Al, go take a peek at www.simpits.org g.
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > Very nice piece of kit - but a little costly. I've been toying with the idea > of building my own generic single seat cockpit unit. I do MIDI, LCD, Serial > and Keyboard interface controllers. Recently I've got hold of some USB chips > and have been planning to make some control panels for FlightGear. I'm > wondering how many people would be interested in developing some 'open-source' > hardware for FlightGear? We have facilities here including precision CNC > milling and drilling, circuit board fabrication and welding. I'd be quite > happy to do general control panels at a price little over cost or provide the > circuit board and chips. > > I'm not too familar on how FlightGear handles inputs and frankly I don't want > to start getting involved in developing software on the 'other' side on the > control panel. I think USB would be a good choice of interface as it would > allow for flexible configuration over time. > > My rough ideas for a generic cockpit would be based on a tubular aliminium > frame and supporting structure for displays, PC and controls, with optional > plywood cladding for the outside. Internally panels would be held with a steel > frame supporting structure. My aims are to make the cockpit as simple to build > as possible. This should be easier to achieve if taking a generic approach > rather than trying to model the cockpit on a actual aircraft. > > I don't know if this is the right place to be discussing this (is the devel > mail-list intended for software development? If so could a hardware development > mail-list be set up?). > > I'd be happy to hear from anyone interested, even if it's only ideas at this > point in time. > > All the best, > Al > > Quoting Jon Berndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > F-16 cockpit: > > > > http://www.aimsworth.com/ > > > > Jon > > > > -- > > > > Project Coordinator > > JSBSim Flight Dynamics Model > > http://www.jsbsim.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flightgear-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
