Building a 737-800 Homecockpit [OE-LNJ]
using ProSim737
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Main Instrument Panel
This is the first modification done in 2016. Back in 2015 I bought an used and modified EFIS to be built into the First Officer side.
Now I had the time to built it into the cockpit. Sounds simple, took nearly 2 hours… Because I had to modify the First Officer’s six pack section, this needed to be cut. But to cut it, it had to be unmounted and the wires needed to be soldered to a connector to allow unmounting from the glareshield.
Yesterday the MCP and the EFIS (both from Opencockpits) received a major upgrade.
New knobs were placed on them from Alvaro from Peru.
They look fantastic.
And finally the MCP got a real backlight. I took some 5m LED strip from ebay, they are cutable and placed one on the top and one on the bottom of the cover.
A little they are shining through, but this won’t disturb you in the Flightdeck. If it’s disturbing, I can also cover this with a black tape. But current I will leave it as is.
I also installed an new CDU. It’s the v3 model from Opencockpits with active background lighting many other improvements.
My older v1 model is now moved to the First Officer side.
Today I have managed to build in the hardware for the 1st office 6 pack and the master warning as well as the fire warning. (Thanks to my dad 🙂 ).
This was the last update for 2014. In 2015 I will start wiring the indicators and switches to make it functional.
Also I will start with the aft. overhead panel and on the to do list there is also a possible migration to the Prepar3D simulator.
As well as to finish the seat and the shell. So as you can see a nicely planned 2015 will land soon 🙂
I wish you all the best for 2015!
I started working also on an old long idea. To have the ATC COM in the cockpit from above instead of normal desktop speakers.
My requirements:
after a little research I found a cheap and simple solution for my needs.
I purchased via Amazon a small car HiFi amplifier, hooked it up to a 12V/2A power supply and connected my USB Soundcard as an input device.
The round speakers were purchased from ebay and built into the overhead next to the lights.
Later the amplifier will be build into the captains side wall then it will be possible to change also the volume from the ATC.
Via the pedestal I can switch between the two configurations: Headset only or Headset and Speaker Output (I have made a video some years ago).
This makes it very convenient during the flight phases.
I also started working on the wet compass. Therefore I have purchased a small 4.3″ monitor .
With PROSIM the compass is displayed on the small monitor, which is connected to an PC VGA to Chinch converter .
During this weekend, I had some hours time to build the SixPack for the 1st officer side.
All parts where glued together and got soldered.
During the next weeks it will be build into the MIP.
Today my wife helped me with the cover for the gear leveler. Therefore we have bought some nice fake leather.
Our 2nd try has this result:
Nice, but we can do better – I think.
If anyone has some ideas for us, please contact me.
The last week my father helped me (actually he did it 😉 ) to mount the clock onto the cover, that the MIP can be more realistic.
and it really looks nice 🙂
Today I have finished the first step of my inflight entertainment system.
A script is triggered via a pushbutton to open VLC player with a predefined video.
Via VLC Remote for android I can control the VLC player and start other videos for longer flights.
Not real for a 737, but a nice feature in my homecockpit.
