The Home Cockpit Support Forum

I have updated my website if anyone would like to see my cockpit on the motion base. http://www.classicsim.com

Hi all:I just got Wideview all hooked up. I use 2 PC's - 1 for scenery and 1 for showing the instrument panels (flying PC) When I run the flying PC with the instrument panel in Full Screen mode the gauges look really nice. The problem is I can't get rid of the outside scenery on this monitor (I don't need it on this one as my other PC runs the scenery).I can get rid of the scenery by running in Window mode by undocking the scenery window and minimizing it but the gauges on the instrument panel are really blurry and I can hardly read them.Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this ?Many thanks...JB

HiI would like to assign different keys for commands such as STBY, also frewuency increase, decrease, for each radio,also for instruments such as the OBS, rather than selecting each radio/instrument first and then using the generic increase/decrease sel.Can it be done in FS2004?Thanks!

Hi Everyone,Haven't posted for a while but always reading.I have finished the panels and structure for my overhead (777), I am moulding my own knobs but I am having trouble finding 45 degree rotary switches.I know there are a couple of sim site selling them for an arm and a leg, but I am not prepared to pay that much for them.Is there an easier solution.ThanksDavid'80% built 2DOF motion sim'Yes, I will post pictures at some point

Seems there's a problem with the register page ?If I hit a search or a "show all" it gives an error.

I'm trying to build a small panel for the starter key and som switches for the cessna c172sp in fsx. But I can't find the event thats buts the starter key to "magnetos both" position. I can get the starter going but when I release that button the key flips back to the off position. I have tried the m-key on the keyboerd (magnetos select) but nothing at all happens then.Please helpTony W

Hello builders.I`m a bit confused, regarding how to set up my cockpit views.My plan is a Cirrus home-cockpit with following set-up:PC1: FS with front view and Eaglesoft Cirrus flight model, (maybe) with deleted panel, and Reality XP GNS430 on a second monitorPC2: Project Magenta GA glass cockpitPC3: Left viewPC4: Right viewNow my questions: What happens, if I delete the panel to have better fps? Is there any "panel-controlled" sounds or other things that I will loose? Is it better just to deactivate some gauges? And/or what to do, to have the spinning propeller to be seen in my front view?What do you "GA builders" do with your side-views?As I have understood, I can

Hi everyone,Soon I will add many measurements (sides, landing gear, yoke etc.) I had the chance to make when I visited A B737NG-800 cockpit this year. It is not entire measurements but maybe it can help many of you...

http://www.geardigest.com/2007/02/19/multi...tops/page6.htmlI know they say it's not for gaming, wonder how it would fair with opengl apps like PM. At least you could run other apps like a browser, Servinfo, voice, Squawkbox etc.. on it.

Here is my new site about Boeing 737NG buildingThere are a lot of details on my Throttle , Glareshield, MIP and Rudders buildings... Drop a look herehttp://pages.videotron.com/alain737/and your comments are welcome on my "livre es invit

A new module connect IOCP clients to CONDOR Sailplane Simulator.You can connect to SIOC and IOCards hardware, Gauge composer or other IOCP client software.You can download from www.opencockpits.com

Hello all,I bumped into trouble with my NG I/O card:The Digital out part works ok but the KEY IN section fails.In FSADMIN (2.4.3.) if i connect 1 switch to ROW 0 KEY 0 and turn the switch i see in the diagnostic window:(switch on)KEY 0 0KEY 8 1(switch on)KEY 0 0KEY 8 1I think i should see:(switch on)KEY 0 1(switch off)KEY 0 0OR if i put the switch to ROW 1 i getKEY 8 0KEY 16 1KEY 8 0KEY 16 1etc.I don't know if this is a hardware or software issue...Anybody with same kind of problems ?

