FlyEngravity & Simworld panels

[wpslider]

Hello,

Anyone here has panels from both FlyEngravity and Simworld?

I have two panel samples from Simworld and ordered the MIP and pedestal panels. They are superb, but I'm considering Flyengravity for the overhead.
I'm going to use very thin PCB's between the front panel and back plate with warm leds or bulbs(I'm still testing to see which one is the best solution).
One drawback I found from Simworld is the white layer. I don't know any other supplier to compare, just real panels, but I think the white layer from simworld panels is quite thick needing more bulbs/leds to lit them up, thus increasing the load, specially using bulbs.
Anyone here that has both panels can tell me about the experience and panel quality, regarding fitting a real overhead frame and backlight?
I requested a customization from Simword so my panels are fully dzus compatible.

Regards

Humberto

[archen]

Copied my post from prosim forum

Hello!
I've had Simworld before I changed to fds. Best change ever.
As you say it needs a lot of power to illuminate the panels. I didn't bother to much and changed to fds when I realised how much work it was and I wasn't happy with the result.

A friend did succeed to get pretty good backlight out of the Simworld panels so it's not impossible but he is very talented at such things.

My suggestion is to consider fds before you make any decisions. I've learned the hard way, expensive way.


Anders


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[wpslider]

Copied my post from prosim forum

Thanks for your feedback.

Ragards

[rhysb]

I'm pretty sure that the FLYengravity overhead has built in backlighting.

Thanks

Rhys b

[markfire]

Simworld MIP panels backlight ok using LED strips. You just need to put them in the right place


The Overhead should be the same.


Regards


Mark

[wpslider]

Thanks for your feedback.

[jackpilot]

Simworld MIP panels backlight ok using LED strips. You just need to put them in the right place The Overhead should be the same.
Mark

Just remember that the back of the overhead is much more crowded than  a MIP.
(density of hardware and wiring) making it fairly difficult to backlight evenly.

[fordgt40]

Jack

I second and third that. If I started again, I would never do my own backlighting!!
Try this link to see what is involved when using led strips - with hindsight I could have simplified the wiring, but even so, it was a massive task


Edit Missing link    http://www.737ng.co.uk/djb/Overhead%20Article.pdf

David