RC PLANE COCKPIT UPGRADE
RC PLANE COCKPIT FULL
RC PLANE COCKPIT SIMULATOR
RC PLANE COCKPIT TV

This system allowed me to use most of the buttons on the flight system to control the channels but I didnt want to use the controlls on the stick for things like the landing gear. The Flight system in the pictures above I decided not to use because it used a usb to ppm converter system that was good but not versital enough for what I wanted to do. So now for the hard part wich in therory is quite simple.How to wire the Joystick, throttle, and rudder pedals (the ''flight system'').

RC PLANE COCKPIT UPGRADE

You can see how modular it is witch makes it easy to upgrade or add different systems to. These are pictures of the wiring process of the system panels. It is red gaurded in the ''on'' position so when the gaurd is down the power is supplied to the CGS systems. The pannel with the red gaurd is going to be the master switch. I hacked it and moved control to push buttons and a on/off togle switch. This is the control panel for the Eagletree Eagle Eyes video spliter and diversity controler.

The red button is not used with the EZUHF but if it is accidently pushed the radio will revert to low power. Green indicates low power and yellow would indicate high power. The next three are mechanically connected and if you push one the other will pop out and change color from red yellow or gree to black.

The green gaurd protects the push on/push off button, the button to the right is a momentary bush button that is the bind/failsafe button. This panel just adds to the ''cool'' factor of the CGS. I do NOT need to go through this control panel but instead just velcro the TX to the top of the dash where I can reach the stock power and failsafe controls. Of course I had to hack my EZUHF TX so that I could use this panel, however it is possible to plug just about any LRS radio into the Cockpit Ground Station (CGS) and work. This first one is the LRS UHF control panel. This is a close up and a good example of how I built different control panels for the cockpit. At this point it is starting to look pretty cool but I had no idea exactly how cool this would get.lol The Green gaurded switch in this picture is the EZUHF control panel. I was only using this one in the pics as I waited on my 42 inch flat screen to arrive.

RC PLANE COCKPIT TV

The TV in this picture is NOT the one that is used in the finished cockpit. This is also an early configuration and has since been changed which you will see latter in the artical. The original dash configuration has the back up display (used incase the main TV display A/C power goes out) on the right and an Ipad, that is flush mounted, running ImersionRC's telematry app. This makes it a very modular design and has been quite easy for me to change things around or add new ideas that come to me. Each panel supports a different system in the cockpit not unlike a real aircraft cockpit. The dash and side panels are cut out of aluminum and drawer pulls added to each panel. I painted the interrior of the box flat black and the outside grey. The Joystick system in these pictures are not the ones I ended up using. I built the side pannels, seat and dash into the box. I started by building a large box out of plywood and 2x2's.

Flying FPV in it is truly a unique experience and a lot of fun.

RC PLANE COCKPIT FULL

I modified a typical computer gamming joystick, throttle and rudder pedals along with an older Futaba radio and built a full cockpit around them.

RC PLANE COCKPIT SIMULATOR

It is along the line of a simulator experience with a 42 inch flat screen TV for visuals and a 9 inch 12v display for back up. It is basically a full scale cockpit that the FPV pilot sits in to fly his R/C aircraft. This is a fun project I have been working on for about a year since I first thought about doing it.

Rc plane cockpit