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1: EXAMPLES.

2: COMMUNITY.

- An impression.

- User groups and forums.

- Links to other cockpit builders.

- Links to suppliers.

3: HOW TO GET STARTED.

- Building blocks of a flight simul....

- The 5 questions to ask .

- Cockpit specifications .

- Panel construction.

- Hull construction.

4: GAME PC.

- Microsoft Flight Simulator.

- Interface software.

- Mouse simulation.

5: COCKPIT INTERFACE.

- Keyboard emulator.

- Special interface solutions.

- PC and interface cards.

- Micro controllers.

- Data communication.

6: COCKPIT ELEMENTS.

- Various switches.

- Panel mounted indicators.

- Mechanical gauges.

- CRT-based gauges.

- Radio and navigation instruments.

- Flight controls.

- Display system.

- Sound system.

- Speech system.

- Vibration system.

- Motion system.

- G-force system.

- Ventilation system.

- Complementary simulation.

7: FINAL REMARKS.

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Acknowledgements.

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Contact information.

3.3 Cockpit specifications

 

 

When the objective is to develop a flight simulator cockpit based on a real aircraft one of the first steps is to work out the correct specifications. An important step in creating a cockpit structure with a realistic interior (and possibly exterior) is to obtain a blueprint and/or manuals. Finding good materials is not always easy and often requires significant search efforts (on Internet). Besides e-Bay possible sources to start are:

 

- AircraftCADPages 

- Aerotec Data  

- Avsoft  

- AvTrainingSolutions 

- BobsAirDoc 

- eFlightManuals 

- EsscoAircraft 

- FlightManualsOnCD  

- MeriWeather

- NewportAero

- OldManuals  

- RareAviation

- Simviation

 

A very interesting approach for creating a blue print based on pictures is described by Joe Bosnjak at F16Sim in the section "Concepts" behind the tab "Hull drawing". The approach is based on the use of a raster to vector conversion tool called WinTopo.

 

Other sources of information are:

- The A340 project site in the file section 

- AV Training Solutions  

- The boeing 737 technical site  

- B737 MRG  

- B767 dimensions

- B777 dimensions 

- Unofficial Airbus Study Site 

- F-16.net 

- The "Pictures of design" section at 747 Simulator

- Look for "Dimensions" and "DXF" on Todd Ferrante's Simulation Cockpit Page    

 

An overview of free CAD drawing programs can for instance be found at FreeByte. Keep however in mind that making detailed construction drawings is not a "must". It is very well possible to build your cockpit based on very global hand drawn sketches. What ever fits you best.