If you're a aviation enthusiast, young and talented, I highly recommend Heli's videos as a blue print to building this amazing project. Get busy kids! Stay safe in Bruni...
I printed the triller handle last year and now I have the motivation to complete the installation. Another great solution... thanks for your contribution.
Hi Olin, Great to hear from you, and thank you for the kind words. This as a simple build and pleased to say works better than i ever expected! Now i just need to get the other controls like this one! Kind Regards Karl.
Hey Karl, I have been following you for quite a long time, fantastic job. I can tell you have really developed quite a few awesome talents for engineering and building. Being an older guy as well you have inspired me to start building my own flight sim as well. So far the wife is supportive, but will see as time goes on. GOOD JOB!
Fantastic series - excellent job - there's no way that most people would have your skills and access to materials to build one - I agree with others - you should mass produce and sell it - I would buy it
Hi Warwick, Unfortunately due to my location that is not currently possible. I am unable to produce any part to sell and ship right now. I am relying on other simmers to buy the plans and sell the parts to others at a reasonable price! However, the ones i see on eBay are silly prices! (the whole idea of this website was to inspire others and show you don't need a lot of money to get started. But of course it helps! Thank you for commenting and the support. Kind Regards Karl
Hi! I'm a 13 year-old romanian aviation enthusiast that has a 3d printer. I just found your website and I find it amazing that someone put so much work in to completely redesign the cockpit of a 737 in order for it to be easily made at home. Can you please tell me how to get started, how much the files for the whole cockpit cost (or if i get them separatly are they free?) and if I can use only my 3d printer to manufacture the parts?
Hi Daren, thank you for taking the time to comment, great to have you along! I think this is the first video where the sim actually starts to strut its stuff, and i can see this might all be worth it! Kind Regards Karl
Heli Mech Hi Karl I love watching your videos and seeing your amazing progress, I wish I had your knowledge and abilities either way this is my time well spent following the progress and your Sim looks fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻 look forward to the next instalment 👍🏻👍🏻 cheers 🍻
Hello IFLY3 1, thats great advice and will give it a go. Usually i just add a capacitor to dampen the jitter. but finding the root cause is great advice!
Hi Miguel, I am unable to sell parts right now due to my location, even getting parts in like PLA is taking 3 months! Not what you need when you design something and realise you need a part you dont have. Thank you for taking the time to comment! Kind Regards Karl.
I'm making a similar kind of tiller but I was curious how do you know the shaft of the potmeter is perfectly center on it's range of motion before I attach it to the shaft?
Hi Karl, found your videos last week and I am really impressed by the solutions you find and the way you build things. Your build gave me the motivation to start now with my own cockit (speaking about it since 15 years :D). I am looking foreward to see more of your videos!
Hi Stephan, I think that's the million-dollar question that everyone has. That would be the ultimate dream. But for me, this is just a hobby and the sim will remain a fixed base. Over the years I have thought about making a moving base unit. But for the 737 is not currently an option. The last time I looked at the hydraulic jacks they came in at around 6000-12000 pounds each, to which I would require 6. Then you have all the equipment required to run and control the unit. I really can see why the real simulators cost so much. To make things even harder, where would I put it? This thing is already massive and I dread the day we have to return home to our little house in the UK. I am currently designing a heli sim, which is lightweight and hopefully, electric actuators can be used. But that's a future project. probably a bit more of an in-depth answer than you were looking for, but I have thought about it many times over the years. Kind Regards Karl
@@helimech8152 Thanks Karl! There are a lot of wires to connect everything ! I wondered whether you could connect all the devices via network cables and UDP protocol. ipMidi allows you to connect MIDI devices over a computer network. It doesn’t use TCP/IP but instead uses Multipacket UDP which gives it a lot more bandwidth than standard MIDI. If you were to use a UDP layer, you would almost want it to be invisible to the existing client/server software you are using.
Inspirational video again, thank you Karl! I will use a standard European 75mm drainpipe for the yoke column since Markuspilot says it is 76mm in the real NG. I hope to find a yoke neck that fits the 75mm or a 3D print file for the same:)
Great video! I just dont seem t understand how you can make a button/switch/etc. word and or well connect it to your pc (the wirung part). I understand that you need an "IO card", but could you explain this more in detail perhaps in a video and/or what you use and/or how to exactly wire it? I'd love to DIY an overhead but have no idea on how to wire the switched 🤔
Hi Tom, I was supposed to be Dual Yoke, But waiting on parts, its been over 3 months now. So for the time being and to get in the air on both P3D and MSFS2020, im going to get the Captains yoke done first. Once the parts arrive, like carrier bearings, inline turnbuckles, sprockets and chains, then i will convert to dual yoke setup. Also, been thinking a lot recently on the centering mechanism, force feedback and force trim. Hopefully i can get this sorted on the captains side and use is also for the FO side. Kind Regards Karl
Hi Nick Fly, This one made me smile! If you look closely at the start of the taxi, Gatwick is just a field. The trees look better in minecraft! Then P3D strutted its stuff and put a smile on my face! Baby steps, next lets get airborne!
