paeagle Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) About a year ago I bought Thrustmaster MFD Cougar pack. It is great device, only stability of the frames is not quite perfect with the standard base. So I decided to replace this base with some holder that would better secure the position of both frames, then I started to think about possible additional functions of this new holder ... Finally it was added in my modest home cockpit what you can see in the photos below. Description: 2 x TM MFD frames (the base and the back side removed) 32 x pushbuttons 5 x rocker switches (ON momentary - OFF permanent - ON momentary) 5 x 3-position switches 6 x 2-position switches buttons and switches position based on UFC, AHCP and NAV panels in A10-C cockpit aluminium sheetmetal box MJOY16 and USB hub inside Edited December 1, 2019 by paeagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BravoYankee4 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Nice. Adding two 8" monitors would do it perfect :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BravoYankee4 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 By the way, do you have any good source for information about the MJOY16 in english? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paeagle Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Nice. Adding two 8" monitors would do it perfect :) Connecting the buttons and switches to MJOY was easy. I'm afraid that installing monitors into the panel would be too hard for me. :) As far as MJOY16 is concerned, I know only this manual ... http://www.joysticks.ru/download/files/MJoy16-C1_Users_Manual_v1.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansangb Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 You can just stick a 8" Liliput USB monitors on there. But it would jut out to the left and to the right of the console. As you can see the picture below, there is some "dead space" that I covered up. Since you have switches, you would have to mount the MFDs to the right side of the LEFT monitor. You can also go with panels from Alibaba but that's a little more involved because you have to interface it via HDMI or VGA. The Liliputs are just USB connected monitors. Pretty easy to doublestick tape onto your console. Either way, very functional setup you have there! hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paeagle Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 It would be great to see real monitors in the frames instead of a piece of printed paper. Maybe I will start to plan another upgrade of my cockpit. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlacleyCole Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Nicely done I would get a label maker and label everything. Need a couple of little monitors to fit the squares of the mfds BlackeyCole 20years usaf XP-11. Dcs 2.5OB Acer predator laptop/ i7 7720, 2.4ghz, 32 gb ddr4 ram, 500gb ssd,1tb hdd,nvidia 1080 8gb vram New FlightSim Blog at https://blackeysblog.wordpress.com. Go visit it and leave me feedback and or comments so I can make it better. A new post every Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paeagle Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Originally, I had the plan to have labels printed directly on the buttons and on the panel, then I dropped it for a number of reasons. But it's another item for some next version of this control panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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