Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Cockpit environment

I have decided to build the single cockpit into a sauna.

Pros:

  • closed environment
  • wood on walls where it is easy to attach/remove staff
  • good sound quality
Cons:
  • 3 monitors for lateral views does not fit in
During the construction I had to dig holes for the network and the power/ Network cable goes straight to the router.
The power cable goes in the power panel with a dedicated switch to power on/off the power inside it. This cable is dedicated to the simulator and all the devices. Another industrial switch is inside the sauna and must be switched on to startup all the devices and boot the computer.

Another cable bypasses the switch and it is used to have light and power while building and the main switch is shut off. 

Building the sauna. Holes for power and network.
The following picture shows the sauna after the building construction with the single seat cockpit moved into it but not yet connected. Power sockets are mostly behind the cockpit with dedicated switches so that it is possible power on/off individually or by logic area. The main switch is on the right side but not visible in this picture.
This picture clearly shows that there is enough room for the single seat but not enough for three monitors unless the 2 lateral ones are put at 90 degrees that I do not like.

The cockpit in the sauna
Temporarily I moved in the sauna the old little monitor I was using before.
Below you can see the single seat connected to it but not yet connected to all CPFlight devices.



A powerful light for working has been put in the other side and must be switched off during flight because it is too high and reflects on the monitor.

First connection
The single seat has 3 monitors but initially I could only connect 2 of them to the computer. In this picture I am setting up ZHSI.