AHS665B
12-27-2009, 07:33 AM
Hi all!!!
As everyone who is in this Forum, the idea of building a cockpit for the simulator crossed my mind. I started modifing some gamepads in order to be able of use some buttons, rocket an so on. I had a CH Flight Sim Yoke Gameport version, and i wired it with a gamepad so i can use it via USB.
I had already some draws in Autocad with my original idea (is not that original, i want to emulate the TRC472 but instead of using analog instruments, have a LCD screen with the instruments), but i am thinking of building something more generic. I belong to Airhispania, a Virtual Flight School in Spain where you learn to use (as in real life) how to flight the Cessna 182s in VFR. After you aprove the curse, you can start the IFR training and also use bimotor planes as the Piper Baron. Thats way I still dont know if I should build the Cessna or the Baron... I really wanna flight big planes only when i know that i can fly them very well.
Right now I just bought the Master and Expansion Card from Opencockpits, there should be ready in a couple of days (i ran out of solder wire) and then a can start building the cockpit.
Thanks for reading and sorry for the large introduction.
Paulo Alarcon
AHS 665B
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, but living since a couple of years in Bayreuth, Germany.
As everyone who is in this Forum, the idea of building a cockpit for the simulator crossed my mind. I started modifing some gamepads in order to be able of use some buttons, rocket an so on. I had a CH Flight Sim Yoke Gameport version, and i wired it with a gamepad so i can use it via USB.
I had already some draws in Autocad with my original idea (is not that original, i want to emulate the TRC472 but instead of using analog instruments, have a LCD screen with the instruments), but i am thinking of building something more generic. I belong to Airhispania, a Virtual Flight School in Spain where you learn to use (as in real life) how to flight the Cessna 182s in VFR. After you aprove the curse, you can start the IFR training and also use bimotor planes as the Piper Baron. Thats way I still dont know if I should build the Cessna or the Baron... I really wanna flight big planes only when i know that i can fly them very well.
Right now I just bought the Master and Expansion Card from Opencockpits, there should be ready in a couple of days (i ran out of solder wire) and then a can start building the cockpit.
Thanks for reading and sorry for the large introduction.
Paulo Alarcon
AHS 665B
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, but living since a couple of years in Bayreuth, Germany.