Creating a 3d Printed FMC for MSFS2020 & P3D
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hello All,
This turned out to be a phenomenal build and I could not be happier with the results. The amount of R&D in this one item is literally insane.
This video has taken a serious amount of time to create and is extremely long and boring unless you are building this unit. I appreciate there is too much in-depth footage, but this is a build and programming video hopefully designed to reduce the number of questions on how to carry out each part of the build. It's sort of a one-stop video where you pick the parts you need to watch.
A massive Thank You to Sebi Woelke for the Intro and Logo!
If you would like to help support the channel and the build, our Patreon link can be found here:
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0:00 Intro
0:55 Part Creation
3:31 Different Button Types
5:22 Painting the Buttons
6:17 Cleaning up the parts
7:01 Creating the Liteflow Buttons
7:30 Attaching the buttons
15:22 The LCD Fit
18:54 Light Test
19:06 Fitting the control Boards
21:38 Wiring
24:56 Programming
40:40 Testing
43:12 Reveal
You spent a lot of time making both the FMC and the video.... greatest thanks to you.
Espetacular, parabéns pelo trabalho, impressionante, sempre!
Hola Heli como siempre impresionante tu trabajo muchas felicidades ya pronto estare comenzando el proyecto un abrazo y saludos desde mexico
Jolly guy... Smiling along while watching it.
Great Product. i kinda like the idea of wiring it all.
What a superb piece of work this is. I can’t imagine the work involved. Your explanations are superb - especially on setting up all the switches and leds. Brilliant.
wow, great job! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Fantastic video, Thank You for sharing !
Thank you!
Spectacular!!! Fantastic work!!! Congratulations
Thank you!
Awesome work! Much appreciated!
Thank you for taking the time to stop by and comment! Kind Regards karl
Karl just stunning mate u do a great job
Thanks a lot for sharing with us .
Thank you, motivation +1000!
Woww!!! You are a genius!!! That looks so realistic... just mindblowing 🤯🤯🤯👍😁
Brilliant! Great idea and implementation.
Humbled and thank you! Karl
Amazing, always great works.
Thank you! Cheers!
OMG! You are a monster! WOW! Respect!
Brilliant! I thought a lot about what you have already done. I am going with the cow you're returning with the milk! Congratulations for the perfect execution!
Thank you! It's been a very fun journey so far!
What a beautiful work! Congrats! Thanks for sharing: I plan to do a similar project for A320 series, so it helps a lot!
That's great to hear! Hopefully I have given you a few ideas. Thank you and Kind regards Karl
Excellent work !
Thank you sir!
this is so awesome. great and extensive how-to!
It's funny, I thought this would be a dud. Who wants to watch an In depth build, wire and programme. Apparently alot of people do. I am pleasantly surprised. Kind regards Karl
I'm a fan of your channel. Your works are incredible. Congratulations!
Hello and humbled, Thank you!
I just purchased your plans for the FMC and printed it following your settings. I must say WOW! This is the best print I have ever done it turned out amazing! (Ender 3 v2 version) still need to print the buttons while waiting on the screens to arrive, great job man great job!
Awesome! Thank you! The ender 3 does a great job and very much a great printer for the price!
I want to say yeah I was thinking that my prints are amazing before see your settings. Execute annunciator was nearly impossible to print but tested with your settings and it is really amazing !
Nice job! I worked on the software for the actual 737 LCDCDU and FMC, and I'd say that's a pretty faithful rendition.
Hello william, Thank you! I can only imagine the effort that must have taken and then to get it certified. This project I had been planning for years. But u couldn't do it justice until the resin printer came along! Great to hear from you and Kind regards Karl
Amazing work! Thanks for sharing!
Thank You!
Karl Thank you so much for this incredibly educational tutorial!!! Its what I needed
Glad it was helpful! I will now try to create the PCB to make it even simpler for people. Kidn Regards Karl
very detailed video, you even care about putting the handle on the FMC itself, super detailed, amazing
Thank you, I really wanted this to showcase 3d printing detail on a larger part. It's not going to compete with the likes of FDS, but this has to be one of the cheapest ways to create a working unit. Kind regards Karl
Top Job as always!
Thank you!
Fantastic!
Thank you
Just WOW!
Hi Marc, and thank you!
As far as youtubers go, you are one of my favourites. Doing all that painstaking work and still keeping a smile on your face.
Haha, looking back, that was indeed a massive amount of work! I didnt realise that at the time!
@helimech8152 I imagine your mind just went into autopilot mode, and the days turned into weeks and years before you knew ...
I need to ask, is your new one seater 737 sim build still happening? I'm excited to see that.
amazing work. well done, great video
Thank You! Kind Regards Karl
Why oh why can I only give this one like. As always, loving your work and commitment.
