zhuleny
03-06-2018, 12:05 AM
Hello people.
After long time of "flying" on MS FS, recently I got b-day gift - flying experience in real cockpit simulator of big commercial airliner. You know, those semi-professional full scale realistic imitation of cockpit used for public and also training pilots...
I was so excited from this experience, that I could not sleep for few days and more and more realized, that I want something like that in my home. Now my "flying room" with ordinary joystick and monitor looks suddenly so dull...
So... Any suggestion what I should do, what should not, what I need to be aware of and so on...?
I can honestly say that I am skilled with tools like screwdriver, soldering iron and such DIY things... I understand electric scheme and signature of components well enough that I can build or complete electronics components or wiring by myself, so I do not need to purchase expensive already-made panels or hardware parts. If I get proper detailed guide of building this or that, I can do it. However, I cannot made my own PCB's and programming is also my weak point.
Oh, maybe I should mention I have 3D printer, so there is another advantage to build many parts cheaply.
I also still not decided, whether to build Boeing or Airbus cockpit. Personally I don't mind, I am happy with both, but I have no idea of advantages and disadvantages of each that aircraft cockpits.
Well, price is not everything, but I am not millionaire, so cut expenses as low as possible is important part of what and how I will build.
I would go as close as possible to imitating real cockpit layout, but it don't need to be perfect.
Another question - possible to use laptops for avionics? I have two spare Dell Latitude E6400 laptops, so I hope I can use them for avionics. Both have VGA+DisplayPort. How many computers I need? And how many displays for projecting scenery I can/need/should connect?
Thank you very much for any advice and direction.
Jan H.
After long time of "flying" on MS FS, recently I got b-day gift - flying experience in real cockpit simulator of big commercial airliner. You know, those semi-professional full scale realistic imitation of cockpit used for public and also training pilots...
I was so excited from this experience, that I could not sleep for few days and more and more realized, that I want something like that in my home. Now my "flying room" with ordinary joystick and monitor looks suddenly so dull...
So... Any suggestion what I should do, what should not, what I need to be aware of and so on...?
I can honestly say that I am skilled with tools like screwdriver, soldering iron and such DIY things... I understand electric scheme and signature of components well enough that I can build or complete electronics components or wiring by myself, so I do not need to purchase expensive already-made panels or hardware parts. If I get proper detailed guide of building this or that, I can do it. However, I cannot made my own PCB's and programming is also my weak point.
Oh, maybe I should mention I have 3D printer, so there is another advantage to build many parts cheaply.
I also still not decided, whether to build Boeing or Airbus cockpit. Personally I don't mind, I am happy with both, but I have no idea of advantages and disadvantages of each that aircraft cockpits.
Well, price is not everything, but I am not millionaire, so cut expenses as low as possible is important part of what and how I will build.
I would go as close as possible to imitating real cockpit layout, but it don't need to be perfect.
Another question - possible to use laptops for avionics? I have two spare Dell Latitude E6400 laptops, so I hope I can use them for avionics. Both have VGA+DisplayPort. How many computers I need? And how many displays for projecting scenery I can/need/should connect?
Thank you very much for any advice and direction.
Jan H.