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Airbus A320 Dummy Foot Rest and Table Setup

Nov 14, 2020

Airbus A320 Dummy Foot Rest and Table Setup

The idea was to simulate a fake foot rest and pull table as seen in an actual Airbus A320 below. It is on my agenda to re-do this section to implement a pull out table (no intensions to do the foot rests) #airbus #a320 #airbusa320 #homecockpit #okansacli The dimensions were all improvised by looking at various photos over the net and by trying to scale things in an cad design environment. The dimensions I used in my setup can be seen below; Detailed manufacturing drawings wer

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Airbus A320 Home Cockpit Shell design and implementation -Part II

Oct 23, 2020

Airbus A320 Home Cockpit Shell design and implementation -Part II

The complete cabin has been modeled in 3D as seen below. This design is the result of many days and nights hard work. A short video of the design can be seen at this link. The only source of information available was some photos over the net. This design was done in year 2003 by the way. Before starting with the production I wanted to see the complete design in 3D so that's how I did it. Branching off from this 3D-Design I produced my many 2D workshop drawings for the actual

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Airbus A320 Home Cockpit Shell design and implementation -Part I

Oct 20, 2020

Airbus A320 Home Cockpit Shell design and implementation -Part I

My cockpit cabin design is based on a wooden / timber based construction with final finishing cladddings implemented only from the inside (ie. when viewed from outside it the structure is fully visible). I had no concerns on the external view of the simulator, so dream of a shell visible from outside so that's why I prefered to go this way, you are free to improvise accordingly. (Please note the some of the stuff seen in some of the photos are way back from the past and have

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Airbus A320 Throttles for Home Cockpit - Rework

Jun 29, 2020

Airbus A320 Throttles for Home Cockpit - Rework

I have designed and manufactured my throttles back in 2004 as seen at this link. The initial design was plastic levers without reverse locking mechanism and aluminium body and non moving plastic based trim wheels. Recently I have decided to upgrade the throttle set, so that I have more realistic looking levers and try to implement the reverse thrust locking levers as well. The design is an existing one (with all the necessary STL files included) which was officialy purchased

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Home Cockpit Flying

Oct 17, 2019

Home Cockpit Flying

Short update from the latest developments in my #airbus #a320 #homecockpit. Things are improving. There are still lots to improve with the software side of things (JeeHell FMGS). I had issues with my P3D frame rates which was also effecting the logic software, so made some improvements in terms of settings. Using ORBX scenery and ORBX LOWI (which is a heavy load airport in terms of graphics) i am able now to get around 40 FPS steady so it is good now. I do have plans for bett

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Flight Simulator PC System Setup (update 07.01.2021)

Sep 7, 2019

Flight Simulator PC System Setup (update 07.01.2021)

Below is the list of desktop PC's and their configurations (CPU,RAM and Graphics Card) and the simulator components that are running on them. All PC's are running the latest windows10 x64. I will publish a seperate blog entry to the electronics interfacing system used in the sim. #airbus #a320 #airbusa320 #simulator #simulation #setup #pc #computer #datacenter #turkey #turkish #engineering #challenge #homecockpit #homesimulator PC1 - P3D CPU:i7-7700k 4.20GHZ RAM:16 GB RAM Gra

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Airbus A320 Korry Type Buttons - Before 3D printing

Sep 3, 2019

Airbus A320 Korry Type Buttons - Before 3D printing

Before having a 3D printer, I used to make my "korry like" buttons using microswitches, Kingbright DE/2ID type led bars and some small plexi plates working as support structures as you can see in this blog entry and photos. Note that these buttons are dated back to 2004-2005 , so lots have changed since then. You may see how I do my korry buttons and find a comprehensive tutorial via this link All buttons are hooked on the opencockpits I/O boards and coded via SIOC to speak w

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Airbus A320 Throttles for my cockpit

Sep 2, 2019

Airbus A320 Throttles for my cockpit

I designed and manufactured my throttle levers back in 2004. Below are some photos from the design phase, manufacturing phase and installation in place. Firstly, I have designed in 2D environment, looking at various photos available in the internet as I never had the change to go in the real cockpit to measure things out. After I was satisfied with the 2D design , I did a 3D design to get a feeling of how the complete product would look like in reality. All went good, the cas

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Airbus A320 Emergency Gravity Gear Extension Handle - 3D printed

Aug 31, 2019

Airbus A320 Emergency Gravity Gear Extension Handle - 3D printed

Thanks to Thingiverse and flykarli, I found the stl file to print an emergency gravity gear extension handle for the simulator. Although it is possible to integrate a mechanism with a rotary encoder to simulate manual gear extension in case of gear failure inhibited, however I think current status of FSUIPC does not allow a manual extension, so for now it is installed on the pedestal as a dummy (visual only). If I can work out a logic with FSUIPC offsets I will definetly take

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Airbus A320 Home Simulator - The early days of the Project

Aug 31, 2019

Airbus A320 Home Simulator - The early days of the Project

Here are some photos from 2003, the very beginning of the project. I have decided to build my simulator back in 2003 in Switzerland. I was working as a project manager for the 3G rollout of ORANGE communications back then. In the photos you can see the very early stages, the first steps in building my Airbus A320 project. There are lots and lots of hours invested in the development of the simulator, most of the steps by trial and error. As of today it is fully flyable needs s