I made a throttle from unexpected materials. Check out my bloghttp://simcockpit.blogspot.com/

Ok I've enjoyed flying the Flight1 Addon for FS9 so much I want to built a home cockpit based on it. I have no idea where to start sourcing panels and Instrumentation. I am particularly keen to emulate the AOA indexer in the EADI and the nice autopilot.Any pointers will be gratefully recieved.David Miles

Hi guys,I just updated my site with info on how to build this switch. I found a rather easy and effective way to make it behave just like in the real plane...Go to www.hanskrohn.com and check the site news.Regards and happy new year!Hanshttp://www.hanskrohn.com/BuildingTips/EngS...gSwitch10_s.jpg

Hi all...well I finally got a 2nd super computer for my cockpit (it is a 3.4 AMD Atholon with 80GB hard drive and 1.8MB RAM) which I will use for my outside view and so I can upgrade to better scenery.I have seen scenery add-ons for certain areas like New York, San Fransico etc. but is there a really nice upgrade to improve ALL of FS2004's worldwide scenery ?If you have a suggestion on best upgrades, please let me knowMany thanks...JB

I'm working on making an F-15 Simulator for my home. I need some help however. All I want is to have switches in the cockpit preform actions in the simulator program. I figured I might bbe able to take a keyboard apart, and solder contacts to the keys which lead to switches. I can then program them accordingly. I have a problem with this idea though, a keyboard repeats its commands when holding a key. I want the keyboard to only send out one command every time i flick a switch. Any information on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone, first of all I blame everyone in here for getting me hooked on this hobby, so there I said it. Now, any help on this is ver very much appreciated, Im still doing research on home cockpit building, but meanwhile im trying things out, I have a basic stamp kit at home I was starring at the other day, I figured hey why not hook this up and try and interface it, I figured FSUIPC should do it. I was wondering if anyone can give an actual example of how to read O I dont know say even the flaps status or gear status, in VB, with FSUIPC_Read. Once again thank you so much everyone.

Hi all! I'm having some issues with my IOCards Master Card from OpenCockpits. I've posted questions at the their forums but haven't gotten any answers, so I thought I'd try here. These forums are a good deal more active, so I think I might have better luck here!Anyway, I'm having two main problems...First, none of my outputs are working. On the J2 connector, I have +5VDC on pin 1 and GND on pin 2, but I can't get anything on the other pins. I've tried a test with a simplified config file that should turn on an output when the landing light is turned on. This works in the IOCard simulator program, but not with the hardware card. Also, I've had a couple of times when all of…

Hello!My name is Per and I'm from Sweden. I've been flying around in the FS Sky for 10 years now so I know a little about the FS line of simulators. Recently I teamed up with a couple of talented guys and we are planning on building our own 737 flightdeck. Obviously we need multiple monitors for this set up. A learned some about Wide Wiew and there are some limitations concerning AI traffic which is very important to us. Recently I also read a review of Matrox Triple 2 Go, which seems to be an interesting alternative. We will try to base our 737 simulator on a "1 super computer system". We need 6-7 monitors. 3 of them to display front + front left/right views(Triple2Go) a…

Hi guys,Spotted a posting on Fxpress announcing changes in Fsbus.In German,did a translation but not a a good one.Anyone able to Translate and update us .I guess a lot of users have changed to io cards.here is the threadhttp://www.wcm.at/forum/showthread.php?threadid=183969les

hello folks out there im looking for a tutorial on how to build a fmc from scratch using a keyboard and such, i think i saw a tutorial somtime ago on step by step procedures.im feeling like getting started on another project and im wanting to build a FMC from spare parts, i already have a 5 inch monitor to work with.Just need some direction to go in, or can someone direct me to a site.Thanks....Robert

http://www.jetphotos.net/images/img2/7/787b.jpg.32385.jpgIn new terminal 2 in Hong Kong airportAlkit

I would like to view the instrument panel on one screen and the flight scenery in a separate monitor/screen. I have both a laptop and a desktop. How would I go about doing this?Any help would be appreciated, Jeff

Hiya allI have been using 2 monitors for around 3 years now and would never go back to a single monitor for flightsimming. Im now itching to expand to 4 monitors and really dont know the easiest way to do this.I have recently bought the Flight1 ATR-500 and that aircraft has so many pop up panels that it can be quite confusing. Things like not being able to see the gauges for the engines spooling up without actually having to open yet another panel. The setup I would really like would be something along the lines of a 4 monitor system set up as below.Monitor 1 - Main Forward Display without a panel. Im a real sucker for scenery, I have both Ultimate terrain and Flight …