OMG - you guys are still here!!   

It's been a long time between posts. I built my 737-800 sim twenty years ago, ran a sim business, ran a WorldFlight team with it, sold the sim to a flight school, rebuilt the sim for them, and two weeks ago pulled the old girl apart to be parted-out    Sad to see her go, but happy to see her bits going to live-on in other sims.

But anyway, due to sheer insanity, I've been thinking of building a twin-turboprop sim at home, just for personal enjoyment. Thought I'd seek some wisdom here first...

Ultimately, the King Air 350i is what I'd really like to model, and with the G1000 NXi upgrade. My preference is for FS2024 for personal reasons. But in saying that, my options are then limited. The current FS2024 default B350 is a load of crap and not usable. The Blacksquare one is much better, but steam gauges only at this point.

The Turbine Duke looks good too, but no G1000 options.

I'm open to other twins if the B350 becomes not-doable. But turboprop is a must for the sorts of flying I enjoy. So I'm wondering what else is there? Any other aircraft that could fit my bill, or does anyone know of a B350 model being worked on?

Thanks!

Quote from: TritonAvionics on October 14, 2025, 05:56:45 PMHello everyone,

I'm working on building a 737NG-style flight deck for a personal simulator project. I'm not looking for any proprietary Boeing data — just general dimensions, reference measurements, or CAD models that can help me get the panels and structure scaled correctly.

I'm starting with my own CAD in Fusion 360 and plan to fabricate locally with CNC aluminum and acrylic once I verify the fit. If anyone has shared measurement sets, DXF outlines, or recommendations for accurate reference sources, I'd greatly appreciate some guidance or pointers.

Thank you in advance for any help or advice — this community has been an incredible resource for builders.

— Earl

Hi Earl. Lots of resources here if you search most are old hand drawings though with measurements. 

Great to see you. 

Quote from: tkellogg on February 25, 2025, 04:25:10 AMI am working on the interior of my 737 and I noticed a module/panel on the sides of the cockpit. I believe they were done away with in the 700 and 800 versions of the 737. Anyone know what these are? If anyone has a picture I would appreciate you sending a picture with your response. Thank you

Identification

The component in your image appears to be the:
Captain's Nose Wheel Steering Tiller Panel (also called the Ground Steering Control Unit).

Function

It allows manual control of the nose wheel for taxiing on the ground.

The tiller handle (the gray lever with a blue stripe you see) is turned left or right to steer the nose wheel.

It provides fine directional control while taxiing, something the rudder pedals can't do accurately at low speeds.

Location

On 737-100/200/300/400/500 (Classics): mounted on the sidewall console just left of the captain's seat, beside the armrest.

On later 737NG (700/800/900) and MAX, Boeing redesigned and streamlined this area — the tiller was reshaped and integrated into a smoother side panel.

or i may be wrong as jackpilot say picture is blur

Hello everyone,

I'm working on building a 737NG-style flight deck for a personal simulator project. I'm not looking for any proprietary Boeing data — just general dimensions, reference measurements, or CAD models that can help me get the panels and structure scaled correctly.

I'm starting with my own CAD in Fusion 360 and plan to fabricate locally with CNC aluminum and acrylic once I verify the fit. If anyone has shared measurement sets, DXF outlines, or recommendations for accurate reference sources, I'd greatly appreciate some guidance or pointers.

Thank you in advance for any help or advice — this community has been an incredible resource for builders.

— Earl

Jason is correct, the USB port can only sustain a very small ammount of current. In fact connecting too many devices to a USB port can damage it permanently.

The point being that power supplies are so cheap these days it's not worth the risk.

Joe.

Yes, you need to supply power, the 5v over the USB is not enough.

Hi all,

I recently bought someone's old A320 cockpit project. It was a bit of a mess, but I now have inputs responding in the SIOC software, and LED's switching on and off. However the 7-segment display it rather dead.

The 7-segment displays are connected to an IOCard Display, which is connected to a Master card, which is then connected to the USB Expansion card.

My question is, does the Master card need to be supplied by a separate 5v power supply to the two 5v pins? I presume the USB's 5v might not be enough to drive everything.

Hoping someone might now as this hardware is quite old now.

Thanks,
Rob

Welcome to the group Andre. 

Looking forward to seeing more of your product development and project updates. 

Trev

Interesting product.  

Do you have some photos to post? I would be interested in hearing more about this. 

Thanks

Trev

Hiya Jack,

Yes still around, writing for the mag and selling a few bits on eBay.
Surprising where it all goes!!!

Hope you're well my friend.

Joe.