Touchscreens and the PMDG FMC

[skino]

Hi,

Can't remember where I saw it but one guy used a touchscreen for the PMDG overhead and mounted it just like an overhead....
Rob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRo_DlUUS44

[No Longer Active]

Brain storm!

What's to stop someone actually placing an fmc dummy panel on a touchscreen, so that when you press the buttons on the dummy panel the buttons are actually pressing the screen?

Good / rubbish idea?

[vyper883]

Brain storm!

What's to stop someone actually placing an fmc dummy panel on a touchscreen, so that when you press the buttons on the dummy panel the buttons are actually pressing the screen?

Good / rubbish idea?

You mean like so? :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC2z4...eature=related

Watch toward the end when he inserts a tactile overlay. From what I undestand, this particular set up is expensive to buy from plugnfly, but Yes I don't see why it could not be done from scratch using a 10 inch touchscreen. You'd have to either make an overlay with pushbuttons, or buy one, but I don't know if anyone makes just a standalone panel that would fit over an LCD. I believe plugnfly sells theirs complete, which is probably expensive. You'd pay less for a true H/W FMC from FDS, or SKALARKI.

I just bought TWO used touch screens on craigslist BOTH for $220. One is a 10 inch ELO, and the other is a 15inch 3M microtouch. I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet, but I'm pretty sure I'll be experimenting on the 10 inch for a touch FMC.