MA3F FCDA320-style MCDU: 5.1-inch IPS, die-cast aluminium front, USB-C

Enter the flight plan with your fingers, not the mouse

The MA3F Flight Computer Display is a desktop flight-management unit styled after the Airbus MCDU. It renders the simulator's FMS pages on its own screen and takes input from a physical keypad, so pre-flight setup, route entry and takeoff performance are no longer mouse work on your monitor. The screen is a 5.1-inch IPS panel with crisp small type, and the font style can be matched to a particular add-on or to your own preference. The front housing is die-cast aluminium alloy; the keys use high-force dome switches under rigid, high-hardness silicone caps, giving a short travel, an unambiguous break and very little wobble or accidental actuation. Screen brightness, character illumination and status lighting adjust independently and sync to telemetry through MOZA Cockpit. Beyond the FMS pages, the firmware adds a built-in checklist and three whiteboard pages, so the unit doubles as a working tool in flight. It connects with a single USB Type-C cable (USB 2.0, 5 V / 900 mA) and targets the PC. Mount it on the included desktop stand or on a standard 75 × 75 mm VESA bracket.

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   An MCDU you actually press

   Setting up an Airbus for departure is dozens of key presses: INIT, F-PLN, PERF, RAD NAV. On a monitor each one means aiming a cursor. The MA3F moves that work onto a real keypad: the letter and number rows, the line-select keys down the sides and the function keys along the top sit exactly where they do on the real unit.

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   A cast front and firm keys

   The front housing is die-cast aluminium alloy with a finished surface — it does not flex under your fingers or rattle during fast entry. Under the caps are high-force dome switches: the actuation force is noticeably above an office keyboard, so each key gives an unambiguous response and neighbouring keys are not caught by accident.

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   Checklist and notepad on the unit itself

   Alongside the FMS pages, the unit carries a built-in checklist and three whiteboard pages. A takeoff clearance, frequencies, an assigned level or a temporary restriction can be written down on the panel itself, without minimising the simulator or keeping a second screen of text beside you.

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   Lighting that matches the cockpit

   Screen brightness, character illumination and status lighting are adjusted separately, so the unit reads equally well by a window in daylight and in a dark room on a night sector. Through MOZA Cockpit the lighting binds to telemetry and moves together with the rest of the rig.

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   On the desk or on a bracket

   A desktop stand is included — set the unit down to the left of your keyboard and start flying. If your cockpit is built on profile, the back carries standard 75 × 75 mm VESA holes, and the MA3F goes onto any compatible bracket next to the rest of the modules.