Awesome project. Am I the only one wondering where to find the code for the arduino for this project? I purchased the tiller plans and there is no pention about how to code the arduino to actually make it work. 3D printing is the easy part. Any help would be great
G’day Karl, Fantastic project you’ve made - your wife must be incredibly patient! Your design is just an amazingly simple yet effective solution. So thank you! However, I’m wondering about your pedals? All of your other designs are fantastic, so I’m obviously a bit intrigued what you use. I’ve designed some pedals loosely off the 787, but they aren’t the pedestal style. I’m going to try and adapt your tiller mechanism for the centre and sensor pickup, I think it would be perfect. Perhaps with some increased scale for added strength. Finally, you mentioned using a capacitor to remove the jitter when calibrating. Can you explain this a little more in a video or blog post on your site? I’m sure you would do such a fantastic job at enlightening us all. Best regards down there in Brunei.
Hello Commander, how are you? I am always following your videos and would like to congratulate each one of them. Very interesting and instructive. But now I have a question to ask and if you can answer I am very grateful. In this video, how did you divide the monitors, to have the pilot and co-pilot vision? Can you make a tutorial or give tips? Thank you very much! Joair - Campo Grande - Brazil.
G'day Karl, Two little snippets for you. Check that you have not got your tiller active in the main FS program ( PrePar3D) and FSUIPC. There is conflict if you try to calibrate with both active. It causes the jitters you mentioned. assign in one only. When you assign the "card" in the P3D configuration ....move the tiller so you get a reading on the top bar, the just hit the "A" box next to the assignment box and hey presto ...it finds your Bodnar card assignment automatically. I will try to put something up on my channel soon.
Hello Les, Great to hear from you again! You wouldn't believe the hassle i have of deselecting all the controls in the different programs! You are completely right, if theirs a duplicate control, we spend days trying to figure out why we had no elevators despite the PROSIM showing in the config page all was good. In the end i had move the Elevator control from Prosim, and move it to FSUIPC. Tony that came to have a ho in the sim, had to bounce the aircraft off a hill, or house to get airborne. That flummoxed me. As always Les, Thank you for the advice, it really is appreciated. Im on holiday with my wife Helen right now, but am determined to get the control column sorted next! Kind Regards Karl.
All good..... Contact me when you get to the control column "feel" build,. My setup works very well , and having tried a real one (on the ground) , it feels fairly OK. Have a good break. Regards
Are you designing parts and making them? Were the parts of the mechanism already designed and the printing files provided for the Tiller and the spring? It looks like there's a lot of design work going on.
Hello Desktop Master, The answer is definitely no. FSUIPC 6 doesn't register with MSFS2020, but i know theirs already FSUIPC 7 which i have not tested. Prosim says it talking to a stranger and when you try to run both together, puff the magic dragon appears and the magic smoke comes from the computer! Stick to one or the other lol!
I have got to say what a GREAT SIM in every way m8e. Whats your view on Air Manager with touch screen buttons? I am at the cusp of either building a fully functional 737 home cockpit like you have based your sim on. I have got FS2020 as you can imagine. Do you think I should use Air Manager for all the functions to get the same overall feeling of the sim?. The noises are important as well yes? I have 400mm square Creality CR-X dual colour FDM and Resin Photon printers but the costs can be immense when you start adding up the costs of the buttons/interface boards and god knows how much MDF you have used yeah!. Your comments are welcome on that. I think you in IT like me yes! I come from the 8bit days 20yrs ago and building a home cockpits would have cost £30k and 5xCRT monitors/computers... You get the point. I have tried before with an AutoPilot Self Contained (Blackbox solution) with other bespoke hardware which cost £500+ from Australia for AP and list goes on. And other add-ons which in all via FSUPC was clunky.... Look forward to your reply. Regards, Andy ps. I started a while ago as I said but with 480p Projectors with the CRT's and there was too much heat!!!! 35c in Winter lol. I boarded up the windows to keep the light out. You get my point... I think...
Loving the videos! Would love one going over all the software you use and the startup process! Also, do you happen to know of any programs that would allow me to setup some panels to work with fs2020? Thanks!
