August 8, 200520 yr Hi,I'm building a '737ng like' cockpit, captain side only, but not the real thing, far from absolutely hardcore.Ok, very quick question not to bother you too long.I need to buy a Throttle quadrant, rudders, MCP and EFIS.What i'm planning :- MCP and EFIS from CPFlight- Throttle quadrant from GoFLight- Rudders from GoFLightSome of you guys may have these hardwares running, would you recommand me to go with my order without a doubt ?Or do you recommand other products not mentionned ?I saw a MCP+EFIS from PFC but can not find the price...MCP from FDS need wiring and is far from too expensive, i need a plug n play stuff.I must say i have a limited budget, so no question about buying a 3.000 $ throttle quadrant here...Thank you
August 8, 200520 yr a good way to spend money is to built them but you need to be good in manual works ...There's lots of tutorials to build real copy of throttle quadrant with wood, aluminium and PVC, and you've some cheap interface to link it with FS like the USBAxes card of www.opencockpits.com which permit to use 5 potentiometers and many buttons recognise like a joysticks without any software ...look at www.FScockpit.comBOB
August 8, 200520 yr Hi,Yeah actually i did not tell the whole story, but i did a complete MCP for my 737 with IOcards... and it works !The bad is that it is not very good work, not very realistic, and all those wires are a mess, i suspect lot of maintenance due to bad soldering, etc.(By the way Iocards is really GREAT STUFF.)Well in fact i've given up soldering complicated stuff such as 7s displays, too much work, too much frustration. When people have 2 left hands, they must forget completing manual works.So, i decided to bank for plug and play stuff, that is the only way for me to enjoy my sim... i like so much USB...Well i'm very close to send my order to GoFlight for those Throttle quadrant and rudders, it seems good stuff.I just wanted to be sure nobody says : "no ! don't buy it, not has good as it appears to be..."But it seems all is ok, so i might go for itStill waiting for CP flight MCP though
August 23, 200619 yr Hi. Houston we have a problem PLEASE....You can help me? :-( I have MCP+EFIS and Goflight, but when I execute FS_COM.EXE leds of Goflight are extinguished. It is as if the MCP took the control and annulled the modules of Goflight. You know the reason and of solving it? Thanks Arturo
August 25, 200619 yr I think that a company called "Engravity" is partnering with PMDG to build a 737 NG throttle ####'y. I don't however know how far along in the development process they are with the PMDG folks. Anybody want to chime in here with some details if you have them?Regards,jack
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