Throttle quadrant (work in progress) Showing you some pictures of my work on the throttle quadrant. This is a work in progress and possibly the hardest project I ever encountered. Applying all the things I learned about cockpit building ...
Driving led's with a LED board If you want to connect a lot of led's to an Arduino, Pokeys card or Pi, than you better use a led extension board...
7 segment displays with Max7219 These displays are used often in flight simulators. I'll tell you more about my experience with MAX7219. I also present you a working example.
Finished the "Engine Display Panel" The engine display panel is finished, wow ! It was quite difficult because on one side, the dual axis switches needed to be repaired and on the other hand thegauge i had ordered was not according to w...
How is the Main Instrument Panel going to talk to X-Plane 12 The are several things involved in bringing life into the MIP...
Modifying a flap gauge A 737 has a flap gauge with 2 pointers, left and right. Because the one that is mounted on my MIP only has 1 pointer, I decided to order a new one. I ordered one with customsimparts.com (in the US). So let's see what the result was...
Receiving the dismantled 737 simulator At the end of may 2024 I received the simulator parts which should become a complete 737NG simulator. As you can see in the pictures there is still a long way to go. The inventory is; MIP from Simworld,...
N1 and SPDREF switch repair On the engine panel there are two very special switches. A kind person donated the two switches to me. Both switches have double functions, a rotary switch to make the choice on the panel and a self c...