Hello Pluto! Great to hear from you and thank you for the kind words. That video is in the making of the start up and graphics. As for fs2020 software, i'm still playing around and learning myself! Not yet in short! Kind Regards Karl
Hi Steve, i used RV24YN 20S HQ POT 10K Ohm just type this number into eBay or Amazon. Make sure you find the cheapest! as some of the seller's prices are ridiculous! Look for the ones around 2-3 USD/Euros each. Better still there even cheaper if you buy in 10 qty. Kind Regards Karl
Heli Mech great, on another note what’s a good rotary switch with say 4 positions to use with the leo card as they offer 12 positions but I don’t want to loose 12 slots? Cheers!
Hi. It is immediately obvious that you are a trained avionics/aircraft tech because of the way you wire it up - lovely. My degree was in avionics so I have done this sort of wiring before and it is mega rewarding to see it all beautifully loomed and laced. Question: have you used a VR headset in your 737 simulator? I know that kinda defeats the point of building such a faithful, accurate cockpit, but I want to get back into the air soon (PPL & IMCr holder), and would like to use the new MS flight Sim (or maybe even Xplane11) to practise cockpit checks/memory items, but It is much, MUCH more realistic to have a real instrument panel. I'd really like to be in a VR headset, but able to operate switches on a real instrument panel - do you think VR headsets (specifically the tracking technology) would present an accurate enough virtual panel that the panel switches would feel exactly where the VR picture shows them to be? I am kinda suspecting that's a 'no', but I'm asking in case the tech is better than I'm giving it credit for? Sorry for the long question!
Hello Edward, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Thank you for the great comment. I haven't tried MSFS in virtual reality, but I know a lot of people cant get enough of it. Is it good enough to carry out cockpit checks and muscle memory programming. Really im not sure. But i would hazard a guess to some extent. But nothing is going to beat sitting in a full sim cockpit to practice just that, especially when there's no consequences when you get it wrong. The good thing about Prosim is the included instructors station, which tells you what ha been missed or needs to be completed as you go through the checks. Prosim however, is type specific, where as MSFS in virtual reality, you download the aircraft type and your ready to go. I think what I'm trying to say here, is that i have no real quality advice to give here! Either option can be a costly experience to start out with! Kind Regards Karl
I'm finally getting to the 3D printed bits for my sim. What 3D printer do you recommend - there are so many choices! Looking forward to building the tiller! Thanks again Karl
Good Morning, It has to be over 30 USB ports at the moment, i seem to be adding them all the time. Luckily MobiFlight creator Sebastian has improved the startup times and everything now runs smoothly. Kind Regards Karl
@@helimech8152 Fantasic job with both your cockpit and the videos. I'm actually up in the 30 ports myself for my 320 DIY homecockpit. But I am having many problems the USB connections. After every PC boot there are several devices not recognised (Mega2560, LeoBodnar836 and/or Ultimarc Packled64 cards). Swapping the affected device to another port or even to another hub often does not recover the device. I have updated w10, uodated the BIOS, disabled energy savings, removed all USB services in device manager to reinstall their drivers. I changed the USB cables and removed any long USB cables. I have changed the power supplies of the USB hubs. All my hubs are powered USB3.0 hubs and I even installed an extra PCIe 4x USB3.0 port card. But the problem is still not solved. According to a moderator of Mobiflight any modern PC should be able to handle 128 USB devices, but it looks like my PC doesn't agree. I7 6700k, 16Gb ram, GPU1080, PSU 700w. Would you have any suggestion what could be the issue?
The CNC was just a slapped together item that i never actually thought id get to work but just wanted to see how it went. There no build plans or links as its very old and was just made from an idea in my head. Any info I do have is under the getting started menu on the website. Kind Regards Karl
I have tried to connect my encoders to my PMDG737NGX via mobiflight but nothing happens, when I turn the encoder. In mobiflight I have exactly programmed everything the same like you did in your MCP tutorial video. I used the offsets that you used but nothing happens.
Hello CocoNo, I use 3 different boards in the sim: Arduino Micro, Arduino Leonardo Leobonar BUX036A Micro is my favourite as its small and cheap. But requires a dedicated joystick sketch to function. Kind Regards Karl
@@helimech8152 interesting... I use the adafruit pro micro I just wanted to know if yhere was a better option. Since the pro micro only has 1024 bit analog resolution and it requires programming. Also that the pc can only deal with one arduino at once
Hi Baris AK, Its coming, But i have no operating Control Column right now, and we have to bounce the aircraft off a hill or house to get airborne (something i don't really want to show on video lol). Its the next job on the list to get right. If i can produce all the controls like the tiller, i'd be a very happy man! Kind Regards Karl.
Hello Friend Karl!! I am here again. How are you?? I hope it's okay. Can you help me? I'm using two identical machines to run the x plane, but when configuring there is a very long delay from one screen to another. how you connect your machines. help me please friend! Thank you very much
Hi Cyro, Im really sorry, but i have never used Xplane and unable to help on this matter. I dont even know who you would ask, but i think you may need to find an Xpalne forum to post on. Kind Regards Karl.
Eu estou trabalhando nisso! esse seria o meu emprego dos sonhos! provavelmente recebo olhares estranhos quando me vêem tirando fotos e medindo todas as partes!
@@helimech8152 Henrik here. Thanks for that. I thought this must be a much easier project. 3x12inch displays, 4x7inch and finally 1x3,5inch and no soldering for the fmc, way fewer buttons. All screens are ordered so i Will update with another video. Kinda got the idea from air manager, but I thought that there was way too much constructions in programming panels (and expensive), so i thought there must be a easier solution, hence the Raspberry Pi screen sharing over network without using additional software. Since each RPI have 2 HDMI outputs i will try out if i can drive 2 displays on each PI, but my plan A is to use one RPI for each display but I will see. A Pi 4 is roughly 32 USD here in Denmark. With a small 7 inch display its a small 1.5 amps. Encoders, led, buttons is driven seperatly by arduino.
"I've designed a new me......" Of course you have you legend changing the way these sims are made is awesome
Hi Riley, Probably one of my favourite comments to date and made me chuckle! AWESOME and thank you from afar! Kind Regards Karl
7:38 That happy face! (We ALL smilled =))
Hi Fillep, Indeed! Still smiling now!
If you're a aviation enthusiast, young and talented, I highly recommend Heli's videos as a blue print to building this amazing project. Get busy kids!
Stay safe in Bruni...
Thank you again!
You are a God send and just a wonderful human being.Ive been afraid never knowing where to start but I'm not afraid anymore.
Hi Shameem, Thank you and humbled!
I have watched every video build since the begining and now i want to build this my self
I printed the triller handle last year and now I have the motivation to complete the installation. Another great solution... thanks for your contribution.
Hi Olin, Great to hear from you, and thank you for the kind words. This as a simple build and pleased to say works better than i ever expected! Now i just need to get the other controls like this one! Kind Regards Karl.
Hey Karl, I have been following you for quite a long time, fantastic job. I can tell you have really developed quite a few awesome talents for engineering and building. Being an older guy as well you have inspired me to start building my own flight sim as well. So far the wife is supportive, but will see as time goes on. GOOD JOB!
Hi Dan, Great to hear from you and humbled by your words. Please just drop me a line if you get stuck. Kind Regards Karl
Another lovely video. Fascinated by the centering mechanism. I'm like a kid in a candy store in this channel.
Humbled by your kind words, Thank You and Kind regards Karl
Absolutely outstanding. Congratulations for your work.
HI Benjamin, Humbled and thank you! Kind Regards Karl
Well, yet again ......another work of art, thanks again and again Karl! ,Keep em coming .
Hi Mick! Thank you!
Thanks for the design inspiration! I will start my concorde sim project in a few moments and those engineering ideas are great!
Amazing. A very good job.
Congratulations from Spain
Hi Carlos, Thank you very much and kind Regards Karl
Nice work Karl :)
Thanks!
Bros your channel!! I'm hooked!! Ty sooo much man so much I get to start me dream with your help! Ty
Glkad to have helped!
Brilliant Karl! Great vid!
Hi Danno1502, Thank you, this was fun to make! Kind Regards Karl
Fantastic series - excellent job - there's no way that most people would have your skills and access to materials to build one - I agree with others - you should mass produce and sell it - I would buy it
Hi Warwick, Unfortunately due to my location that is not currently possible. I am unable to produce any part to sell and ship right now. I am relying on other simmers to buy the plans and sell the parts to others at a reasonable price! However, the ones i see on eBay are silly prices! (the whole idea of this website was to inspire others and show you don't need a lot of money to get started. But of course it helps! Thank you for commenting and the support. Kind Regards Karl
Hi! I'm a 13 year-old romanian aviation enthusiast that has a 3d printer. I just found your website and I find it amazing that someone put so much work in to completely redesign the cockpit of a 737 in order for it to be easily made at home. Can you please tell me how to get started, how much the files for the whole cockpit cost (or if i get them separatly are they free?) and if I can use only my 3d printer to manufacture the parts?
KEEP WORK HARD GUY!
