Manual.
I finally got hands on Captain Mike Ray’s manual called The Unofficial A320 Simulator And Checkride Procedures Manual. This manual covers pretty much everything you need to know about operating A320 like systems, procedures, … It is useful for real and
PS1 screen for MCDU.
I heard that best or maybe also the only screens for MCDU’s are those 5″ LCD screen from Sony PS1. After a long search I finally found some and took one for testing. With some effort, I managed to get
Choosing monitors for main instrument displays.
Choosing monitors for MIP displays needs a bit of attention. For CPT and F/O displays (PFD, ND) I chose two wide 19″ monitors. They are slightly too big and overlap with the opening for display brightness and volume panel but I’ll
A320 aircraft logic and displays software AirSimTech.
As far as I know, there are only two options for Airbus system logic and displays software Project Magenta and AirSimTech (AST). Software contains several module programs that will simulate systems and all displays. This way you can simulate primary flight
New Airbus FCU/EFIS from CPflight.
Engravity and CPflight joined forces and introduced a brand new A320 FCU / EFIS at recent FsWeekend in Lelystad. Following first pictures and impressions this might be the best FCU / EFIS out there. Key features: * full scale * Custom
I choose interface boards.
I made a decision to go for the OpenCockpits interface boards. I will start with IOCard Master64, which provides 72 input and 64 output signals and USB Expansion card, which enables the connection of four master cards and everything together
The rest of the panels and MIP.
I took the panel drawings files to local laser cutting / engraving workshop and had the rest of the panels made up. Now the real work begins, to get the final 5 mm panels I want. I will have to
Why I chose Airbus A320 cokcpit?
I’ll try to answer why I decided for Airbus A320 cockpit. Isn’t it obvious, how hard can it be to make that cockpit! Ok, I can think of three main reasons. First I think it is easier to build
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