Flyer One Zero and... Making a DIY Knobster

Now that I'm using Air Manager panels regularly for aircraft like the PMDG 737 and the Aerosoft CRJ, I figured it was time to add a Knobster to my setup, and I decided to go down the DIY route. In this video I build and fit the Knobster to my home cockpit and show you how I did it.

00:00 - Intro
02:18 - The parts you need
09:43 - Soldering the breakout pins
12:40 - Wiring it up
16:18 - Testing it out
23:29 - Outro

Sim Innovations Wiki page on the DIY Knobster (with I/O diagram etc): https://siminnovations.com/wiki/index...

Leo Bodnar shop: https://leobodnar.com/shop/

In Chapter 2, apologies that my hand holding the parts is out of view. I could not see the display of my camera while filming and I assumed the FOV was larger than it turned out to be. I have a remote monitor now so this shouldn't happen in future videos!

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I make videos about building and operating a flight simulator. The videos here cover a wide range of topics within flight simulation but especially how to build and maintain a sim, including constructing your own equipment, sim software setup and software development for simulators. I also film full flights in the sim.

Currently, the simulator consists of a home-built partial cockpit structure with a large TV for a display. This is a temporary setup that I will use while I build a completely new sim in my back bedroom.

I'm not a professional pilot and I make a lot of mistakes, but I have a lot of fun and if you're interested in aviation and in particular home cockpit building, you could do a lot worse than subscribe!

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Temporary simulator specs are:

Main PC: Core i9 13900K 13th-gen CPU / 32 GB RAM / 4TB NVMe storage / GTX 4090 / Win11 Pro / SPAD.Next etc

The console has: 2 touch-screen monitors, an OpenCockpits 737 MCP v2, PFC yoke, Saitek switch panel and either an Emuteq G1000 set or an additional 2 touch screens used to display the G3000 avionics.

The home-built pedestal includes interchangeable throttle panels with either a custom Throttletek A320-style quadrant for jets or a VirtualFly TQ6+ throttle quadrant for flying piston engine and turbojet aircraft.

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