Loving the slugs comment 😂😂 another cracking video watching your sim progress is superb 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Hi Daren, thank you for taking the time to comment, great to have you along! I think this is the first video where the sim actually starts to strut its stuff, and i can see this might all be worth it! Kind Regards Karl
Heli Mech Hi Karl
I love watching your videos and seeing your amazing progress, I wish I had your knowledge and abilities either way this is my time well spent following the progress and your Sim looks fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻 look forward to the next instalment 👍🏻👍🏻 cheers 🍻
brillent Karl as usual keep going mate.
Thank you Sir! Much appreciated and thank you for the kind words. Karl
absolutely brilliant piece of work sir :D you rock !!
Thank you so much 😀
Great job Karl,I find leo bodnar cards dont play well on USB hubs,it causes those jitters.
Hello IFLY3 1, thats great advice and will give it a go. Usually i just add a capacitor to dampen the jitter. but finding the root cause is great advice!
I take my hat off to you, well done, you should mass produce it and sell it.
Hi Miguel, I am unable to sell parts right now due to my location, even getting parts in like PLA is taking 3 months! Not what you need when you design something and realise you need a part you dont have. Thank you for taking the time to comment! Kind Regards Karl.
I'm making a similar kind of tiller but I was curious how do you know the shaft of the potmeter is perfectly center on it's range of motion before I attach it to the shaft?
If I decide to build home cockpit, you are going to be my best friend.
Cheers! I look forward to it, Karl
Hi Karl, found your videos last week and I am really impressed by the solutions you find and the way you build things. Your build gave me the motivation to start now with my own cockit (speaking about it since 15 years :D). I am looking foreward to see more of your videos!
Welcome aboard! Great to hear from you! Inspiring others was the whole idea around starting this UA-cam channel and website. Thank You!
You should put this in a shipping container mounted on hydraulic jacks!
Hi Stephan,
I think that's the million-dollar question that everyone has. That would be the ultimate dream. But for me, this is just a hobby and the sim will remain a fixed base. Over the years I have thought about making a moving base unit. But for the 737 is not currently an option. The last time I looked at the hydraulic jacks they came in at around 6000-12000 pounds each, to which I would require 6. Then you have all the equipment required to run and control the unit. I really can see why the real simulators cost so much. To make things even harder, where would I put it? This thing is already massive and I dread the day we have to return home to our little house in the UK. I am currently designing a heli sim, which is lightweight and hopefully, electric actuators can be used. But that's a future project. probably a bit more of an in-depth answer than you were looking for, but I have thought about it many times over the years. Kind Regards Karl
@@helimech8152 Thanks Karl! There are a lot of wires to connect everything ! I wondered whether you could connect all the devices via network cables and UDP protocol. ipMidi allows you to connect MIDI devices over a computer network.
It doesn’t use TCP/IP but instead uses Multipacket UDP which gives it a lot more bandwidth than standard MIDI. If you were to use a UDP layer, you would almost want it to be invisible to the existing client/server software you are using.
Inspirational video again, thank you Karl! I will use a standard European 75mm drainpipe for the yoke column since Markuspilot says it is 76mm in the real NG. I hope to find a yoke neck that fits the 75mm or a 3D print file for the same:)
Great video! I just dont seem t understand how you can make a button/switch/etc. word and or well connect it to your pc (the wirung part). I understand that you need an "IO card", but could you explain this more in detail perhaps in a video and/or what you use and/or how to exactly wire it? I'd love to DIY an overhead but have no idea on how to wire the switched 🤔
Good Job, saludos from Mexico
Hi Jorge! Thank you very much! Greetings from Brunei!
Bravo! Wish I had a quarter of your talent. So looking forward to the Yoke build. Will it be a dual yoke with both Captain and FO sides working?
Hi Tom, I was supposed to be Dual Yoke, But waiting on parts, its been over 3 months now. So for the time being and to get in the air on both P3D and MSFS2020, im going to get the Captains yoke done first. Once the parts arrive, like carrier bearings, inline turnbuckles, sprockets and chains, then i will convert to dual yoke setup. Also, been thinking a lot recently on the centering mechanism, force feedback and force trim. Hopefully i can get this sorted on the captains side and use is also for the FO side.
Kind Regards Karl
Great job)
Hi Nick Fly, This one made me smile! If you look closely at the start of the taxi, Gatwick is just a field. The trees look better in minecraft! Then P3D strutted its stuff and put a smile on my face! Baby steps, next lets get airborne!
Heyy friend Karl! Amazing flight deck!!!! What is the angle of tvs that you put for left and right?? Tks a lot friend!!!
