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Title: CH Multi Function Panel
Post by: NitroFish on October 19, 2007, 10:25:07 AM

I came across this link today. http://www.tgdaily.com/...118/  (http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34443/118/ )
Something for you guys building home cockpits.
CH MFP (http://www.chproducts.com/retail/mfp.html)

Title: CH Multi Function Panel
Post by: Dichotomy on October 19, 2007, 10:39:50 AM

ooohhhhhhhhhhhhh *drool

Title: CH Multi Function Panel
Post by: Chalenge on October 19, 2007, 10:55:56 AM

Been looking at it for a while now but it sure is expensive. It would come in handy for an F16 but I cant think of much use for a P51.

Title: CH Multi Function Panel
Post by: hammer on October 19, 2007, 11:11:14 AM

X-Keys (http://www.piengineering.com/xkeys/xkdesk.php) have the same function but are less expensive.

Regards,

Hammer

Title: CH Multi Function Panel
Post by: JimBeam on October 19, 2007, 11:32:52 AM

thats pretty sweet..of its just one more thing for me to spill my drink on:D

Title: CH Multi Function Panel
Post by: SteveBailey on October 19, 2007, 12:17:07 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Chalenge
Been looking at it for a while now but it sure is expensive. It would come in handy for an F16 but I cant think of much use for a P51.

Same.... agreed.    :aok

Title: CH Multi Function Panel
Post by: The Fugitive on October 19, 2007, 12:44:44 PM

WIN XP recognizes two keyboards, buy a cheapy, and wire all your switches and stuff to it like THIS ONE (http://airmafia.com/mafia/nsty_simpit/index.htm)

Title: CH Multi Function Panel
Post by: indy007 on October 19, 2007, 01:20:24 PM

They're literally just licensed X-Keys with some fancy backgrounds printed for them. There's nothing stopping anybody from building this setup at this very moment, cheaper than CH is going to offer it. All it takes is the X-Keys, and a color printer.

Hell for not much more, you could use Phidgetts USB gear (from http://www.trossenrobotics.com) and built yourself.. well, anything you can think of. Not just limited to glorified keys, but potentiometers, sliders, touch pads. Wrap it around an LCD display made for car headrests, plug that into your extra monitor output, and (a simple example), and you've got a pretty sweet garmin gps stack for the MS Flight Sim series.

Then we can all quietly hope that HT will one day allow us extra monitors (and hopefully a data out file) and then really build some setups with great immersion.

Title: CH Multi Function Panel
Post by: miraj on October 19, 2007, 02:48:47 PM

That will fit nicely in my cockpit , oh the humanity.