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In its original design, the 3018 “Woodpecker” CNC Router, a cheap entry-level unit found on eBay and AliExpress, will happily tell the stepper motors to keep moving along the axis, even if the work...
A few months back I started organizing my shelves. I standardised on IKEA TJENA boxes to keep my stuff in, and filled up a few shelves with them. IKEA touts the smaller TJENA boxes...
I’ve not been happy with the keycaps on my 737 FMC. I’ve tried a few methods of printing them: printing the letters recessed on black filament, and then using a fine tipped paintbrush, filling...
A few people have asked me how to order the PCB for the FMC CDU, so I’ve decided to write up a guide. To begin with, the design is available for free. I used...
There appears to be quite a bit of updates going on with the ExtPlane plugin source code in the last few months, and it turned out some of these are needed to fix some...
Finally … after a long hard battle … my Pi-Xplane-FMC-CDU is now working with the Zibo 737. You will need to upgrade your ExtPlane plugin and also the software on the Pi FMC. Update...
This is my fully 3D printed design for a Dual Concentric Rotary Encoder with Push Button. It’s useful for making the knobs for flight-sim radio panels, where there is an outer knob to...
I’ve been stumped for the last few weeks with getting my Raspberry Pi FMC to work with Zibo’s 737. I used the ExtPlane plugin to interface my code on the Pi with the simulator,...
This is a guide on how to install my Pi X-Plane FMC CDU Software, for use with the Pi FMC CDU Printed Circuit Board (PCB) I designed. Thanks to all the testers who provided...
X-Plane 11.10, released yesterday, features a new default Garmin 1000 module … which can be used as an option in the Cessna 172 right now, and most likely will be adopted by add-on GA...
