HemiGuy Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) I picked up 3 Liliput 8" displays from Alixpress for $120.00 each. Not cheap but cheaper than Cubesim's nice setup but I got them in a week. I am really liking the Lilliput screens paired with my 3 Thrustmaster Cougar MFD's for the fact that the display's are plug & Play with just a USB cable. Each MFD and Display is using 2 USB 3.0 ports (6 ports total for all 3 MFD/Displays connected to a powered USB 3.0 hub). No need for display power cables or DC adapter and no taking up additional HDMI or Display ports of your video card GPU's like other DIY display solutions out there. Testing these displays, I am only seeing about a 3-4 frame drop total while running all 3 MFD screens with the F/A-18 at ground level (6800xt / AMD 5950). I decided to keep it simple and just created a custom MFD lua file placed in the DCS config directory. The same Lua works for any module within DCS. This is much simpler then using Helios and trying to figure out another software/plugin for DCS. I have heard great things about Helios and may experiment with it later. For mounting the MFD's, I didn't want to just tape the MFD's to the displays so I spent many nights getting these custom 3D printed faceplates to be the perfect fit. The custom faceplates use the original hardware and display power/contrast buttons with no drilling while also using the existing Lilliput stock back shroud keeping the function of the built in kickstand, The stock Lilliput back shroud also gives you 4 mounting holes on the back allowing you to mount them to your HOTAS desk mounts or aluminum extrusion sim pits, etc. I'm also anxiously waiting shipment of my aluminum extrusion order from 8020 so I can build my custom designed sliding rail HOTAS mount for my desk. I will figure out a faceplate mount solution once I have the sliding rail HOTAS mounts installed. Using my desk for my daily "work from home" job as well as my main gaming/sim desk poses it's challenges, which many of you experience as well. I hope it all works out and will update once I get it all mounted up. I just wanted to share my custom display faceplates which I think turned out well. I painted these up last night and gave them a worn look. Just installed the MFD's and it all fits perfectly, no tape needed on the MFD's, the cougar MFD's are friction fit and can be removed from the faceplates if needed. What ya all think? Edited January 24, 2022 by HemiGuy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenzon Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 These look superb - amazing work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swson Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 I bought the Cougar at 70€ for 2 then 20€ For 1 800x600LCD with its electronic board and remote control on Alliexpress and 5 € for 1 plastic box so it cost me only 60€ for a fully active MFD ….count 2hours of work on every MFD to achieve the mounting Some other views Some other views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golgoth21 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Nice ! any pictures of the work in progress ? How do you connect your screens to the PC ? Through a VGA port ? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CpAleks Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) Am 25.3.2022 um 22:14 schrieb Swson: I bought the Cougar at 70€ for 2 then 20€ For 1 800x600LCD with its electronic board and remote control on Alliexpress and 5 € for 1 plastic box so it cost me only 60€ for a fully active MFD ….count 2hours of work on every MFD to achieve the mounting Some other views Some other views Nice work. Do you have a link for the Displays and the STL Files for the Case? Edited July 7, 2022 by CpAleks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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