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After a couple of years of using a 'simple' keyboard and mouse to control Microsoft's Flight Simulator, I got tired of holding down the CTRL, SHIFT and ALT keys when striking 'hard to get' key combinations to change the frequencies of radios, settings of autopilots and navigation computers. The internet provided some very advanced solutions of interfacing real switches and lights with the MSFS software. That was when the first idea if building a home cockpit was borne. The result is the A160 Simulator, which is 1:1 scaled replica of an A320 Flight Deck. The A160 referes to one half of the real cockpit, because the location of the cockpit (our attick) does not facilitate the full size. So only the F/O side of the cockpit with center pedestal is modelled here, that resulted in a Single Seat Flight Training Device.
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Welcome to the A160 Simulator
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Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 November 1999 01:00) Written by Administrator Wednesday, 24 December 2008 08:35
Airbus Glass Cockpit - Project Magenta
The Airbus A160
Last Updated (Wednesday, 24 December 2008 08:05) Written by Administrator Wednesday, 11 October 2006 01:42
After a couple of years of using a 'simple' keyboard and mouse to control Microsoft's Flight Simulator, I got tired of holding down the CTRL, SHIFT and ALT keys when striking 'hard to get' key combinations to change the frequencies of radios, settings of autopilots and navigation computers.
The internet provided some very advanced solutions of interfacing real switches and lights with the MSFS software. That was when the first idea if building a home cockpit was borne. The result is the A160 Simulator, which is 1:1 scaled replica of an A320 Flight Deck. The A160 referes to one half of the real cockpit, because the location of the cockpit (our attick) does not facilitate the full size. So only the F/O side of the cockpit with center pedestal is modelled here, that resulted in a Single Seat Flight Training Device.
Hardware
This section describes the Hardware that is used to operate the A160 simulator.
