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Hi, newbie here, just wanted to confirm if it's fine if we don't add a resistor to the common because wouldnt it draw a lot of current from the laptop since it's essentially a short circuit when the switch is on?

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How much do all the parts cost?

For a company that has a booth at the sim convention they don't really take the time to explain their product. Even though they said that they have spent the time to completely redo their product. I need a pop out for the Garmin G3x and I have no idea if Air Manager can do it. It seems to me they are still in the "hobbyist mode". Where you have to go to Wiki pages and deep dive into their products and it's up to you to "make it work". Maybe they had a booth in Las Vegas just to write off the trip but as far as making it easy to understand their product MobiFlight seems to put in more of a effort in explaining it's product. And MobiFlight is free! I went to their website and their videos seem to be a hodgepodge of videos made by 2nd parties that they just threw up on their website.

Very helpful information! 👍Happy New Year, Captain Bob!

Thanks love your vids:) Honestly I have bought a few real ADF's from eBay as they are kind of cheap for under 50 bucks. Basically has a simple stepper motor and a indicator that can be driven by two pwm's. I want to use the KR 87 as the interface, as it uses a simple 8051 but still trying to find one cheap.

Can I use a Zero Delay Arcade with Mobiflight? I want to use it with a On/On Switch and a On/Off/On Switch

THX! The sensivity settings controls the jitter, if you own bad potentionmeter crank up so the jitter dissapers and the signal becomes better in debug panel.

I am stock, at 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I do not have the "Path to Arduino IDE". any idea?

The free download does not work for me.

Hello Bob, I will ask you again... I am building a baron B58 simulator under xplane with mobiflight. I think I have everything interfaced except startup. Indeed I find magneto OFF, R, L, Both but not start! How to configure it? Thank you for your help and congratulations again on your achievements. Kind regards Serge from France.

Excellent vids Cap.

hey captain bob i have a request like you make separate module for every thing for eg:- throttel, battery switches pumps and yoke module so how you connect multiple Arduino together so it can work together can you please make a detailed video how to do it <3

Thanks! I have a 4digit display with the connections: VCC, SCLK, RCLK, DIO and GND. I am not able to get this display to work.

Love your videos dude! :) I have a rotary encoder with the following 5 pins: CLK, DT, SW, +, GND.. how shoud I wire theese?

man this guy is kinda based, bet he makes fire spaghetti

captain bob i am making cessna 152 sim. in c-152 MSFX has three beacon markers on its panel. does this system also work for the led of them?

How many leds can I connect to one board, cause I only see like 4 grounds. If more that you explain how? Thanks!

What are Hall effect sensors doing, limit switches?

Looks awesome mate cant wait to give it a try. One question i have is, does the stepper motor know what pisition its at and correct to zero say for example after a restart?

Hello Capt. thank you for this awesome video. I managed to get the active comm freq to display as my first mobiflight project! One question, do you also have videos further explaining how to build in a push button (to switch between the active and stby freq) and a concentric rotary encoder? I'm trying to make a simplified replica of the fenix A320 radio panel. Is it as simple as wiring the push button and rotary encoder to different pins on the Mega and telling them what to do in the mobiflight software?

Does anyone know where the young Trevor has gone, Im halfway through my Cessna Build and need to know how far off the Kap 140 and a few other Radiostack items will be finished.

I'm a time traveller !!!

Dear Captain Bob. Following you and feeling admiration for you, I have become enthusiastic and have started to try to build the Cessna 172 cockpit for MSFS X. I am configuring the fuel gauges and, although I have programmed in Mobiflight (v.10.4) as a precondition that the battery is in “ON”, when I turn it to “OFF” the needles continue to indicate the levels and do not return to the “0” position. Would you be so kind as to help me solve the problem. Thank you for your help and for your wonderful and educational work. Greetings from Spain

Hi Captain Bob! Can i use this on xplane? will it work if i will do the same and use xplane instead of microsoft flight simulator?

Hi did you find a solution for the C172 starter switch- OFF-LEFT-RIGHT-BOTH did work in MSFS, but START position did not work in you panel video. TY.

Hey Captain, im having problems with mobiflight. Im trying to download HubHop presets MSFS2020 but it just gets stuck at 98% each time. I've tried reinstalling it but still hasn't worked. Any thoughts?

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Do I need to use the exact x27.168 stepper motor.. or can I use any other stepper motor? Thank you Captain!

When I fly my first flying car I’m calling the bob of the captains

Can you please direct me to a good video on the electronic/software side of connecting peripherals to sims? Ie. I know nothing about mobi flight or other software, ardininos, etc.

thank you captain for your informative videos. my generous friend. can you teach how can make a 3 position ,90 degree fuel selector with that rotary switch please.

Hi Captain, I'm in the process of building a G1000, and I need to know what rotary encoders with buttons are available, I need this to move communications, navigation and heading, but I'm trying to buy on Aliex, but there are many models. Do you know if I can find them on Ebay or Amz USA? Or what rotary encoder do you recommend? Greetings.

Hello captain bob! Amazing video as always but I would like to know what servo to buy, how many degrees because I bought a 360 servo and it doesn’t work😢. Would you be able to send me a link to a servo for a simple airspeed indicator, thanks !!

where can I find the TAS decal?

what type of rotary encoder i need to use for cessna 172 instrument bezels capt?

is it better to use 50k or 100k instead of 10k?

Thanks Captian Bob! You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find the diagram of the ON-ON-ON switch when you search for it. Seems so simple, but the search engines were NOT helpful. 2 years after you posted this, you fixed my problem, thanks again!

I laughed so hard I think you’re so funny 😂😆🤣 My favorite was the fruit snack game one 😂

What thickness is the acrylic you are using? Amazing job !! 🎉

Hello, do you have problems with the speed of the stepper motors, that they are slow? Does it happen to me that when I set a higher speed in MobiFlight, the engine only makes noises and does not turn? If you have the same problem, did you manage to solve it? Or how? Many thanks in advance

I am returning to the channel after 3/4 years to see how your panel turned out, and you've still not finished it 😂

very nice tuto, but i have a problem: As soon as I choose Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 instead of Mobiflight Variable, I lose my connection in "sim status" bar at the bottom left. i don't know what to do. Can tou hlep me. Thank you.

I am going to make a G3x, G-5, GTN 750, GMA 350, and a G-500 autopilot. I think some of it I will just buy RealSim. But the touchscreens they use have got bad reviews and I may just make my own. Do you have any recommendations on a 3d printer? I finished my steel base frame. I have mounted Harbor Freight wheels and 4 flat tire scissor jacks, they were $15 each on Amazon. So that it can roll and I can level it and make it stable. The base is a little smaller than the 4 x 8 Harbor Freight trailer I have. I have a cutout for the panel in my Mooney that the Avionics shop made as a template. So I will be using that. I made a button and rotary knob panel, without the screen, using Arduinos before but never the other stuff. Next I will be building the plane itself while a get more info on the panel.

Im assuming all buttons have ground wires. How do you connect them to the arduino when the board only has 4?

hey, awesome video dude! can you give a brief explanation to how to get all the stuff for this project?

Hello! great project! I have a couple questions. will this work with the GNS430 in the Diamond DA-20? Unfortunately it does not have a pop out panel, it won't poppet to a display to be used with a touchscreen and knobster unfortunately.?

Hey I am building my own sim project, how can I connect many arduinos to my pc? Because I don't have enough USB ports to connect them via cable

where to buy the PCB board Bob?

Flight testing done right. Lift the plane up 10 000 ft on an imaginary crane, drop it and check that ADF works. FAA approved👌