What to write in conclusion? It is actually not the complete conclusion. This and previous “articles” describe only the first stage of my cockpit project. Although I still don’t know if and what stages will follow. You may remember when somewhere at the beginning I wrote something like “In 3 months it could be done, I thought to myself”… Continue reading Conclusion of the first phase, summary, and thanks→

I originally wanted to call this chapter “Air Conditioning”, but my system is missing some components to fulfill the meaning of the word. So instead of the “air distribution system from under the table to on top of the table” I called it the shorter term “Ventilation”. Continue reading Ventilation system→

I have added the compass as last instrument, beyond the things I had planned for the first version of the cockpit, and only when the cockpit was almost finished. But it somehow occurred to me that it must not be missing and that it would not be so complicated. Continue reading Compass→

The ELT panel is used to control the “Emergency Locator Transmitter”. It’s a comprehensive panel that I designed myself (for my cockpit, not that it doesn’t exist in real life). It contains one diode and one three-position switch. Continue reading ELT Panel→

I’ve designed the things around the PFD and MFD, i.e. those two touch screens, by myself for my own use. From the very beginning, I had the goal of making cover frames with different cut-outs (for round, square and other types of instruments), to cover displays and thus simulate the instrument panels of various airplanes. Continue reading PFD & MFD→

The altimeter was the first flight instrument that I printed out and tried to make work from Captain Bob’s Cessna 172 project. I didn’t have to adjust anything, all the parts fit together even with the 3mm covering plexiglass. Continue reading Instrument panel – Altimeter→

This gauge is in the middle one in my panel of backup instruments and I also completed it as the middle one, that is, second in order. This was the first instrument where I stumbled with a 3mm covering plexiglass and the original model from Captain Bob (subsequently also in other instruments). Continue reading Instrument panel – Attitude indicator→

The airspeed indicator was the last of the 3 backup “gauges” I built into the cockpit instrument panel. It is also the simplest of the three backup instruments in terms of connection. It only contains an LED for backlighting and one X27-168 stepper motor, which can be controlled directly by Arduino, i.e. without another electronic board. Continue reading Instrument panel – Airspeed indicator→

I write the clock, but this device shows a little more. In addition to the clock and stopwatch, it also displays voltage and temperature. Of course, this information comes from the simulator. This was the first device I printed on my 3D printer because it was the easiest to connect as well. Continue reading Instrument panel – DAVTRON Clock→

If you look at the photo of the cockpit, you will find several controls on it’s main panel that do not fit into any functional group and are also all independent of whether the simulator is running or not. Only the electrons, i.e. the power supply, must run. Continue reading Switches, dials and similar→