[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":99},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-737max-fcu":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":88,"downloads":89,"extension":90,"lastUpdated":91,"meta":92,"navigation":93,"path":94,"readingTime":95,"seo":96,"stem":97,"__hash__":98},"projectArticles\u002Fprojects\u002F737max\u002Ffcu.md","FCU — Flight Control Unit",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":80},"minimark",[9,14,18,22,25,29,32,73,77],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"overview","Overview",[15,16,17],"p",{},"The Flight Control Unit (FCU) sits on the glare shield and provides the primary autoflight interface. On the real 737 MAX this is often conflated with the MCP — for this build they share the same physical housing but are documented separately.",[10,19,21],{"id":20},"status","Status",[15,23,24],{},"Currently in design phase. Panel DXF is complete; awaiting laser cut.",[10,26,28],{"id":27},"panel-layout","Panel Layout",[15,30,31],{},"The FCU replicates the following controls:",[33,34,35,43,49,55,61,67],"ul",{},[36,37,38,42],"li",{},[39,40,41],"strong",{},"Speed"," — rotary encoder with push (managed\u002Fselected toggle)",[36,44,45,48],{},[39,46,47],{},"Heading\u002FTrack"," — encoder with push",[36,50,51,54],{},[39,52,53],{},"Altitude"," — large encoder, coarse and fine",[36,56,57,60],{},[39,58,59],{},"Vertical Speed \u002F FPA"," — encoder with +\u002F- buttons",[36,62,63,66],{},[39,64,65],{},"AP1 \u002F AP2 \u002F A\u002FTHR"," — illuminated pushbuttons",[36,68,69,72],{},[39,70,71],{},"APPR \u002F LOC \u002F EXPED"," — mode buttons",[10,74,76],{"id":75},"design-notes","Design Notes",[15,78,79],{},"The glare shield housing is cut from 3mm MDF and painted RAL 7021. The FCU panel itself is 3mm black acrylic with engraved legends.",{"title":81,"searchDepth":82,"depth":82,"links":83},"",2,[84,85,86,87],{"id":12,"depth":82,"text":13},{"id":20,"depth":82,"text":21},{"id":27,"depth":82,"text":28},{"id":75,"depth":82,"text":76},"Build log for the 737 MAX Flight Control Unit panel: design decisions, encoder layout, and SimConnect integration.",null,"md","2026-03",{},true,"\u002Fprojects\u002F737max\u002Ffcu",5,{"title":5,"description":88},"projects\u002F737max\u002Ffcu","BEjWrnPMs45Il5WBlJGOJDO6e1Z_vTwVcGzyKe8sX_s",1781294860812]