Open Airbus Cockpit is an open-source project aimed
to produce software and hardware specifications to
build a homemade Airbus cockpit simulator.
to produce software and hardware specifications to
build a homemade Airbus cockpit simulator.
Construction
Before anything else, the cockpit needs a framework to support the rest of elements as panels, monitors, etc. So take your jigsaw, and let’s rock!
Software
If you are a software lover, congratulations! Cockpit building is not only about hardware, construction, electronics, and other manual labour. After all, you are making a simulator, not a real aircraft. And the action is in the software.
Hardware
As you might though, almost everything in your cockpit is hardware. Controllers, sticks, jokes, levers, panels, indicators, displays, keyboards, throttles, etc. From the computer where the simulator runs to any device that interfaces between the pilot and the aircraft, hardware is on every corner.