dagoston93
05-22-2016, 08:06 AM
Hi all,
I am new here and new in world of home cockpits.
I have been planning to build my own for a long time, but now i am ready to go :)
I plan to start my pilot training soon, and I want to build a realistic cockpit to have the opportunity to practise at home.
My idea is to build the avionics panels, and the switches myself, and connect them to the PC via an Arduino MEGA microcontroller.
I want to put a big screen behind the instrument panel, which would show my instruments, and I want to use 2-3 projectors for the outer world.
And I plan to 3D print the plastic parts, such as the knobs, the radio panels, etc.
I plan to use 2 Saitek cessna style yokes and two pair of Saitek cessna style pedals.
And I am thinking about an idea, how to connect them together.
I think i must remove the plastic casing of the yokes to fit them behind the instrument panel, to look like the real thing.
And I am thinking about to make my own throttle and trim wheel system.
I would be happy to hear any ideas or see any solutions to connect the yokes and the pedals.
And I would like to ask if anyone knows where can I order some of these dual rotary encoders for the radios frequencies.
For the simulator I would like to use X-Plane 10 with Airfoil c172SP, which has a KX155A TSO radio modules.
I have a small problem about designing my replica of them, since they dont only use simple 7 segment LED displays, but some small letters, which illuminate sometimes. Does anyone know a place where I can get such led letters from, or does anyone have any idea how i can make them at home from a simple LED?
I am sorry, this is my really first project in this topic, and I am in the first few days of designing my cockpit.
So am happy to hear any advices, and your experiences in this topic.
Thanks in advance,
dagoston93
I am new here and new in world of home cockpits.
I have been planning to build my own for a long time, but now i am ready to go :)
I plan to start my pilot training soon, and I want to build a realistic cockpit to have the opportunity to practise at home.
My idea is to build the avionics panels, and the switches myself, and connect them to the PC via an Arduino MEGA microcontroller.
I want to put a big screen behind the instrument panel, which would show my instruments, and I want to use 2-3 projectors for the outer world.
And I plan to 3D print the plastic parts, such as the knobs, the radio panels, etc.
I plan to use 2 Saitek cessna style yokes and two pair of Saitek cessna style pedals.
And I am thinking about an idea, how to connect them together.
I think i must remove the plastic casing of the yokes to fit them behind the instrument panel, to look like the real thing.
And I am thinking about to make my own throttle and trim wheel system.
I would be happy to hear any ideas or see any solutions to connect the yokes and the pedals.
And I would like to ask if anyone knows where can I order some of these dual rotary encoders for the radios frequencies.
For the simulator I would like to use X-Plane 10 with Airfoil c172SP, which has a KX155A TSO radio modules.
I have a small problem about designing my replica of them, since they dont only use simple 7 segment LED displays, but some small letters, which illuminate sometimes. Does anyone know a place where I can get such led letters from, or does anyone have any idea how i can make them at home from a simple LED?
I am sorry, this is my really first project in this topic, and I am in the first few days of designing my cockpit.
So am happy to hear any advices, and your experiences in this topic.
Thanks in advance,
dagoston93