Know also that some airlines have chosen to put this control on both sides of the cockpit for pilot and copilot.

So I see the counter updated to counting down to 11-1-26. Is there an intent to operate this year?  I do want to participate, but my November dance card is rapidly filling up.  There MAY be a reunion at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey CA, and it usually coincides with the Veteran's Day holiday, and of course if we can get aboard DLI; last year the post was closed to all non-mission-essential activities. We are also buying a new flight planning system at work, and I'm a part of the implememtation team, the fun starts at the end of next month.

I know its a ways out, but...

I saw your build.  Amazing that I would like to apply to several of the B737NG panels.

I have built a fully functional push/pull circuit breaker panel for cessna 172 digital.
The process:


Arturo Moreno.

Perfect. Thanks Kyle.

Thanks KyleH,

So here is the update. I bought a brand new sound card...the exact same one I have in there now, changed it out, (very easy), turned on the computer and it worked perfectly.

On initial boot up it advised of new driver installation, same bubble that was coming up when the old card tried to initialize, which tells me the card must have been working on and off, and also sometimes was recognized by the computer as "new: hardware.

cycled the computer on and off a number of times for 2 days straight and it still works perfectly.

The only problem now is the red led light that illuminates inside this particular card does not illuminate, and when I try and open the Sound Blaster SBX control panel the computer says it is not detected.

I can live with that as I never used the control board anyway, and I equate the failure of the red SB LED is because the sound board control panel cannot be detected by the computer.However when i go into the device settings the system says the card is functioning properly.

Hey Kyle.  Tried it out again and let it spool up to 40 and settle.  Hit the TOGA and off it went no problems as long as I made sure the throttle levers were also advancing.

The TQ is motorized, and I've been issues with Throttle 1 not advancing (or retarding).

I'll need to work on that as the software reads the location - so while the A/T pip on the engine indicators is good, the lever pip is also accurate (and not correct).

Thanks

Warren

Hi Warren, Good to see you've got something flying.

Quote from: fsaviator on March 01, 2026, 12:46:44 AMOn take-off using TOGA, with A/T armed, I spool up to 40% and press TOGA.  Plane accelerates, and then throttles cut-out forcing me to increase power to Take-off thrust manually.  Once I'm airborne everything seems to work fairly well in regards to moving levers, speed brakes and spoilers etc.

A couple of questions regarding this, do the throttle handles move up to the correct N1 value after you press TOGA?
Second, does it happen at 80 knots?

In Boeing's, once you press the TO button, the handles move to their calculated N1 value, then once the plane reaches 80 knots, it enters 'Throttle Hold' mode which disconnects the servo clutches from the throttle handles. This prevents the auto system from doing something dumb during a critical phase, and if an RTO is needed, the crew is not fighting the auto throttle while rejecting.

In this case, it is possible that your handles are not reaching the set N1 point before 80KTS, then when it enters throttle hold, the sim is seeing the position of the handles and reducing thrust to that point.

Quote from: Mach7 on February 26, 2026, 04:14:13 PM...but can a sound card go bad like that?

Yes it can. Some component is beginning to go flakey after 10 years. Sounds like something is causing Windows to see it as new hardware at times.
It could also be the motherboard. Start with the cheaper components first.

Quote from: jackpilot on March 01, 2026, 05:18:55 AMHi Warren
nice pics and welcome back.
Note: I see on pic 2 a pair of eyebrows. If I remember well I sold them to Gwyn (Aerosim in Australia), and he later sold them to you. High milage parts!   
Jack

That is very correct!  It's good to be back working on the sim although I have spent the day trying to get AI to help me fix some of these issues - not successfully I might add.