Thank you and humbled. Kind regards Karl
nice work, i like this
Im impressed, this video is pure inspiration, well done bro
I appreciate that! and Thank you.
these buttons are great work
Thank You!
Great video, Karl! The CDU looks excellent! 👍
Thank you, I was going to trial a full size resin print for the ultimate finish. But I never got around to it. However, I'm very happy with how this turned out with a filament printer. Kind Regards Karl
Magnifique travail ;) 🤩
Merci beaucoup et cordialement Karl
Great project!
Hi matt, this helped dial in the techniques for some amazing projects underway right now!
Great vid - thank you.
Hi Dan, thank you.
WOW, impressive work. Hopefully I can achieve 10% of your skill in my lifetime!
Thank you sir, humbled by your kind words. Karl
Wow this is seriously ambitious! Super impressive!
Hi David, Thank you!
sir, I am speachless, absolutely brilliant
Thank you
AWESOME WORK. RESPECT !!!
Thanknyou sir!
Fantastic content as ever Karl!
Thank you! This turned out to take way longer than it ever should due to filming mistakes lol. Kind regards karl
Wow
Congratulations
Thank You!
Thank you
Very nice job. Once I saw the clove hitch knot on your wiring harness I said to my self that this guy must hold an EASA B1 or B2 cert. Then I read the name of your channel then it all fit. Outstanding workmanship!
Spot on! Yes i seem to do a lot of wiring at work and at home!
I’ll be doing this next
Month
Another piece of art, keep on going.
Thank you!
this is epic congratulations man
Thanks!
Mind. Blown.
Haha, thank you and made me smile. Kind regards Karl
Sou fã dos seus vídeos.
Great job..
Thank you
You’re the man!
You are genius my friend !!!!!
Humbled, Thank you Sir!
You're a flamin genius mate!
Thank you, that made me smile!
Nice workk!! Impressive
Hello and thank you from brunei.
People are really capable of doing wonderful things.
Thank you Daniel.
Totally Genius!!
Thank you, I am very pleased with this design!
i wanted to make an FMC for the CJ4 for a few months now and didnt even know where to start. Seeing this video today made my whole week and the next too!
and did you make it ? :P
Good Luck, Hopefully you can use my design and adapt it to suit the CJ4! Kind Regards Karl
@@DarthZackTheFirstI not yet, didnt really got time. and im still looking for a other display, as i am not able to conect a VGA-Cable to my GPU.
Subscribed, looking out for updates
Good luck!
you are a monster man! great
Amazing! you're a boss :)
Humbled thank you
I love what you are doing. Someday I hope to build my own home cockpit when I have space for it. I hope you will continue your TH-cam channel when you are finished building your cockpit. Most youtubers end their channels or post very limited once their sim pit is finished, but their users will never understand the beauty that you get when you are able to stop using a computer keyboard and mouse and can actually focus on sim piloting. Some flights on Vatsim or pilotedge with your cockpit would be nice. Cheers!
Hello, Sometimes i think this project will never end! I am currently redoing lots of old design making them much better! So theres plenty to do for now! Thank you and Kind Regards Karl
Super!!!
Great work Karl! It was a nice video to just put on and chill with since I dont need a 737 FMC.
Hello and thank you. This video was very item specific and I imagine not applicable to most. However, I'm hoping it will help those that produce there own unit.
@@helimech8152 it still showcases your great work. I hope it helps others too, I know a lot of time and energy went into this.
I know I would never be able to do that! Lol…. Fully impressed.
Thank you, and the upcoming months should see 3rd parties making this even simpler to build.
This is awsome 👍🏻
Thank you!
Fast-forward through a Karl-Sim video??? Heresy!!! Great stuff Karl - as ever.
Chuckle, there are parts in this video that just bored me having to edit them. But your enthusiasm is fantastic. Thank you.
Amazing!
Thank you.
That s awesome! I love the British accent
Damn.. Soo cool.
Thank You!
Absolutely awesome, but I would need that for an A32NX.
Was thinking the same! Got 6 3D printers eager to make this! I can follow tutorials, but creating is hard! Hats off to Heli Mech, great presenter and step by step!
Wonderful !!!🙋♂️🖐🏼🧿👌
Thank you!
You are awesome!
Thank you! Kind regards Karl
Amazing Karl )
Thank you.
Finally, new video, Karl. We missed you)))
Hello, this one took forever to produce. I'm also filming the throttle build videos and updating the design daily. Just started a cessna build. This has slowed me down, but once the throttle is completed. Smaller and quicker videos can be created. Thank you for taking the time to drop by and comment. Kind Regards Karl
@@helimech8152 Looking forward for next videos, Karl. Most interesting to see end of "throttle V3" story... I was really surprised to know about your future projects such as rudder...
Yes
Thank you for making your awesome design available! i purchased the design, as we speak im printing the parts :)
Hi Michiel, How is the build going? Its a bit of a slog in parts!
