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Can my (your) MBP handle XP10

xplane_impression_mbpA while back, ohhh my goodness, almost 1,5 half years ago, Angelique wrote an article, read column, about “Can my (your) iMac handle XP10 – Part I”. Today is finally that day to offer you an inside in part II which is called “Can my (your) MBP handle XP10” although due to the length of this article, it has become an impression. Ah, whatever is in the name. It’s the contents that makes it! For those who are new to Apple hardware or not familiar with abbreviations, MBP stands for Mac Book Pro.

You can read her MacBook Pro impression at ASN X-Plane via this  in-depth MBP link. Worth a read I would say!

Realistic AP Trim Indicator Panel

marc_leydecker_ap_trim_indicator_panelMarc Leydecker, well known of his awesome US airports, needs an extraordinary break. Oops, what does this mean? No, he’s not going on a holiday. Instead, he’s trying to link real aviation hardware to X-Plane. You can buy tons of dedicated hardware suitable to work with FSX, P3D and X-Plane, but isn’t it more fun when you do it yourself?

Today the second tutorial from Marc “how to connect an Auto Pilot trim indicator panel to X-Plane“. According to Marc “My Trim indicator panel was installed in a SAS DC8 in 1963. Then it was sold to AeroPeru in 1991 and sold again to AeroMexico on 1993. Finally, the airplane was scrapped this year.”

“The attached code is to interface with X-Plane, but again the principal is the same to interface with Microsoft Flight Simulators, for those who are familiar with that. It was kinda sorta, a challenge as we needed to generate negative voltages. Arduino printed circuit boards or micro controllers can not generate negative voltages as they are powered by USB (+5V). So we had to come up with an unorthodox way to make it work. The tutorial also covers PWM signals.”

You want to know all about it? Then you should download Marc’s AP trim indicator panel tutorial via this link.

Realistic Cessna Flap Gauge linked to X-Plane

belga_flap_gauge_xpMarc Leydecker, well known of his awesome US airports, needs an extraordinary break. Oops, what does this mean? No, he’s not going on a holiday. Instead, he’s trying to link real aviation hardware to X-Plane. You can buy tons of dedicated hardware suitable to work with FSX, P3D and X-Plane, but isn’t it more fun when you do it yourself?

Today the first tutorial from Marc “how to connect a Cessna flap gauge to X-Plane“. According to Marc “Besides the coding, the principal is the same for X-Plane as for Microsoft Flight simulator.” Want to know all about it? Then you should have a look to this Acrobat tutorial. Many thanks Marc that you offer this to the community.

By the way … it all started, but that will take much more time, a couple of weeks ago with Honeywell/Sperry SP-50 Autopilot spare part. These AP’s were popular on 727’s , DC9’s, MD11’s and the SP-50G was used in the Gulfstream. The SP-30, and SP-150 are similar models. Nice thing is … All parts came with airworthy certificates and they almost look brand new. Paid $24 for the FMS, $29 for NAV/COM radios, $49 for autopilot, $49 for HSI, etc. Perhaps later more tutorials about how to deal with this.