OPEN HARDWARE · X-PLANE · MSFS

Real G1000 Muscle Memory.

Without the $1,000 Price Tag.

See it fly

Prototype running X-Plane. No renders, no mockups.

You fly a G1000 ship.

Your hands fly a mouse.

Every sim pilot knows the moment: approach briefed, frequencies set. Then

you're squinting at a virtual knob, scrolling a mouse wheel, clicking through a popup

window. It breaks immersion and trains habits that don't exist in any real cockpit.

Commercial replica hardware is excellent, and costs $700 to $3,000 per display.

Touchscreen apps are affordable, and still leave no knobs under your fingers.

There's a third way. It's the one this community has always used: build it, openly.

A faithful panel, from parts you can actually buy

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Authentic layout, honest proportions

Control placement and bezel proportions faithful to the real unit, so the

muscle memory transfers. Dual concentric encoders, full softkey row.

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Real screen, sharp screen

A high-resolution IPS panel renders your simulator's own native G1000

output. To your PC it is simply a second monitor, with no extra software.

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Sized for a desk, not a hangar

Proportionally scaled down to fit a desktop setup. Not everyone has the

room or budget for a full-size cockpit, and this panel does not assume it.

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Community-standard electronics

An ATmega2560 runs the controls, the same board the cockpit building

community already uses. Spare parts and know-how are easy to find.

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Works with your software

MobiFlight, SimVimX, or your own code through a fully documented

open serial protocol. Three routes into two simulators. No lock-in, ever.

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A kit you'll actually finish

One evening, a screwdriver and a guided manual. The hard parts,

display integration and board design, are already solved and tested.

Target price: $299–349 base kit

A fraction of commercial alternatives. Final pricing at campaign launch.

Built for real. Flying today.

This isn't a render. The prototype has logged [N] hours in my own cockpit through [N] documented revisions.

Display driver experiments, encoder torture tests, bezel redesigns, all posted publicly along the way.

Follow the build log → Watch the full video →

— Marcin, Poland

The first batch will be small.

The list gets it first.

Small enough to build flawlessly. Which means it can sell out on subscribers alone.

A handful of emails total. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Kit crowdfunding campaign in preparation · Open hardware · Designed and built in Poland

Contact: pic@jetsim.club

This is an independent open-hardware project. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by

Garmin Ltd. "G1000" is a trademark of Garmin Ltd., referenced solely to describe simulator compatibility.