Hey dude, the next video is the tv setup, they are hinges and the angle is completely what you feel happy with!
@@helimech8152 owww pretty good friend Karl!!! I will waiting. Good week for you and Family!! Bye bye
Awesome project. Am I the only one wondering where to find the code for the arduino for this project? I purchased the tiller plans and there is no pention about how to code the arduino to actually make it work. 3D printing is the easy part. Any help would be great
G’day Karl,
Fantastic project you’ve made - your wife must be incredibly patient!
Your design is just an amazingly simple yet effective solution. So thank you!
However, I’m wondering about your pedals? All of your other designs are fantastic, so I’m obviously a bit intrigued what you use. I’ve designed some pedals loosely off the 787, but they aren’t the pedestal style. I’m going to try and adapt your tiller mechanism for the centre and sensor pickup, I think it would be perfect. Perhaps with some increased scale for added strength.
Finally, you mentioned using a capacitor to remove the jitter when calibrating. Can you explain this a little more in a video or blog post on your site? I’m sure you would do such a fantastic job at enlightening us all.
Best regards down there in Brunei.
Hi RB, thank you. I will add a diagram about the capacitor soon. It seems to help quite a few. Merry Christmas Karl
Hello Commander, how are you?
I am always following your videos and would like to congratulate each one of them. Very interesting and instructive. But now I have a question to ask and if you can answer I am very grateful. In this video, how did you divide the monitors, to have the pilot and co-pilot vision? Can you make a tutorial or give tips? Thank you very much! Joair - Campo Grande - Brazil.
Thanks Heli MEch ;)
Hi, and thank you! Hope it made you smile!
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Ordan yazarsan görüşürüz 👍
Hello. What potentiometer are you using? There are so many and I'm trying to find a high quality one that won't fail on me after a couple months.
Hi Greg, the pots are called: RV24YN 20S HQ POT 10K Ohm
@@helimech8152 Thank you!
Could you make a video explaining how to program potentiometers? Greetings!!
Hi Kurk, In this video i show how to do it with a leobodnar card. Its just as simple with an Arduino Micro Pro. They just replicate a joystick card.
G'day Karl,
Two little snippets for you. Check that you have not got your tiller active in the main FS program ( PrePar3D) and FSUIPC. There is conflict if you try to calibrate with both active. It causes the jitters you mentioned. assign in one only.
When you assign the "card" in the P3D configuration ....move the tiller so you get a reading on the top bar, the just hit the "A" box next to the assignment box and hey presto ...it finds your Bodnar card assignment automatically. I will try to put something up on my channel soon.
Hello Les, Great to hear from you again! You wouldn't believe the hassle i have of deselecting all the controls in the different programs! You are completely right, if theirs a duplicate control, we spend days trying to figure out why we had no elevators despite the PROSIM showing in the config page all was good. In the end i had move the Elevator control from Prosim, and move it to FSUIPC. Tony that came to have a ho in the sim, had to bounce the aircraft off a hill, or house to get airborne. That flummoxed me. As always Les, Thank you for the advice, it really is appreciated. Im on holiday with my wife Helen right now, but am determined to get the control column sorted next! Kind Regards Karl.
All good..... Contact me when you get to the control column "feel" build,. My setup works very well , and having tried a real one (on the ground) , it feels fairly OK.
Have a good break.
Regards
Are you designing parts and making them? Were the parts of the mechanism already designed and the printing files provided for the Tiller and the spring? It looks like there's a lot of design work going on.
Design work is now 90% of what i do. I dont bother to try and create anything these days without it working or designed in CAD first
Wow!
Hello, i would like to ask, will it work on Flightsim 2020?
ps: you inspired me to do my own cockpit, so i was just wondering that.
Hello Desktop Master, The answer is definitely no. FSUIPC 6 doesn't register with MSFS2020, but i know theirs already FSUIPC 7 which i have not tested. Prosim says it talking to a stranger and when you try to run both together, puff the magic dragon appears and the magic smoke comes from the computer! Stick to one or the other lol!
Heli Mech oh, well what would you recommend me to use? Or should i just wait Till a Solution is there?
