OpenCockpits FMC kit

[Daveanne]

Hi guys, thinking baout buying an FMC kit from OpenCockpits, has anyone built one and has it working OK.

Can you let me know any pitfalls before I warm the soldering iron up?

Daveanne

[steveeverson]

just emailed you on that!-
one thing i remember is that its hard work to get the switches all lined up to the button tops when you assemble the finished panel- takes a bit of time but is well worth it- i think the buttons are a bit bigger and closer to the original 737fmc though than some of the competitors..
anyway- see what you think- i would reccommend it if you have the time it saves an awful lot of money compared to the engravity one!
Steve

[Daveanne]

Thanks for replying Steve, yes I knew you wold reply re our conversation yesterday, but "many oppinons make digi thing go better" some one once said.

Many thanks any way.

Dave & Anne

[QF6228]

You could also get this from Marius, It saves alot of hard work and its a cheep option. No soldering required

http://www.stormloader.com/users/marius/cdu.htm

Damien

[steveeverson]

have just ordered one so i can rejig my fmc and replace the birdsnest of cabling!- so many thanks for the info!
steve

[QF6228]

No Problem.

It sure save's alot of work, I Know I need a few soldering 101 classes....

Cheers Damien

[Daveanne]

Thanks everyone I also now have one of those boards on order too.

Daveanne

[Simon Schwarzmann]

Hello to all,

I also thougt about that and to buy the FMC Kit from OC. What software will I need to get the FMC work? Is it only possible with PM?

Simon

[barkay]

Hello fellow builders,

After the succesfull implementation of MCP and EFIS into my PMDG next project turned out to be the FMC. I have just ordered the necessary parts as indicated by the opencockpits guys. However I started to look around for what can I face by the time parts are on hand.

As far as my initial investigations are concerned I could not come up with an understandable assembly manual as well as a general description about how to implement it. There are some sample scripts for SIOC code but that seems to be the last thing to take into account.

As always if anyone has anything to talk about it I will highly appreciate your comments on this.

Thanks in advance and best regards,

barkay

[luk737]

hi all,
They just realsed a ready mounted version of the 737 fmc, perhaps that would be a better idea.. i am looking into both as well... either get the mounted version and or the kit with marius circuit board. If any one has either the kit or the ready mount would be great to hear from you.

luk737