The Home Cockpit Support Forum

Hi guys,After much thought, I have decided to add a new division to my everyday company called HORIZON COMPUTER SERVICES, LLC. The new division, HORIZON FLIGHT SIMULATION, will offer many accessories for home cockpit builders and flight enthusiasts alike.My partner in the endeavor is Captain Leslie Hock, a Comair CRJ pilot with years of experience. Also employed a as regional flight instructor for Comair, Leslie's insight will very valuable. We will manufacture nearly anything from yokes to an entirely enclosed full scale simulator. We can produce nearly any yoke to the customers requirements. The simulators will range from desktop versions all the way up to a full-scal…

Hi Guys,Wanting to know what Rotary Encoders people have used and there experiences with them and if they used them with the REDec circuit?Kind Regards,

since my question in some thread here was not answered and i'm just a curious person :( i ask again.how many steppers for 1 stepper board ?if it can accomodate more than a few, than i might concider this option for my engine panel. however i'll be looking into hanging a 15" CRT behind that panel and do some of the gauges dummy and others via the CRT. if that doesn't work and the fsstepper thing looks like a good way to go, then i'd still need to figure out if i can get the values from the gauges out of Espens panel ...sure he would answer me via e-mail that he will look into how to get those values out for me but at the rate he's programming keys into the switch gauges …

Hi,hope someone can help me. I have FSLCD and on lcd display, its working fine, but i want to read from FSUIPC the VOR1 Name and display it on the LCD. Is this possible with FSLCD?? If yes, what commands i have to enter in my ini file.Here are the infos from FSUIPC programming DOC.3006 25 VOR1 name (string supplied: 25 bytes including zero terminator) Ok Okplease help me :-)greetings Mark

Hello guysWhich one is the best software to make my own schematics and let it assemble the board???Thanks a lotPaulo

This is a great deal for any newbie in cockpit building.Im discontinuing my home cockpit project, and have this for sale.Im selling my Flight Deck Solutions Glare Package and assembled and mounted key set. All the pushbuttons are wired and ready to be connected to a device like the hagstrom ke-72.It is in very good condition since I never even got a chance to use it in my simulator.Ill give away my 3D NOVA MIP to anyone who buys the glare shield,because of a crack on one of the panels. This can be repaired though, and is hardly noticable now.Im asking for $200USD. Thats $300 and a lot of work you will save.Check out the FDS website. WWW.flightdecksolutions.com to see t…

Where can I order the connectors for the ribbon cables I need for FSBUS?

Hello AllMy question is I do not have any 33pF Caps and have a wholedraw full of 22pF and 47pF.Question is - can I use these or does it need to be 33pF?Thanks all - my FSBUS system is running faster then ever aftera couple of good posts on how to fix it.Ken

Hi, i hope someone can help me. Iam new in programming with FSUIPC. I wanted to know if following is working: I want to build a a NAV/COM/XPDR/ADF input device. I have the Aerosoft MCP 747 panel and connected over an expansion port rotary switches. I want the following, when i turn the switch it sould change the nav freq before the dot example: 123 to 119 and with an other rotary the 2 digits behind the dot. with a normal switch i want change it from standby to operationg and the operating to standby. This should word with NAV1/NAV2/COM/ ADF and i want to set the transponder code via push buttons. And at least, perfekt would be to change also the QNH settings. But, thats …

Hi all!I have read what i can about the IOCARD projct over at opencockpits.com. If they get where they aim with the software emulation of the 737 systems integrated to FSUIPC its a very interesting thing.My reasearch adds up to:+ Very modular hardware platform.+ USB+ Most logic is software based = no pic programming problems+ Airplane systems (electric, fuel, hydraulics etc) managed by SW logic and integrated to the FS via FSUIPC. Nice for building a functioning overhead panel :-)))- PCBs are not common-man-DIY. Double sided pcbs probably means professional manufacturing. I've sent the gerber files for the PCBs to a manufacturer (olimex.com), but they couldn't do them bec…

All,I am building a GPS on a second monitor for my King Air cockpit. I can drag and drop the display (have tried the built in FS9 GPS as well as FS FlightXax). The problem is that while I can get the display on the second monitor no problen (7"XGA display), vut the FRMAE of the GPS takes up a portion of the display. Since I am using real switches to control the unit, I don't want anything in the GPS window except the data area... no frames.Does anyone know of a program that will go full screen on just the display, as in the Project Magenta ND display? Any assistance is appreciated.

