Electronic Sim and Version

[TexW]

Hello Everyone,

I have been out for a while but I decided to re-explore the idea of building a sim. I remember few years ago few threads with electronic interfaces to buttons and other stuff...anyone working on such of thing?
Also my latest revision is from 2006, I didn't see any new releases. Anyone has more info about that?

Thanks a lot!

Alex

 

[DaveS]

Currently version 060929, which is Orbiter 2006 Edition with Patch 1 applied is the latest public release version.

The next version is undergoing beta testing right now, but as always no release date.

 

[ednixon]

cockpit building

Hey TexW ...

To answer your main question, yes there are a few of us who have done or tried this. There have been several (3 I think) threads in the past that dealt with cockpit building, they all seem to die out after 6 months or so. I don't know names to refer you to, but just keep searching the archives.
Meanwhile, I know of 2 such projects for sure, and a 3rd individual who is interested in such projects but I don't think he's going to build anything himself. If you'd care to contact me direct email, I'd be glad to share my experiences and progress, I'm pretty sure I could offer some helpful suggestions. (Like RETIRE FIRST and be sure you have plenty of money!)

Mine is a complete cockpit enclosure with all flight controls on various control panels mounted to a main instrument panel. For guages, readouts, and instruments, I use the on-screen displays native to the Orbiter Sim.
Get back to me (and/or anyone else who's interested in this) at
[email protected] and I'll be glad to send pics, info, etc. <ED>

 

[TexW]

Thanks.

Thank you for the information. Ed I already sent you an email.

Dave any "new features" preview about the new version?

Alex

 

[DaveS]

Dave any "new features" preview about the new version?

This is just the main visual improvements: http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/gallery.html, the main change is the separation of the graphics engine from the physics engine.

 

[yagni01]

Hey TexW ...

To answer your main question, yes there are a few of us who have done or tried this. There have been several (3 I think) threads in the past that dealt with cockpit building, they all seem to die out after 6 months or so. I don't know names to refer you to, but just keep searching the archives.
Meanwhile, I know of 2 such projects for sure, and a 3rd individual who is interested in such projects but I don't think he's going to build anything himself. If you'd care to contact me direct email, I'd be glad to share my experiences and progress, I'm pretty sure I could offer some helpful suggestions. (Like RETIRE FIRST and be sure you have plenty of money!)

Mine is a complete cockpit enclosure with all flight controls on various control panels mounted to a main instrument panel. For gauges, readouts, and instruments, I use the on-screen displays native to the Orbiter Sim.
Get back to me (and/or anyone else who's interested in this) at
[email protected] and I'll be glad to send pics, info, etc. <ED>

Hey, Ed. I'm one of those nuts, too. I started a wiki page a while back, http://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Orbiter_cockpits and there's a link to some of your old images, along with a couple others. Take a look over there, Alex, and let us know if you have any questions.