I just bought one of these with the intention to gut it and use it as the
cockpit for a PC flight simulator setup. However, it still seems to work
and is fairly interesting to use as it is. However, I have no idea how to
use it as it was originally intended; what to set the xponder, ADF, com and
nav freqs etc. and what to expect.

My google search on it has not turned up much. Has anyone got any
suggestions for use or contacts for documentation?

Thanks. It's a pretty interesting antique.

John,

Try ATC Flight Simulators, Los Angeles, CA
310-640-8300

Happy Simming!
Scott Skylane

John...

Somewhere around here I have the operating manuals for the 510,

and the schematics for the 610 (same box with an ADF

added)...

Understanding the transponder is critical... It's actually the

programming console... Specific settings for localizer and ILS

approaches, for example... The unit came with a set of lesson

plans and audio tapes... The tapes would give ATC instructions

carefully timed to coincide with progress on your flight if you

had the power and airspeeds set right...

I played with mine and some of the tapes which were in horrible

shape and found that it was almost impossible to get it all timed

right... If one understands how to set the transponder functions,

it works better with an instructor playing ATC live...

If I can find them, I'll send you copies of the docs for the cost

of reproducing and shipping...

John Price

CFII/AGI/IGI

http://home.att.net/~jm.price



"John Harlow" > wrote in message
...[i]
> I just bought one of these with the intention to gut it and use it as the
> cockpit for a PC flight simulator setup. However, it still seems to work
> and is fairly interesting to use as it is. However, I have no idea how to
> use it as it was originally intended; what to set the xponder, ADF, com
and
> nav freqs etc. and what to expect.
>
> My google search on it has not turned up much. Has anyone got any
> suggestions for use or contacts for documentation?
>
> Thanks. It's a pretty interesting antique.
>
>
>
>

John:
Email me and I will pass along a tremendous amount of information to
you about both maintenance and proper use of the 510. I used to
maintain about 65 of these for Professional Instrument Courses, Inc.

Your email address bounced back, although it seemed like a real one!

Bill www.instrumentratings.com




On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 01:00:51 -0400, "John Harlow"
> wrote:

>> The 510 is still a legal FTD for use to acquire up to 20 hours towards
>> an instrument rating, among other provisions. I wouldn't chop it up,
>> if I were you. You would need a letter from your FSDO in order to use
>> it as such, but it is obtainable, if the unit still functions as
>> designed.
>
>Wow. That's pretty timely too, as I plan on working on my instrument rating
>soon.
>
>I think you're right about leaving it intact. It's a pretty cool piece of
>hardware in it's own right - it'd be a real shame to destroy it. It's
>amazing what they did with a few 741 op amps.
>
>Now if I can only figure out how to set up an approach on it...
>

> John:
> Email me and I will pass along a tremendous amount of information to
> you about both maintenance and proper use of the 510. I used to
> maintain about 65 of these for Professional Instrument Courses, Inc.
>
> Your email address bounced back, although it seemed like a real one!

Thanks, Bill... I did email you using my 'real' address. The effluent
account (aka spam account) was dormant as I hadn't used it in awhile - it's
active now.