Comments for Cockpit Simulator Builders

Comment on Hardware Information, Suppliers & Support by Petri Toivonen

Petri Toivonen — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:53:55 +0000

How about designing PHCC like motherboard around PIC18F2550/4550 or similar USB ready chip? It is a pain in the ass to get FTDI chips because all of those arduino hobbyists, and FTDI chips are also expensive. In Finland i mean.

Comment on Building Recreational Flight Simulators is complete! by Flight Simulator

Flight Simulator — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:29:45 +0000

Have got two of Mikes books. They are first class and very detailed. If you are planning to build a home cockpit these are a must. They are very technical especially the aircraft instrument one. But there are some great projects in there.

Comment on Making printed circuit boards without chemicals. by cnc router

cnc router — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:22:31 +0000

the diy cnc router is cool…

Comment on Hardware Information, Suppliers & Support by Howard Christian

Howard Christian — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:31:33 +0000

hi guys, can anyone point me to where I might be able to pickup items like lining accessories. Airvents, Map Holders, Cup holders, Grab Handles etc.
All the little bits & pieces.

Also, can anyone tell me exactly what all the various holes are around the cockpit roof lining. I don’t know if they are air vents or lighting or what some of these are but they are some wierd shapes.

thanks,
Howard.

Comment on Important software for simpit builders.. by admin

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:52:02 +0000

He’s in the process of changing his source code repository – I don’t know where he’s moving to, but I’ll try to get the link updated when I know.

Comment on Important software for simpit builders.. by snipey

snipey — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:06:27 +0000

is there a new link
this one doesn’t work for me

Comment on Building Recreational Flight Simulators is complete! by admin

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:30:56 +0000

I’ve never heard of it being done, but it does sound like a real quick way to induce simulator sickness. There’s no practical way to keep the motion onset cues in sync with what you’re seeing via the video camera on the model plane.

Comment on Building Recreational Flight Simulators is complete! by Dr Edo McGowan

Dr Edo McGowan — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:15:02 +0000

A question. I would like to put a simpit into a set of gimbals so there is the capacity to yaw, roll and pitch. This, if my dream is to work, is coupled to a RC with camera that reflects image back to simpit and the two are tied together so I would fly the RC and the simpit would respond in concert with the flight. Has anyone developed such a system?

Comment on About Simpits by yoann quere

yoann quere — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:36:44 +0000

hi
i’m currently build a software cockpit (on a second PC) for lock on flaming cliff (f-15 only), to do this i need graphics of MFD, button , switch jettision selectors
i found on your site a very nice F-16 cockpit representation by (prohm)
http://www.simpits.org/database/graphics/F16C_panels/F16_Int_Ref.html
is it possible to use some part of this work for my virtualpit (with a about windows to indicate the source of the drawing)
best regards

Comment on Building Recreational Flight Simulators is complete! by stuart goldhawk

stuart goldhawk — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:07:18 +0000

Have found a site for the 737 throttle ,look pretty good seems to be a technical site, but your throttle looks great, just wonder how it is interfaced