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Electric Setup (Pedestal), Starter-,Switching- and ECAM Panels
 The ready Starter -, Switching -, and ECAM panels for the pedestal are built in and connected. In a first step, I have electric modified the pedestal for the individual panels. An old AT computer power adapter provide the pedestal seperat with 5 - and 12V voltage. All pedestal panels are connected over 2 Opencockpits Mastercards, 4 input boards, 2 output boards and one 7Sement board.
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Parking Brake Panel
For my first flight setup I have still connected the Parking Brake. The Rudder Trim Control is also connected, but not not programmed yet. In addition I have connected in the Pedestal two other Master- and Displaycards of Opencockpits. I am very hopefully to get the Gravity Gear Extensionmuch over Cockpitsonic. The program code for the connected pedestal parts is ok. EFIS and FCU I must still improve about SIOC! The last week I have got my Overhead with hardware of Flightdecksolutions from Canada!
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Mechanics II
 During these days I have finished the installation, connection and programing of gear, flaps and speed brakes.
I have provided for the people who also use the IO Cards of Opencockpits on my new download side the single SIOC codes
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 My mechanics for flaps ,Speedbrakes and Gear are ready for the installation in January. At the moment I do a Glareshield revision. For the QNH input on the Efis Panel I have still built a new mechanics.
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Multipurpose Control and Display Unit, MCDU
 In 2004 I bought the Elite MCDU from Flightdeck Solutions. At that time, no keyboard encoder of FDS was still delivered. Also the connections for the 69 illuminated inputs were not clear. I have solved these problems. From IO Cards, I have bought a Keyboard encoder for 88 inputs. First I have measured the matrix of the Flightdeck Solutions PCB and transferred this matrix to the IO Cards keyboard encoder matrix. I have directly connected a cable with a 12 Ohm resistor from the 5 volts encoder power supply to the Flightdeck Solutions MCDU power supply. Trough the resistor 3 volts are destroyed and the LED's of the 69 inputs with 4 mA shines through the IO Card keyboard encoder power. I have bought a 5" Play Station monitor with Ebay. I conneced the monitor over a GeForce 4 graphics card with TV Out to a resolution of 800x600. Quite important! Please isulate the metal framework of the PS1 monitor. Otherwise you receive problems with the Flightdeck Solutions PCB.
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Throttle Finishing
 After the assembly of the individual levels, I have connected the potentiometers to the USB Axes Card of IO Cards and have calibrated over the FCUIPC. The trimwheels made with MDF wood and coated with hoses. At the end al pieces are varnished. Into the pillar for the Throttle, I installed two EL tubes of Conrad at 12 volts for the illumination.
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Throttle Mechanics and Flightsticks Part 1
 After the varnishing of the levers, I have installed the button for the "autothrottle disconnect". The mechanics for the revers thrust is included by Flightdecksolutions individually and must be assembled first! You can see the mechanical transposition for the thrust control in the pictures. About the axis of the Levers, I have fortified a big gear wheel. On the outer sides of the Throttle, two smaller gear wheels grasp at the big gear wheel. The small gear wheels are fortified at the potentiometer axes. The movement of the Lever is transferred so linear on the potentiometers.I have bought the grips of the Flightsticks from the company Itra from Berlin. For the control of the axes, I use from Logitech two Attack 3 joysticks. I had to turn an aluminium tube in order to connect grips and joysticks with the different diameters. In the end, the two connections were soldered on the circuit board of the joysticks for "Sidestick Priority" and the "radio contact".
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Throttle, Part 1
 Already in August, I have assembled the individual parts for the thrust levers of Flightdeck Solutions. In September, I had a good holiday seasons with my family. At the moment, I work at the Flightsticks, the FCU and the thrust levers - part 2 - . I will be able to introduce also these projects to you end of the month.
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Lower MIP and Pedestal Panels
 The lower MIP have no function because under the lower MIP is the monitor for PFD and ND !
The goats for the knee protection are done from 5 cm of squared timber. The length amounts to 14 cm. The angles arise from the inclination of the main instrument panel. For the pedestal panels I sawed out two frames from 10 mm MDF wooden plates. I have mounted the single panels for the pedestal on 3 cm long spacers. The distance of 3 cm between the frame and the panels are necessary, because the PCB of the MCDU, the PCB for the MCDU interface and the monitor must be mounted below the Panel.
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