A Cessna 172 Flight Simulator Panel Project
Accessible designs that you can build for your flight simulator panel.
As a private piolt that for many life reasons doesn’t have the ability to fly much, it is important to me that my home flight sim experience be both enjoyable and useful in maintaining basic proficiency in operating the panel instruments and controls.
I also wanted to use panel instruments and controls that were more realistic in their operation than the consumer products but just as affordable.
Flap Control
Build a Flap Control based on how a real Cessna 172 flap control works, that is, using microswitches to determine the selected flap setting.
Flight Radio
Add a Flight Radio to your sim panel to give your small aircraft flying experience the real-world feel.
Based on the Bendix/King 155, I created a Raspberry Pico based USB HID device that is plug-n-play.
Transponder
A Transponder makes it easy to comply with ATC squawk instructions giving your small aircraft flying experience the real-world feel.
Using a real King KT76A, I created a Raspberry Pico based USB HID device that is plug-n-play.
Audio Panel
The Audio Panel provides the realism when using a dual Com/Nav radio stack. Also provides working Marker Beacon indicators to give real-wold feedback that you are aligned with the runway on approach.
More to come...
I have many more flight panel projects to add to this page so stay tuned for more details! Projects include:
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Garmin GPSmap 196 X-Plane connector for real-device integration
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Autopilot for those long trips ;-)