With custom cut table (with cut-out notches for the cables) I now have a table set low enough for the yoke and throttle to be comfortable yet not that low so as to catch my knee everytime I move close. Its hung off the wall like a shelf with a few extra mountings to hold the weight of the 28” screen.

The problem with yokes is: do you keep them there or constantly move them away when not in use. Well, as the “work” side of the office is opposite and has a dedicated table-top, I can keep the yoke and throttle connected and mounted permanently. All I do is throw a dust sheet over it to keep it free of cat hairs.

A couple of new shelves hold the sound system, speakers, lights and the History of Flight 100 years teddy. On screen is a Boeing 767-300 from Simmer’s Sky (Overland in Japan).

Tested the other night .. worked with FS9 but for some reason as yet to be determined not with FSX. Screen shot below shows the display running on a Samsung NC-10 web-book mini laptop under the 28” simulator screen with an FS9 PSS Dash 8-300 (from the game Airline Pilot).

Set-up was simple .. FS9 machine (A) has the server code installed to communicate FS9 offsets to the OGS client running on the laptop (B). FSUIPC is not used as I am mean and don’t want to pay for it while testing this set-up – I am using IOCP which is free. FSX machine and laptop talk over WiFi. OGS client laptop has OGS code installed

Really cool stuff .. check-out the code – took 5 mins to set-up. Can’t wait for the FMC to be released.

Figure 1. OGS look & feel (from cockpitware’s website)

I have now added a second modular PSU to the dual Opteron 165 simulator rig – making it a smidgen over 1kW (Hiper 580 + new Corsair 450). The Hiper is primary (as it was there first) and drives the Corsair at start-up via dual PSU coupling I found in my kit box (must be from the Hiper, but not sure). There are instructions on the interweb on how to make or where to buy these from – but a very handy little cable.