IO-cards
Break out box J2 connector
Break out box J3 connector
IDE cable stuff
Cable salad
more cable salad
prototype simulated rotary encoder
NAV1 course display
Home build transponder unit,.....not finished yet but it works!! And just to be sure,....not a real hijack situation,.....just a system test !!
Almost finished,.....next step will be labeling. Looks good don't you think?
Finished labeling, next step will be assembly of all the buttons and rotary.
Final assembly,......it works, very happy with the final result. And this transponder is SB3-ready !!
left frequency active
right frequency active
COMM1 VFR radio finished
Dynamic standby window radio module,......thanks to Nico Kaan for his wonderful FSConv program, without this program this module would never work in the Level D Sim 767 !
Placed my comm and transponder modules in my pedestal. Still a temporarely solution to get rid of all the cables. Plan to make a new pedestal but have to finish my other ILS, NAV1 and ADF modules first. After that I will update my overhead (below) by placing buttons with led's and some announciators. Nico Kaan's FSConv-program will serve as liaison between the LDS767 and the hardware overhead. At that time I will be fully informed about the LDS panel-state by a hardware overhead.
Fully functional hardware overhead-panel. After the planned update all buttons will have led's to inform me about the panel-state.
Prototypes overhead "announciator-switch"
Finished 2 switch-prototypes for the coming overhead. I am looking for a simple and cheap solution. The pictures show the battery master and the left bus tie switches. Both fully functional with Nico Kaan's FSConv-program for the LDS767. For now just a few screenshots. To be continued,.......................
Both led's active, only for testing purposes,.......note that they act like the real thing in flight !
First prototype of panel-part. Using one front-panel with led-holding announciators and a back-layer with cheap push-buttons. Seems to work quite well.
MCP747 Break out Box intermezzo
Spend some time on soldering two more MCP break out boxes. Kind of super-Hagstrom KE72's. Gone need these when level D SP2 with an even better SDK is ready. Design made by Nico Kaan (see his download-section for details)
NAV1 / ILS / TRIM & ADF panels
Started building the missing pedestal parts,.......the NAV1, ILS and a combination of the trim and ADF panels. I start making the design on a 1:1 scale in adobe Illustrator (every other paint-program which allows scaling will suit). Then a nice print on a self adhesive sheet is used to make cutting and sawing on scale possible. The panels consist of three layers, 1 basic back layer of 5mm acryl glass to fit the displays in, 1 middle 3mm layer of brown acryl glass (to give the displays the finishing dark touch) and a 1 mm top layer. The top layer can be easily cut with a hobby knife to get a very precise result. Only this top layer will be painted in boeing brown. Still a long way to go,.....have to finish all the electronics first but it's a nice start.