10. Complete cockpit console pictures

Complete setup

Simple cockpit artwork

Complete setup

Keyboard connections (noodles?) (Use labels for each wire connection)

Throttle section and transducer/gear/switches

Trim electronics and USB stick PCB

Transducer amp connections (Use thicker wire for the chair transducer)

Engine switch and other levers.

Complete front panel

 

Simple cockpit artwork

For making the cockpit artwork (lettering at the different controls as seen in the above picture) I used very simple means: In Word I typed a page of text boxes with the text in the right size for each control switch/lever.

Then I used a sheet of "Labels for Wordprocessors" (a one-piece A4 sheet label with peel-off back) and printed the textboxes on that sheet. I used simple black and white, but if you have a color printer, the labels can be made more fancy. To make the labels stronger, I taped transparent tape over the printed labels and then cut each label out with a sharp knife.

The attachment shows an example of my cockpit labels.

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