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=== FlightGear FGPanel in Action === | === FlightGear FGPanel in Action === | ||
==== C172 Mini Cockpit Project ==== | ==== C172 Mini Cockpit Project ==== | ||
[[File:C172MiniCockpit1.jpg|thumb|right]] | [[File:C172MiniCockpit1.jpg|thumb|right|Completed [[Cessna C172P]] Mini Cockpit using FGPanel.]] | ||
[[FGPanel]], the new FlightGear utility to drive cockpit instrument panels like the [[Howto:_Build_your_own_procedure_trainer | PMPT]], has been used in another cockpit project: the ''C172p Mini Cockpit'' by ThorstenB. The project used the "standard" [[Howto:_Build_your_own_procedure_trainer#The_Almighty_USB_HID_Controller | ATMEL USB HID controller]], a second-hand TFT (13€), a piece of wood, some paint - and lots of buttons and switches. The project literally finished the night before FSWeekend - ready to be added as another exhibit at the FlightGear booth. | [[FGPanel]], the new FlightGear utility to drive cockpit instrument panels like the [[Howto:_Build_your_own_procedure_trainer | PMPT]], has been used in another cockpit project: the ''C172p Mini Cockpit'' by ThorstenB. The project used the "standard" [[Howto:_Build_your_own_procedure_trainer#The_Almighty_USB_HID_Controller | ATMEL USB HID controller]], a second-hand TFT (13€), a piece of wood, some paint - and lots of buttons and switches. The project literally finished the night before FSWeekend - ready to be added as another exhibit at the FlightGear booth. | ||
More photos documenting the making of the C172p Mini Cockpit are available | More photos documenting the making of the C172p Mini Cockpit are available | ||
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/70866411@N05/sets/72157628178412177/detail/ here]. | [http://www.flickr.com/photos/70866411@N05/sets/72157628178412177/detail/ here]. | ||
[[File:C172MiniCockpit2.jpg|thumb|right]] | [[File:C172MiniCockpit2.jpg|thumb|right|Mini Cockpit - behind the scenes...]] | ||
''Prize picture puzzle'': if you spot the tiny detail revealing that some photos were taken just before FSWeekend, which took place on November 5-7th in Lelystad/the Netherlands, then write to the author or newsletter editor. First correct reply wins a (now famous!) ''virtual FlightGear bottle of finest Scotch whisky'' (no "e")... ;-) | ''Prize picture puzzle'': if you spot the tiny detail revealing that some photos were taken just before FSWeekend, which took place on November 5-7th in Lelystad/the Netherlands, then write to the author or newsletter editor. First correct reply wins a (now famous!) ''virtual FlightGear bottle of finest Scotch whisky'' (no "e")... ;-) | ||