Landing Lights, But No Overhead - Go Flight Module
/The 737 Project has been reasonably well mapped out and the work schedule revolves around specific aircraft systems. I try to finish work on one system (for example, the automation on the throttle) before moving to the next.
One of the provisos when I started this project was that I wanted the simulator to be working during construction. I was afraid that without using the simulator the project would loose traction.
The overhead is not scheduled for sometime (it is one of the last systems to completion). In the interim, I am using the Sim Avionics virtual overhead, and moving a mouse around a screen is hardly realistic.
There are a number of switches on the forward overhead panel that can be easily mapped and configured to a toggle switch, and the switch mounted somewhere within the simulator. Although unrealistic it is a better option than the mouse.
I have several GoFlight modules from my earlier simulator that were gathering dust; therefore, I decided to use two Go Flight T8 button modules to act as a interim overhead. I use the module to turn on and off the various lights - such as landing, taxi, navigation, collision and beacon. The toggles also operate the anti-ice, CDU mode, seat belts, no smoking lights, yaw dampener and re-circulation fans.
The modules have been mounted into the center pedestal. Although rather crude and certainly not realistic it works and fills the gap until the overhead is completed; making it easier to access the landing and a few other switches that are are used on every flight.