I have got to say what a GREAT SIM in every way m8e. Whats your view on Air Manager with touch screen buttons? I am at the cusp of either building a fully functional 737 home cockpit like you have based your sim on. I have got FS2020 as you can imagine. Do you think I should use Air Manager for all the functions to get the same overall feeling of the sim?. The noises are important as well yes? I have 400mm square Creality CR-X dual colour FDM and Resin Photon printers but the costs can be immense when you start adding up the costs of the buttons/interface boards and god knows how much MDF you have used yeah!. Your comments are welcome on that. I think you in IT like me yes! I come from the 8bit days 20yrs ago and building a home cockpits would have cost £30k and 5xCRT monitors/computers... You get the point. I have tried before with an AutoPilot Self Contained (Blackbox solution) with other bespoke hardware which cost £500+ from Australia for AP and list goes on. And other add-ons which in all via FSUPC was clunky.... Look forward to your reply. Regards, Andy ps. I started a while ago as I said but with 480p Projectors with the CRT's and there was too much heat!!!! 35c in Winter lol. I boarded up the windows to keep the light out. You get my point... I think...
Loving the videos! Would love one going over all the software you use and the startup process! Also, do you happen to know of any programs that would allow me to setup some panels to work with fs2020? Thanks!
Hello Pluto! Great to hear from you and thank you for the kind words. That video is in the making of the start up and graphics. As for fs2020 software, i'm still playing around and learning myself! Not yet in short! Kind Regards Karl
HI, great design, did you use a leo pot switch? if not what type did use, thanks
Hi Steve, i used
RV24YN 20S
HQ POT 10K Ohm
just type this number into eBay or Amazon. Make sure you find the cheapest! as some of the seller's prices are ridiculous! Look for the ones around 2-3 USD/Euros each. Better still there even cheaper if you buy in 10 qty.
Kind Regards
Karl
Heli Mech great, on another note what’s a good rotary switch with say 4 positions to use with the leo card as they offer 12 positions but I don’t want to loose 12 slots? Cheers!
Hi. It is immediately obvious that you are a trained avionics/aircraft tech because of the way you wire it up - lovely. My degree was in avionics so I have done this sort of wiring before and it is mega rewarding to see it all beautifully loomed and laced.
Question: have you used a VR headset in your 737 simulator? I know that kinda defeats the point of building such a faithful, accurate cockpit, but I want to get back into the air soon (PPL & IMCr holder), and would like to use the new MS flight Sim (or maybe even Xplane11) to practise cockpit checks/memory items, but It is much, MUCH more realistic to have a real instrument panel. I'd really like to be in a VR headset, but able to operate switches on a real instrument panel - do you think VR headsets (specifically the tracking technology) would present an accurate enough virtual panel that the panel switches would feel exactly where the VR picture shows them to be? I am kinda suspecting that's a 'no', but I'm asking in case the tech is better than I'm giving it credit for?
Sorry for the long question!
Hello Edward, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Thank you for the great comment. I haven't tried MSFS in virtual reality, but I know a lot of people cant get enough of it. Is it good enough to carry out cockpit checks and muscle memory programming. Really im not sure. But i would hazard a guess to some extent. But nothing is going to beat sitting in a full sim cockpit to practice just that, especially when there's no consequences when you get it wrong. The good thing about Prosim is the included instructors station, which tells you what ha been missed or needs to be completed as you go through the checks. Prosim however, is type specific, where as MSFS in virtual reality, you download the aircraft type and your ready to go. I think what I'm trying to say here, is that i have no real quality advice to give here! Either option can be a costly experience to start out with! Kind Regards Karl
I'm finally getting to the 3D printed bits for my sim. What 3D printer do you recommend - there are so many choices! Looking forward to building the tiller! Thanks again Karl
Hi, great job. Are you using the FDS MIP? Also where did you get your overhead and side panels from
Hello K Bates, my MIP and side panels are self made, but my overhead is from www.cockpitsimparts.co.uk which i can not recommend highly enough!
@@helimech8152 Self made, looks like you've done a great job with those, they look really good
I'm a stingy ass dude with my subscribe button...... You've earned this lol
Well that made me laugh! Cheers!
How many USB ports are you using to make the whole thing work?
Good Morning, It has to be over 30 USB ports at the moment, i seem to be adding them all the time. Luckily MobiFlight creator Sebastian has improved the startup times and everything now runs smoothly. Kind Regards Karl
@@helimech8152 Fantasic job with both your cockpit and the videos. I'm actually up in the 30 ports myself for my 320 DIY homecockpit. But I am having many problems the USB connections. After every PC boot there are several devices not recognised (Mega2560, LeoBodnar836 and/or Ultimarc Packled64 cards). Swapping the affected device to another port or even to another hub often does not recover the device. I have updated w10, uodated the BIOS, disabled energy savings, removed all USB services in device manager to reinstall their drivers. I changed the USB cables and removed any long USB cables. I have changed the power supplies of the USB hubs. All my hubs are powered USB3.0 hubs and I even installed an extra PCIe 4x USB3.0 port card. But the problem is still not solved. According to a moderator of Mobiflight any modern PC should be able to handle 128 USB devices, but it looks like my PC doesn't agree. I7 6700k, 16Gb ram, GPU1080, PSU 700w. Would you have any suggestion what could be the issue?