Hello guysI was just hanging around at simspares.com when I came into this:Is it possible to wire something like that? I mean, without using digital displays, but those "rotary" numbers...Thanks a lot.!Paulo

I have constructed the FSBUS ComIII, display abd Key boards. Everything is running fine except for the fact that I have to use a 12 volt supply instead of 9. It seems the voltage doubler (NE555) is not doing its job properly. I have only 8 volts at pin 3. Is it possible that I have used a wrong value cap? I equated the 100n and the 10n cap to .1 and .01 microfarads. Is this correct? The unit will run on 9 volt supply but when flashing the pic I have to have 12 volts supplied. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello all!I need help!I build fsbus correct flash my pics and connect an switch on the fskey board!Now i test it with keytest!It works!But the communication with the programm!I build a new switch the auto sens work too!But i see no green light flashing when i use the switch!Who can help me!regards peter

Hi, i want to built a NAV / COM unit via rotary switches connected to my Aerosoft 747 MCP an displayed via LCD display connected to the parallel port.But i must need what variables i have to set, that i can control these radios. Can anyone help me. I need the commands for tuning NAV/COM / ADF and the values for reading NAV/COM/ADF. The same for Transponder would be great.Hope someone can help me.GreetingsMarkus

Many thanks to all those that posted suggestions to help me with various problems I am having with my LAGO Twotter.I have solved most of my switch emulation problems,by using FSUIPC. There is one switch not listed, it is "Anti Collision". This provides the nav lights to flash. It's not the Beacon which flashes at the base of the tail. I think Anti Collision is an old expression and wonder if there is a modern word(s) to cover it, and appearing in FSUIPC listings? I don't just want to hit "L" to put the lot on at once so as to include the stubborn "Anti Collision" switch!Any thoughts, anybody?TONY GERARD. Plymouth, England.

Hi Folks.I would like to display inner middle outer markers as led's or lamps on my panel, but don't know how to "extract" the necessary data from FS to do it? I don't want to display them as a seperate window on a monitor. Any idea's?TONY. Plymouth. England.

Hi guys, Here are some photos of guage faces(Boeing 757) that I have been working on for my project. I hope you enjoy them. What I have completed so far are 2 standby airspeed indicators and 3 standby guages, VSI, Alt, etc. There are others in the works but these are not completed yet. For those of you who like them and would like to know how I made them, here it goes. The first step was to draw them on paper. Using a compass and ruler that is what I did, and then made many copies. For materials I used clear plastic that I found at home depot. Placing what I drew as a sandwich between 2 pieces of plastic, I made the outer cuts with a jigsaw. After this I drilled the …

Hello-I couple weeks ago I stripped down a spare PS2 Dell Keyboard to build an emulator. The keyboard card has no wires running into holes, it just had little black triangles that line up with one of the plastic sheets. Is there anyway that I can use this keyboard or should I get a new one? If so, which is best for what I want to do?Thanks, pwapilot

Hello guysI've been looking around, and are those HDSP-7403 7-seg displays suitable for cockpit building?? They are yellow, .300" x .500". Does the size match??Here it is its datasheethttp://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5988-4434EN.pdfThanks a lot!Paulo

Hello AllIam planning on changing from FSBUS to IOCARD and have a few questions to all out there that use IOCARD. 1. How is the refresh speed? This is why Iam changing since FSBUS updates to slow to drive motors for gauges.2. I am planning on stepper motor to drive engine gauges. Is there a home sensor needed to drive the gauges to at start-up?3. The .dat files to show how to config the software does not show a stepper motor. Does anyone have one running to show that?4. I am planning on using stepper motors since it uses only 4 outputs and servo will take 8 outputs. How smooth is the stepper driving? Is the rotation smooth or jumpie?Thanks to all and look forward to hear …

Peters wife delivered a very healthy little Girl Thursday morning. Maya Kassandra Cos.CONGRATULATIONS to Peter and his wife.

Hello guysDoes anyone know where I can find switches like this one from this MCP?http://www.airliners.net/open.file/402148/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/396812/L/I mean those square switches with green lettering (N1, VNAV, SPEED) and with that green bar when it becomes active.Thanks a lot.!Paulo

Hello,I wonder if someone have made a pcb layout of the plasma minime,I would like to build a few to my sim and I'm afraid I don't have the knowledge to make a pcb without a layout.Thanks in advanceJohan Nauwelaertz de Ag

Hii hope some of you can help me, i have the following problem:how it is possible to connect 2 joystick axes to the joystick port?? I didnt find anything about it. How can i connetc the 100kOhm potentiometer to this port. please,help me.... thanks and greetingsMarkus