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Friday, May 25, 2012

Operational Boeing IRS Panel


This is one of our latest products, an operating simulation 
of the IRS display panel used in Boeing aircraft.


The panel is 146mm wide and 114mm high, with the mounting holes 
(through dummy Dzus fasteners) in the correct positions.


The display window is 118mm wide and 15mm high, and shows N/S and 5 digits, 
and E/W and 6 digits. Small dots show the delineation between Degrees, Minutes, 
and Decimal Minutes, and the data is updated every second.

The DSPL SEL switch alters the display to show the appropriate data :
TEST Checks no digits have failed
TK/GS - Track and Ground Speed
PPOS - Present Position
WIND - Wind Direction and Speed
HDG/STS - Heading and Status


 The Keypad is a dummy feature only, as it is currently not possible 
to set the aircraft's position in this manner from within FS9 (or FSX)

The SYS DSPL switch is also dummy only, as most 
simulators don't have two redundant IRS systems.


The IRS panel is connected to our driver board with ribbon cables (shown to the right), 
and the board connects to the Flight Simulator PC via USB. The board needs 
5Volts DC to power it, and as we normally use a Computer Power Supply, 
we have already fitted the appropriate socket on the board.


The supplied software is simple to install, and the 
USB drivers for the board are supplied as well.

Below a short video from our YouTube channel describing some of its operation:


Purchasing details for this products can be found here

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Boeing 727 Radios

As you might already know, one of our latest projects was to design and build an operational set of Boeing 727 Radios for a builder in Norway. After several weeks of email discussion, preliminary calculations, various prototypes, and copious amounts of bubble-wrap packaging, the completed radios were sent ... 

And below are some photographs that we've kindly been sent of the units now sitting in the real pedestal box for which they were designed  ...





Although the radios aren't hooked up to the simulator yet, the video below shows them being operated on our work bench prior to being sent. 


Following are a couple of links relating to this particular build
(links should open in a new window):

The audio in the above clip runs through a lot of their operation, 
although more details are available through our website.


Thanks Tor!