Amazing video! Can you send me a link where you did buy the led-buttons for you diy mcp, I will not buy them on ebay or amazan,
Hello, Please check out the website links for the buttons. Unfortunately they expire all the time. I think it under getting started/$38 DIY MCP
Hello, wondering how much it would cost to just make a mcu panel? Is it at all possible for $200?
Hello RexxRoyce, do you mean the MCP?
Heli Mech yes my bad
What the blue board called ? I can’t find it on amazon
Hello Curse, Thats a leobondar interface card. Its expensive compared to a arduino Leonardo though.
Seems your CNC Machines is home made can I have I link if it’s build by you please.
The CNC was just a slapped together item that i never actually thought id get to work but just wanted to see how it went. There no build plans or links as its very old and was just made from an idea in my head. Any info I do have is under the getting started menu on the website. Kind Regards Karl
yeahhh !
Hi Wills Thank You!
I have tried to connect my encoders to my PMDG737NGX via mobiflight but nothing happens, when I turn the encoder. In mobiflight I have exactly programmed everything the same like you did in your MCP tutorial video. I used the offsets that you used but nothing happens.
I have the solution! Nice vid
Awesome! Just catching up on comments now! Sorry for the delay!
Bro, what sim are you using, i mean, if is xplane, Microsoft one or what...
Hello, I now use MSFS 2020 across all 3 sims. It's eye candybat it's best and low level flying blows the mind!
what board do you use to get analog to usb?
Hello CocoNo, I use 3 different boards in the sim:
Arduino Micro,
Arduino Leonardo
Leobonar BUX036A
Micro is my favourite as its small and cheap. But requires a dedicated joystick sketch to function.
Kind Regards Karl
@@helimech8152 interesting...
I use the adafruit pro micro
I just wanted to know if yhere was a better option. Since the pro micro only has 1024 bit analog resolution and it requires programming. Also that the pc can only deal with one arduino at once
Hi what software you using?
Hi Sav, I use, P3D/MSFS2020, Mobiflight & Prosim.
BRO CAN YOU RECORD FULL FLIGHT VIDEOS WE WANT +1
Hi Baris AK, Its coming, But i have no operating Control Column right now, and we have to bounce the aircraft off a hill or house to get airborne (something i don't really want to show on video lol). Its the next job on the list to get right. If i can produce all the controls like the tiller, i'd be a very happy man! Kind Regards Karl.
Hello Friend Karl!! I am here again. How are you?? I hope it's okay. Can you help me? I'm using two identical machines to run the x plane, but when configuring there is a very long delay from one screen to another. how you connect your machines. help me please friend! Thank you very much
Hi Cyro, Im really sorry, but i have never used Xplane and unable to help on this matter. I dont even know who you would ask, but i think you may need to find an Xpalne forum to post on. Kind Regards Karl.
@@helimech8152 goodd!! I will try on forun. Tks friend Karl!!!
Can I ask you why you live in Brunei?
Its where i work on 3 or 4 Bell 212 helicopters. Its a fantastic place and very safe!
só falta pouco para ser um engenheiro da boeing
Eu estou trabalhando nisso! esse seria o meu emprego dos sonhos! provavelmente recebo olhares estranhos quando me vêem tirando fotos e medindo todas as partes!
@@helimech8152 vc sempre sera uma grande inspiração para todos que acham ,que isso não vai dar !!!
Helu Mech, finally got it to work...ua-cam.com/video/_gqqRiQLUXY/v-deo.html. 3500 nm with a cessna in fs 2020 an no need for so much soldering
Hello! Just watched your video. Great Work!
@@helimech8152 Henrik here. Thanks for that. I thought this must be a much easier project. 3x12inch displays, 4x7inch and finally 1x3,5inch and no soldering for the fmc, way fewer buttons. All screens are ordered so i Will update with another video.
Kinda got the idea from air manager, but I thought that there was way too much constructions in programming panels (and expensive), so i thought there must be a easier solution, hence the Raspberry Pi screen sharing over network without using additional software.
Since each RPI have 2 HDMI outputs i will try out if i can drive 2 displays on each PI, but my plan A is to use one RPI for each display but I will see. A Pi 4 is roughly 32 USD here in Denmark. With a small 7 inch display its a small 1.5 amps.
Encoders, led, buttons is driven seperatly by arduino.
What's that on the left screen! CRAP!
I Think that is Prosim you are refering to.