I recently got a nice memorabilia from planereclaimers.aero, which is an original headset from the cockpit of a condor B757-300 reg. D-ABOL. It’s in very good condition and it looks amazing. Now I wanted to ask how can I maybe use it in FSX or X-plane, if at all? It has a 1/4 inch jack. I just wanted to be sure to not damage anything and if anyone knows if there’s some adapter specially for it. Thanks!

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Since recently I’m interested in building a small home cockpit for FSX. Nothing too big, but I plan to use as many real parts as possible. I was thinking about a B747 or B757 one. Now I wanted to ask, does anyone know where I can get dimensions for the instrument panels of either the 747-400 or B757? I would appreciate any help. Thank you!

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That said, I’m seeing more and more Max hardware on the market. But is it on par with NG? Will Max end up making NG hardware less common - I plan to build over time and would hate to start out with NG and then have to switch to Max halfway. 

For reference, planning on MS2024 (already have it), PMDG, and Mobiflight.   

Any thoughts appreciated. 

I am just about to take delivery of a fixed base sim, purely for home use. It had long been an ambition to build one myself, but mobility issues now make that impossible, so I am having to go "turnkey". As you might imagine, this isn't cheap and I am thinking about how best to insure it against, for example fire. The sim will consist of a fully enclosed cockpit, with emulated hardware and a three projector 220 degree screen, installed in a large, detached, garage.

I am in the UK and would appreciate any feedback from folks who have an expensive flight sim setup, particularly in the UK, and how you have insured it.

The value will be well above any single article limit on a Home Contents policy and I envisage a very difficult conversation with an insurance broker when I try to explain what it is!

How have others approached this?

Are there specialist brokers who would be familiar with this type of hardware?

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Dave

Current situation: I have several illuminated rocker switches and 22mm latching buttons, as well as an Arduino board, but I don’t understand circuit connections or programming. My main questions are:

1. How do I connect the buttons to the Arduino? Do I need additional resistors?

2. How can I make the computer recognize these buttons as game controllers?

3. How can I make the button lights change according to the game status (e.g., green light on when the engine starts)?

I hope experienced friends can share basic wiring diagrams or code templates.

I have a macro file to control various switches in my home built cockpit.

The aircraft has a rotating dimmer switch to control light intensity

Does anyone know the best type of switch to use ,potentiometer or rotary encoder

I use rotary encoders for hsi adf and vor but they are continuous in both directions and the light dimmer switch on the panel is not continuous 

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Rhys

As a matter of fact, It’s an absolutely mind-blowing level of awesome! The immersion is complete. There are some minor issues to iron out and tweak, but I can say that it’s so worth it. I was worried about cogging, but I couldn’t even feel it during the flight because there was so much motion going on all the time. The motors heat up to ~46C max with new settings (lower PWMmax, added some derivative, slightly increased dead zone), then I adjusted the settings to yet lower PWMmax and they got even cooler. So I’m cautiously optimistic. Hopefully, they will hold on for longer flights. More testing is needed, but it really felt nice! I will adjust the FlyPT profile to near perfection and I’m set. Then I will proceed with a Joystick/HOTAS configuration and a racing configuration with a force feedback steering wheel and custom-made pedals and shifter. I’ve also reworked the encoder/button/switch boxes, custom pendular yoke and throttle quadrant.

The build is an ultra-low budget, just like my 2DOF. The cheapest available off-the-shelf 6DOF motion platform costs around $8000 with shipping and some necessary options, and that is too much. I’ve built one for the cost of under $1000 in parts. I’m happy with how the 2DOF wooden frame held on, so I built the 6DOF frame from wood as well. The top platform is cut from a thick plywood I had lying around. The wood has its downsides, obviously, but it also has its upsides: it’s cheap, easy to work with and its natural flex makes the rig less jarring and clunky, which is a problem with many metal motion rigs, while still precise and fast enough.

My problem is , on the FO side the key are working fine but display on MCDU blank.., Does any one have same problem like this..?

Im using MSF2020, with Fenix a320, and also i do try with Xplane 11 with Toliss , the problem still the same... 

I am not getting the com1 stby-Frequency of the fenix rmp. Anyone else having that issue?

What software I use and what I tried:

- Touch Portal Fenix Pages: Active Frequency changes properly, stby doesn't (it's on a 500ms readout, the variable doesn't change)
- Lorby Axis and Ohs: The com1 Panel works fine for setting and switching frequencies, active is read out perfectly, stby just doesn't get updated.
- Observed K-Events for changes in Lorby: K-Event for changing the active Frequency is fired, no Event for the passive one is fired.

I am getting the feeling that the fenix isn't setting / updating the designated L-Var. Did anyone have that issue yet?

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René

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I’m trying to interface an ON/OFF switch for the EXT POWER function on the A320 FBW overhead panel in MSFS 2020 via MobiFlight and an Arduino Mega 2560. However, the only input configuration I’ve found in MobiFlight isn’t stable—it’s not a definitive "ON" command and depends on GPU availability.

I’m facing the same issue with other functions like BAT1, BAT2, FUEL < ENG1/2, CTR TK PUMP1/2, and APU START, which I’ve also interfaced using the available input configurations in MobiFlight. These don’t act as true "ON" commands but rather as toggle orders.

Does anyone have any leads or solutions to help me out? Thanks in advance! 😉

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I need to know if you know how to do It, how to change the script lines in order to blue leds light on.

In the original script the Orange leds works properly but the blue leds in the script don't have output lines. 

As you can see in the lines from 1147 to 1157 there is no outputs and then I can not programm the leds.

How can I rewrite these lines to get the blue leds light on?

I send you a photo to see what I mean. Regards.

I know the pin number 2 is GND, but the pin 1 is 5v.

So where does cable number 1 connect? How does the 5v power supply power the LEDs?

The cable number 1 must not Connect to anywhere?

Regards.

where can I find a Boeing 747-200/707/727/737-200 reproduction or real yoke? Are there any companies that reproduce these yokes and throttle quadrants?

thanks