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Airbus A320 Home Simulator Video (July 2019)

Jul 12, 2019

Airbus A320 Home Simulator Video (July 2019)

Finally a complete video of my full Airbus A320 home cockpit setup. Video is from July 2019. Almost all components are fully functional now running JeeHell software. This was a first attempt to use a video editor, so things may be a bit shaky :) New steps are optimizing stuff in the sim and hopefully better (HD) visuals. #airbus #a320 #airbusa320 #airbussimulator #airbuscockpit #simulator #cockpit #engineering #engineerslife #diy #turkey #turkish #engineering #aviation #cloud

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Airbus A320 Overhead Final Panel in progress

Mar 14, 2019

Airbus A320 Overhead Final Panel in progress

The final piece of the overhead (bottom Captain side) is under construction. I did not realize all the sections fully here. The emergency electric power and GPWS section will be functional for now. If there is support in future from JeeHell for other parts, I will implement/interface those later on. Some progress photos can be seen as follows. I will interface this section with mobiflight and audrino mega 2560. I can not wait to install this back on the OHD section for a comp

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Airbus A320 Overhead Center Section

Feb 18, 2019

Airbus A320 Overhead Center Section

The remaining part from the #airbus #a320 #homecockpit #project was the HYD/FUEL section (with many inputs and outputs). This is now completed and functional making the center section of the overhead panel fully finished. I won't built some of the side parts of the overhead (such as CARGO heat / smoke). The next panel in production line is the ADIRS panel. I will try to use AUDRINO for the LCD display located in the ADIRS display together with SOFTADIRS software.

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KORRY Button Tutorial

Jan 27, 2019

KORRY Button Tutorial

I've already published a short guide on how I make produce my korry type buttons. There is even a short video on my youtube channel on korry production. In this tutorial I will give provide more detailed descriptions and steps in the production. The end product will be like below. So please follow the steps provided and better improve on the way. #airbus #a320 #airbusa320 #homecockpit #homesimulator #simulation #electronics #turkish #engineering #challenge #3d #3dprinting #co

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Ventilation Simulation for the home simulator - PACKS

Jan 26, 2019

Ventilation Simulation for the home simulator - PACKS

I have decided to simulate the PACK system with a real working ventilation system together with a logic sequence (via SIOC coding) so that the ventilation works only if there is bleed air available (either from APU or from engines) Since the offset for ground HP is not provided for JEEHELL I can only simulate APU and ENGINE bleed systems with some logic behind it. Please refer to my code at the bottom :) enjoy. I first constructed an air distribution collector box where I con

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MIP (Main Instrument Panel) and flood lights

Jan 14, 2019

MIP (Main Instrument Panel) and flood lights

Self made MIP Panels masking LCD displays behind them. Flood lights by halogen lamps. Dummy footrests designed and manufactured by myself. #simulation #flightsimulation #engineering #engineerslife #airbus #a320 #airbusa320 #design #construction #progress #turkey #turkish #challenge #flying #aviation #avporn #flight #cockpit #homecockpit #avgeek #technology #aerospace #simulator #homesimulator #technics #aviationlove #airport #airbusa320simulator

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Dummy CB (Circuit Breaker) Panel

Jan 14, 2019

Dummy CB (Circuit Breaker) Panel

#simulation #flightsimulation #engineering #engineerslife #airbus #a320 #airbusa320 #design #construction #progress #turkey #turkish #challenge #flying #aviation #avporn #flight #cockpit #homecockpit #avgeek #technology #aerospace #simulator #homesimulator #technics #aviationlove #airport #airbusa320simulator

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APU Start Procedure Airbus A320

Jan 14, 2019

APU Start Procedure Airbus A320

Here is a short video of the APU start procedure for the A320 (this one is from projectmagenta) I am trying jeehell lately. I will also publish some updates from the jeehell setup. #simulation #flightsimulation #engineering #engineerslife #airbus #a320 #airbusa320 #design #construction #progress #turkey #turkish #challenge #flying #aviation #avporn #flight #cockpit #homecockpit #avgeek #technology #aerospace #simulator #homesimulator #technics #aviationlove #airport #airbusa3

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Kai Tak VHHX IGS RWY13 Checkerboard landing

Jan 14, 2019

Kai Tak VHHX IGS RWY13 Checkerboard landing

The video below shows the procedure turn after the Middle Marker point with checkerboard visuals on the left cockpit window. #simulation #flightsimulation #engineering #engineerslife #airbus #a320 #airbusa320 #design #construction #progress #turkey #turkish #challenge #flying #aviation #avporn #flight #cockpit #homecockpit #avgeek #technology #aerospace #simulator #homesimulator #technics #aviationlove #airport #airbusa320simulator

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Speed Change in A320 Home Cockpit

Jan 14, 2019

Speed Change in A320 Home Cockpit

Project Magenta version of changing managed speed in A320. #simulation #flightsimulation #engineering #engineerslife #airbus #a320 #airbusa320 #design #construction #progress #turkey #turkish #challenge #flying #aviation #avporn #flight #cockpit #homecockpit #avgeek #technology #aerospace #simulator #homesimulator #technics #aviationlove #airport #airbusa320simulator

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