Matt Clement's

R/C FMS Airplane and Helicopter Interface



(*actual cable may look different* I reserve the right to deny sales to anyone for any reason.
These cables are NOT for resale anyone caught distributing my cables will face legal action.)


If you would like an interface for Windows 2000/XP please email me @ clement.24@osu.edu

Have you ever wanted to try flying a remote control plane or helicopter? Well now its as easy as it gets. If you don't already have a transmitter, then order a buddy box for $30 and buy this cable and you can try flying remote control planes and helicopters on your computer!! This cable is made to connect between a remote control transmitter and the parallel or serial port (depending on which one you order) of a personal computer. With the included software you can fly several different planes/helicopters in several different landscapes. And if you become bored with the included models you can design your own or download more models than you'll ever need.
click here for more planes!!!.

It uses a free flight simulator called FMS (this software can be found online). This software is not as fancy as the other commercial packages, but then you aren't paying $300 for it either. It is very realistic and will help you learn the basics of RC flight. Its also great for practicing new manuevers without risking damage to you plane or helicopter.

The parallel cable will ONLY work with windows 95/98/ME.. Instead of the parallel port connector you can also have the Windows 95/98/ME cable made with a serial connection but the serial cable version requires the newer serial port chip on the motherboard (166550A uart).

I make cables for the newer 6pin Hitec and Futaba controllers as well as the older 5pin Futaba FM models. I also sell cables for the 5pin Airtronics rd6000 series transmitters. In order for the interface to work, the transmitter has to be able to be set to PPM mode and NOT PCM mode.

Every cable I sell is built and then tested (for usually an hour..haha) before being shipped out. The cost of the cable is only $16.00 shipped!! That is almost $10.00 cheaper than the cheapest commercially made cable available online. Click here to buy a cable now and start the fun.

Here are a few screenshots of the FMS software. note: you are not paying for the software, it is included for free with the cable. New landscapes and planes are available for download online. You can even design planes to use with this software. I include several of my favorite planes on the included cd-rom such as:

These planes are in addition to the standard set of planes and helicopters which include:



Airbus


BF-109


Cobra


CurtissR3C


DG1000


Diamant


Horten IV


Hughes


Me 163


Me 262


Pitts


Quickie


SilkyWind 400


Skyhawk


Su-26


SuperCup


ThreeDee


Transall


Slowfly



Here is what people are saying about my cables:

matt:
First of all, I've enjoyed watching you "grow" your business from the beginning. You've done a great job, treat people very well and offer a quality product for an excellent price.
It's great to see a college student who has such great focus and initiative. I'm quite sure you'll have a very successful career in the Engineering field. It's been an interesting and lucrative field for me for over 25 years. It's still a fun career for me after all these years. Almost as much fun as flying!

Your website is very well done! Logical, easy to navigate and very professional looking. Did you do that too? I'm impressed! As soon as I exit Ezone I'll be placing an order!

Keep up the good work - you're doing a GREAT job!

Yup!

I've made 1/2 a dozen, and I have had problems most of the time, even though I do this stuff fo a living.... If you don't know what you're doing, it's frustrating!

The price is right, support the poor college student!

Good Luck.

I bought the cable from Matt. It took only 3 days to get it. Mine was for a Futaba radio. It works as advertised -- Great! FMS is a good simulator with a lot of planes available. Installation was very easy and you don't have to keep inserting the cd when you want to fly (like Realflight G2 or the cd version of Cockpit Master!).

Regards,
wattsup

OK! I got my FMS cable adapter for Futaba along with a cd with the FMS program on it less than a hour ago. Delivery took only 3 days via UPS Priority Mail. It took less than 15 minutes to install and calibrate (my transmitter is a Futaba 8UAF). I'm having a blast with this simulator. Initially I had to correct a throttle and rudder channel assignment and reverse several channels -- it was easy to do and took less than 5 minutes. I also have Real Flight G2 and Cockpit Master and Backyard Editions. This was easier to install and get working properly than any of those. And you don't have to keep inserting the program cd when you want to fly!The quality of the "cable" setup is very good and it is working flawlessly for me. Given the number of planes and flying environments available for FMS and the high quality of the FMS screen visuals, I HIGHLY recommend buying this setup from clement.24@osu.edu. The price is right and it works great!

Thanks for making this cable available to Ezoners at such a reasonable price. Most of us probably wanted to try FMS but felt uncomfortable with the idea of having to solder up a cable and taking the risk that it might not work or messing with keyboard control. We don't even have to download the latest copy of FMS, it is provided on a cd for free with the cable adapter! Now we have no excuse!

Best regards,

My cable and CD arrived Christmas eve and works fine. Good quality and excellent service!

Thanks Matt and Merry Christmas.
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Mike

G'Day Matt --

I just wanted to close the loop on the flight simulator cable -- It got here very fast and works great. I think I actually had it before christmas but I had to download a newer DirectX to use the simulator. (You may want to think about including DirectX 7.? or 8.1 on the CD... I had to wait till I got back to work to be able to download its 14MB bulk and transferred it to my computer on a 9-disk zip file.)

After we emailed, I couldn't find your ad, so I sent what I remembered the price to be -- was the money order amount right?
I just saw a guy on my RCO forum looking for cables so I replied with your email address (and an endorsement of your cable -- I'm very happy with it) and a site with the how-to in case the wants to go that way. (I wanted to build my own, but after I didn't get around to it for a year or more, I was glad to buy it from you instead.)
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Got mine too.

Works great! Nice to be able to fly on the pc with my RD6000 instead of a joystick!
Thanks again!
Wes

FMS Cable

I received my cable on Saturday and immediately loaded the software. Plugged in my Futuba Skysport 6 and away I went. Matt, your cable works great. I always wanted a flight sim but didn't want to spend the big bucks. I'm telling you guys for \\$21 shipped to the door you can't beat this deal.Matt also included extra airplanes which I unzipped and also enjoyed flying.My son was using it this afternoon and he thought it was fun also.Thanks a lot for the enjoyment. Winter in Wisconsin might go faster now, plus the transmitter batteries will get some cycles on them.

Thanks Again
Mowman



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