This blog documents a project to build a functional Lockheed L-1011 cockpit replica
using real flight hardware, NI labVIEW and the x-Plane software platform.
The last few sessions working on the Lockheed L-1011 trainer at the museum have been very deep in the cabling trenches of the main instrument panel (MIP). Cabling takes a lot of patients and it is not particularly fast work either. In the image above and below you can see some of the new cable bundles introduced into the MIP on both the Captain's and the First Officers side. All this cabling is being done in preparation for the simulator being outfitted with the Ethernet based SIM429-11 ARINC interfaces.
L-1011 MIP Cabling
Saturday I also installed the second of 3 Ethernet switches into the simulator. This 5 port 10/100T switch will connect the SIM429 interfaces to the computer.
For the ARINC 429 integration of the L-1011 trainer at the museum we will be using bus interfaces made by V1 Avionics. For the integration testing V1 Avionics used the museum's L-1011 HSIs and ADIs. The video below shows the instrument preparation and testing prior to installation into the L-1011 trainer. The L-1011 sim will use the following ARINC 429 capable instruments:
