JOHAN G
"I really second the first idea, though maybe a protruding plate or sheet would do, as clamps are cheap as well as that one that way also could use an inexpensive kitchen timer for procedures and navigation. The second idea is not too bad either."
HEHE So, I'm not the only who have placed a kitchen timer for procedures and navigation in the Yoke, I gott a good one from LIDL with 3 LCD Chronos, dammed that the button battery stack takes short time to get empty. My next target is a E6B plate. But still I need to repair my GPU.
computer2cockpit
"Michat - There is room for extra buttons on yoke. Will do it. this part is still under development and may change a bit. No plans for hat switch for now.
Not for twin engine piston cockpit. When it comes to more buttons, we like more unique functions, so you don't need 16 way pow hats. Again there are products that have this covered pretty well on the market."
Excellent, to have extra buttons is always needed as FG has a lot of functions to assign. Not to have a hat switch could be a handicap, try to find more oppinions from others about it. I like unique functions too, but sometimes I needed a 360 pov hat (not the 16 way) in order to catch a good external point of view to take screenshots wich is very important for us.
" Switch Panel is big, but making it smaller wouldn't make it cheaper, and it would not be realistic. once again we are not making buttons and switches ourselves, we are using finished products. These switches are the closest to actual in the cockpit."
So, good point.
"QNH1/QNH2 OBS1/OBS2 HEADING knob, yes they are all on Navigation Panel, check on the web for bigger pictures and detailed functions list. http://www.computer2cockpit.com
This is unique feature."
Still I'm trying to find that photo with QNH's. LOL no matter, I believe in you.
"Explain this again about trim slider i didint get it, please?"
I meant that maybe trim slider in the Yoke is hard to reach and manipulate by hand because is place just behind left handle. Although I wondered if is better to use a wheel than a slider for that, could be more confortable to tune, in that point I'm thinking in two specific issues: the gesture that fingers, hand and arm must to adopt in order to reach that slider, and the second one the slider it self refering to if is better to use a wheel so gesture is only affects to the wrist and fingers with better micrometric accuracy, faster and more ergonomic and corfortable to use.
"About home modular cockpit, and natural steep.. we are working on something like:
grab money and buy interface, yoke, pedals and quadrant.
save money
grab money and buy Switch, Navigation and Fuel and Trim panel."
I forget first steep (buy interface). Well, your natural steep it more logic dividing it in two steeps. In all cases will depend of the user budget.
Again I hope to help with my oppinions and congratulate your team for this good work.