RMI and ISFD unit installed

Recently I installed a Flightillusion RMI. Before, the RMI was simulated by Prosim-Display. There has been one physical display covering the ISFD, RMI and upper EICAS. To have room for the RMI I also had to change the display to a smaller one, that now covers only the upper EICAS area.

Also a new, 7´´ display was set in place for the already existing ISFD frame.

These things are definetely not necessary for a functional sim, but nice to have. And they make a little more realistic cockpit feeling.

Connecting everything was straightforward. The Flightillusion RMI works out of the box with Prosim without calibrating anything. The displays could easily be connected via VGA and HDMI to existing outputs on my grafic cards.

The only drawback I can see so far is the fact, that the small ISFD display had to be turned by 90°. So the sideviews left and right are different. Left has much more contrast, while right has much less. This effect was expected and is acceptable for me. I didn´t find a display that fits in place and has symmetric viewing angles.

Low cost, fully functional ISFD

I have made a fully working low cost simple ISFD without backlight. The screen is still used for Upper Eicas, RMI and ISFD together. As there is not much space between the FDS MIP and the screen, I used small micro switches. The frame and buttons where designed with sketchup and 3D printed at a company. Overall costs 50-60.- €. Sketchup 3D files can be downloaded here (please have also a look into the readme.pdf):