@@helimech8152 Hi! well, i was printing the base plate for the switches and led's, my printer decides to breakdown, actually, it is the first time it happened. initially the base plate looks very nice, only missing the support construction for the arduino. If you like, i can keep you update to date
@@helimech8152 Hi, small update, 3d printer is fixed. im making very good pogress at the moment, backplane is almost finished printing, Arduino mount is finised, it fits very well!
Incredible work. I've purchased the 3d print files and I'm getting to the point where I need to start buying components. Do you have a parts list for the screen, buttons, and such?
So awesome! FYI in all newer (Post 2002) NGs and MAXes, the EXEC light is white, not green. I only noticed because I stare at a real one all day haha. So amazing! Great work and I admire your wiring organization!
wow finally i found this amazing channel. Great work. I just need that stuff also for the airbus until i wait for the release of the PMDG. But first of al i need a 3d Printer 🙂
Hi Dennis, Thank you for the kind words! If you are thinking about any of these panels then a 3d printer is a must. I try to stay away from Airbus projects as there are so many friends that cover them already. Kind Regards Karl
Recently got my New Ender 3 which I'll be using to print this. I'm up for a decent challenge!
Good choice of printer, mine arr still going strong! The challenge is the repetivness of the 70 plus buttons. Crack that, and ots a good unit.
Great video. I hope someone one day can do one for airbus. I’m going to try this project out
Hello Daniel, the problem is that would require a320 software to prototype which I don't own. Have you searched TH-cam? I thought people were all over the DIY a320. Thanks for dropping by. Kind Regards Karl
youre a legend sir
Humbled!
Tip about those LCD screens. When the labeling on the back is right side up the image will be right side up.
Thank you!
Awesome, will definitely have to make one of these one day, when I have the time! 😂
It really is all about the time, cheap to build, but expensive in time! Kind Regards Karl
I remember you from 1 regt, I was watching thinking I know that guy from somewhere! Small world, great work on the content 👍🏻
Hello old friend! This one statement bought back so many fond memories and people I knew there. What a brilliant way to start my career! I hope this finds you well and what are you up to these days?
Kind regards Karl (Clarkey)
im so waiting to see a board version!!!!! got a sub from me!!! great job!!!
As soon as I get to a country that has a postal service! PCB's are the first thing I will create for all my designs!
Fantastic - I'm toying with the idea of moding this for an airbus mcdu. I bought you're package but I'm not sure how easy it would be to modify the faceplate. In the end I may just continue using webfmc on a tablet, but this sure would be a nice project.
Hello, if you have the CAD files than i would think it would be quite easy to convert, or even use the idea to create a new version. good luck Karl
This is great.
The new update from PMDG 737-700 for MS2020 now includes pop-out displays. Meaning you don't need Prosim anymore. All you have to do is pop-out the FMC display and move it to your external FMC screen and voila!
but how you will connect PMDG with mobiflight and MSfs2020? Iam stuck here..
found it.. thanks!.. i did not check custom variables for msfs2020 and pmdg
You are awesome
Thank you
You can use one analog input and multiple buttons using different resistors!
Ho Tron, Thats a very clever idea!
Greta Job, its amazing what you have done! Hoy much it cost and you do it for X-Plane 737 zibo ?
You are a real inspiration! I would like to use the same method with my 3D printer (Snapmaker). Any suggestions for transparent PLA filament to use for the buttons?
Hi using clear means you canot see the button text without backnlight, but it will work.
Great video! I'm starting out with an A320 MCDU for the Fenix, I'll need to undock the CDU screen and bring it onto the LCD for my MCDU however I'm on the fence about what board I use...
Hi, I cannot help with this as i have never flown the A320 or seen what software it uses. Perhaps the mobiflight Discord might be able to help?
WOW!!!
Cheers!
Thanks for this. Glad to see you still have some of the old heli wire left mate.
Hello! I have tons of the stuff! Not sure what I'll do with it all. Glad to see you are still following along. Kind regards karl
Karl, I think first type (flat) of buttons is most realistic. How about to print entiry button and paint black areas by oil pencil? And cover them by mat varnish to protect from deterioration? Also you can make button completely flat (by dense layer of lacquer)
Hi Artur, if this was solely for me, I would get out the CNC machine and fir the laser head and engrave the parts. But this was more to show how people can create this at home. With a push of a button (lol despite the hours of wiring). Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it's always appreciated. Kind regards Karl
Great video! I want one! lol
Thank you
Hi there! amazing job!! i'm wondering if you can show the workflow about the resin printed and wax text. Thank!
Hi That was in the last video, creating knobs. Kind regards Karl
9 seconds in. That's nice!
That's cool to hear! thank you!
@@helimech8152 I watched the entire video! Maybe there is a sapphire crystal screen protector for the screen, that would keep your screen clean.