Where can I get.......

[visualchaosfx]

......... those display things that are found on the MCP? Ya know, the one that shows the altitude and heading and speed. Not a digital one but a analog one.

[Michael Carter]

If you mean gauges, these are the folks I will soon be dealing with on a rather large scale:

http://www.flightillusion.com/home.htm

http://www.simkits.com/

They have nearly every gauge I need, and those they don't have can be made from the generic offering and programmed for the appropriate function.

[visualchaosfx]

If you mean gauges, these are the folks I will soon be dealing with on a rather large scale:

http://www.flightillusion.com/home.htm

http://www.simkits.com/

They have nearly every gauge I need, and those they don't have can be made from the generic offering and programmed for the appropriate function.

I was meaning these ones:



But thanks for the links though.

[Michael Carter]

Those would be nearly impossible to find.

Your next best bet is to cannablize them from a Collins or Gables radio head. You can find them on e-Bay cheap.

My regular seller used to have a slew of 'em, but he has nothing posted at the moment.

The good thing is, the knobs line up just like they do on the panel in your photo.

The bad is, you might have a problem with the altitude display since there will be a decimal point after the first three digits.

[visualchaosfx]

Those would be nearly impossible to find.

Your next best bet is to cannablize them from a Collins or Gables radio head. You can find them on e-Bay cheap.

My regular seller used to have a slew of 'em, but he has nothing posted at the moment.

The good thing is, the knobs line up just like they do on the panel in your photo.

The bad is, you might have a problem with the altitude display since there will be a decimal point after the first three digits.

Off topic, but man, that throttle looks friggin sweet!! I think I'm in love.......

On topic: Hmmmm....... should I just get a GoFlight MCP? I was lookin at it earlier and its for the 737. This wouldn't work for the 747? I was hoping to make my own MCP.

[Michael Carter]

I really couldn't say if it will work or not. I don't know the differences between an NG and 747 AP system.

I don't know much about computers flying airplanes. The AP on the 727 is the grey unmarked panel at the top of the radio stack in the center control stand below the throttle. That's how computerized a 727 is. That's the whole AP.

No dials, no indicators, no displays.

I posted the photo for you to see the radio heads I'm talking about. Sorry it's not any closer, but it's identical to the displays in your photo except for the decimal points.

Thanks for the kind words.

[Bob Reed]

Well if you are willing to use a Go-Flight unit you could build your own MCP and use the digital 7seg leds all of us 737 (and other) drivers are using! Just a thought... I think there are a couple of companies out there selling 747 MCP blanks.

[visualchaosfx]

Well if you are willing to use a Go-Flight unit you could build your own MCP and use the digital 7seg leds all of us 737 (and other) drivers are using! Just a thought... I think there are a couple of companies out there selling 747 MCP blanks.

Like these ones:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-7-segment-Blue...QQcmdZViewItem

[visualchaosfx]

Stupid question but, would a 737 throttle quad work on a 747? There's one on eBay for $800 and was just curious.

[Bob Reed]

Well it would but you would only have throttle levers for 2 engines instead of the 4 that the 747 has... So 2 levers would run all 4 engines.