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8/29/10
The Cockpit
I have had several requests for pictures of the cockpit. So I am posting here a few pictures of what the cockpit looks like. Please remember this is the acumination of six or seven years of research and work.
As we continue this blog, I will show you how I made many of the components and panels you see here.
This blog will go through the basic building blocks which together make up the simulator. Also, what you see is what it looks like today. It is not finished. There are two major projects yet to be finished and several smaller ones before I will be satisfied.
These side-by-side pictures are what it looked like when it was disassembled into pieces to be transported into the house, and what it looks like now. The green-yellow paint is supposed to be the primer used on military aircraft.
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Here are pictures of the left side and instrument panel. Since I can only post four images at a time, the right side will have to wait.
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Each component you see in the pictures was made one piece at at time. Some, like the rudder pedals and control stick took over a year to perfect (that word is used in a relative manner as I am not yet truly satisfied with either of them). There is nothing there that anyone with average skills and desire could not duplicate.
In my next entry we will return to the I/O cards and how they make this thing work.
8/29/10
The Cockpit
I have had several requests for pictures of the cockpit. So I am posting here a few pictures of what the cockpit looks like. Please remember this is the acumination of six or seven years of research and work.
As we continue this blog, I will show you how I made many of the components and panels you see here.
This blog will go through the basic building blocks which together make up the simulator. Also, what you see is what it looks like today. It is not finished. There are two major projects yet to be finished and several smaller ones before I will be satisfied.
These side-by-side pictures are what it looked like when it was disassembled into pieces to be transported into the house, and what it looks like now. The green-yellow paint is supposed to be the primer used on military aircraft.
View attachment 17063 View attachment 17064
Here are pictures of the left side and instrument panel. Since I can only post four images at a time, the right side will have to wait.
View attachment 17067View attachment 17066
Each component you see in the pictures was made one piece at at time. Some, like the rudder pedals and control stick took over a year to perfect (that word is used in a relative manner as I am not yet truly satisfied with either of them). There is nothing there that anyone with average skills and desire could not duplicate.
In my next entry we will return to the I/O cards and how they make this thing work.
