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A little update

As I concentrate on programming and hardware work you are not getting too much news here from the project. You can always visit and see yourself. What has happened: Completely moved all hardware from my attic to the real cockpit shell Wired 3 headsets and got them working with online flying on VATSIM MIP almost …

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How to move Heavy Stuff without Wheels

I wanted to rotate the cockpit shell horizontally by 90 degrees (you may have read the article where we already had rotated it by 90 degrees vertically). The thing weighs around 600 kg and wheels are not an option when rotating in a circle. The idea was: build skis of wooden plates and use frying …

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Fitting Custom Screens to the MIP

The journey has just begun, or as we say in german: Der Weg ist das Ziel. After adapting the nicely made upper part of the Boeing 737-800 MIP from SISMO Soluciones to the original Boeing 737-300 MIP stand below (see this post), the next task was to outfit the whole thing with proper electronics. I …

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Making of the Integrated Standby Flight Display

The Integrated Standby Flight Display (ISFD) is used in all newer Boeing 737 jets. This instrument is thought to be a backup when all other (now digital) flight instruments fail. In the real aircraft it is a fully independent (in terms of power and sensors) and rather small replacement of the Primary Flight Display (PFD) …

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