The
GoFlight modules
I have started my cockpit about 3 years ago, when
I purchased the MCP from Goflight.
I wasn't thinking about panels at that time, I merely wanted to get rid of the
keyboard as much as possible. So after the MCP, I bought some switches, pushbuttons,
radio's, landing gear and rotary buttons. And of course the throttle quadrant
with reversers. (I was still flying jets at that time, and believe me, pulling
the reversers after a nice landing is a true moment of joy.
Radio's
For
the radio's I use two GF-166 modules from Goflight.
The first one is for COM's
and I can switch from standby to active freqency. The left button is ATC1 in FS,
while the right button pop's up the ATC window.
The second one is used for NAV. there's also a standby freqency and a switch button. The right button is used to toggle ADF and transponder code while the left button is used to toggle NAV1 an NAV2 freqency.
Push buttons and toggle buttons
I have a 2 GF-T8 (toggle buttons) modules and 1 GF-P8 (pushbuttons) module. I assig lightning, parking brake, BATT, ALT, IGN, etc to those buttons. In the next version I will duplicate the switched on the lower panels from the 1900D. To that effect, I will use a Hagstrom key encoder (36 keys)
Rotary
I
also use an RP48 module. That stands for Rotary (R) and pushbuttons (P). As you
might expect. The 4 means that there are 4 rotary buttons and the 8 means that
there are.... well yes, it's that easy.
I use them to control the effis system. I can increase/decrease the range, the decision heigt, lower or raise the horizon on the attitude indicator. With the buttons I choose for arc or rose view, show or hide the CDI needle, toggle between VOR/ADF needles and show/hide airports, inetresections, Vor's and that kind of stuf. This happens through FSUIP, because GOFLIGHT doesn't support the Reality XP instruments.
I have integrated the Landing gear module in the lower part of the panel. That function will also be connected to the Hagstrom encoder in the future.
The modules that I will get back will be assigned to simulator functions like pause, slew, rate, etc.
Autopilot
The last module, but the best one is the MCP
It's the actual autopilot and it can be used for almost everything (except Vnav and Lnav). When not engaged, but with an altidude and a heading keyed in, it drives the flight director.