Welcome at my Homepage about cockpitbuilding.

Tired of using your keyboard or mouse? Ever thought about building a real cockpit? On this site I will show you what I build till now and give information about my current project.

After I made a little Cessna like panel I wanted to go for the real thing. I studied many sites on the Internet and decided to try to make a cockpit based on the Boeing 777.I already finished my throttle quadrant , yoke, FMC, MIP, center pedestal, seats and overheadpanel. I have made and tested al the input/output controller boards (FSBUS). In fact the simulator is now for > 80% functional. Next project will be to build the shell and finally interfacing the overhead panel. Another 2 years to finish everything (probably more).

Present status:

FSBUS

As interface between the software and the hardware   I use FSBUS. Many info is available on other sites (see links). Till now I have   build FSCom, FSKey and FSLed. Recently I made the FSBUSNG boards. The NG boards are on the right. 


CNC Machine

I bought a cnc machine to be able to make panels   completely to my own design.

MCP

This is the most important part of my cockpit. The MCP from Aerosoft, together   with the EFIS/EICAS panels. I have been in doubt a long time between this   product and the EPIC card. In contrary to the EPIC card this MCP does not need   any programming skills and is relatively cheap, and most important it is   expandable. It has 4 gameports on the backside (16 potmeters and 16 buttons) and   4 25 pin expansion ports. In short time expansion boards will be released to   wire all kinds of electronics to this device such as LED's, 7 segment LED's and   all kind of switches and even rotary encoders. You can wire about 250 switches   to this beautiful device and many many LED's. This hardware is specially   developed to be used together with the Project Magenta software.

If you want to build expansionboards yourself (Aerosoft is out of business) look here.

Project Magenta

Another important part op my pit is the Project Magenta software. It is made for a   computer network. I run the PFD and ND and my first client PC and the EICAS and   FMC on the second client. The (software)MCP works together with the hardware   MCP. So now I can use all autopilot modes that are not provided in FS2002 itself   like ALT SEL, ALT HOLD, HDG SEL, HDG HOLD, LNAV, VNAV and FL CH to name just a   few.

My first project

Here you see what I made with a keyboardcontroller, a ch-yoke and some   switches. It was my first project. You don't need the keyboard anymore. About   100 functions are accesable via this console (as much as there are buttons on   the keyboard). You want further onformation about this ? See the first panel page.



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Update website

13-10-2020 14:23
The last pages are filled with content. All the info of my old website is now transferred to this...

New website

11-04-2016 22:42
I decided to give my old website a newer look. Maintenance and adjustments much easier now. The...

J-rails

19-04-2012 23:56
To enter the cockpit from behind it was necessary to design J-rails. Today the first 4 were ready...

Seats and mencave

07-10-2009 23:54
Today I installed my 2 self build seats. It gives a complete different look to my setup. Next...

New firehandles

19-01-2009 23:51
No this site is not dead, although I admit not much work was done last year, but hey this is a 10...

Overhead projector

13-11-2007 23:39
Setup with the over head projector in place. The PC for the F/O has been installed and the right...

FMC

21-12-2006 23:24
It was already christmas eve today, because I received my new CDU from Flightdecksolutions. It was...

FSLed

18-10-2006 23:22
Got the LCD, driven by FSLCD, up and running and built into the trim panel. This gives good visual...

Brugges Air College

12-04-2006 23:06
Together with some flight friends, I flew the whole day in a beautifyl 737NG simulator of Brugges...

FS Weekend

05-11-2005 00:00
Today I visited the FSmeeting in the Aviodrome at lelystad airport. I was most interested to see...