Workshop Update
Last year I began to redesign my workshop, because I started to get a bit more into woodworking and the 23 sqaremeter are quite small, so I had to think it through. (more…)
Building the seatrail
When I flew the sim I realized that the position of the seat wasn’t completely ok. (more…)
Simroom done
After quite some work the room for the simulator has been finished The screen has been mounted and the carpet is in, additionally I could also do the necessary paint jobs on the wall. Some things will have to be done in the workshop to make working in ther easier My goal…
Screen mounted
The screen for the projection has been mounted on the wall. It’s a cheap IKEA Tupplur screen, tests will follow. (more…)
News of the last 5 years
Our daughter Johanna was born in January, 2012. From this day on, our live change dramatically *g*. The sim had to move out of the children's room and so it was time to adapt the basement. Base work on the simroom has been done. Here's how it looked at the beginning after…
Nearly all lamps working
Yess!
Except the CautionPanel all lamp-outputs of the sim are done and working. Last weekend I finished the ELEC and EPU panel: (more…)
More LEDs – and videos
The selfsoldered LED-Controller are done at last! One is already working inside the left console and lights up importand LEDs like the gear lights. I also made 2 videos of functional parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74L7ht6ErWc Functionality of the magnetic switch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydWge6YLCyw Response times of the DED-LCD
Progress on the right Frontpanel
The right frontpanel has been finished, as I intented to. MFD and DED are fully functioning and display the correct data out of Falcon: Until I manage to build my physical instruments like ADI, RPM, and so on, these data will be displayed on the two MFD-monitors with FalconGauges. Now all important…
The DED Is Working
The DED (DataEntryDisplay) on the right frontpanel is working! First I created the case to mount the LCD to the glareshield and now the data transfer from Falcon is running great!
New Simputer
After 6 years a new simputer was obtained - the old one was not able to give a smooth flying feeling. Since I don't plan to buy a new rig in the next years, I decided to get something more "high-end"ish. ASUS P5B Motherboard (front left) Intel Core2Duo E6600 2.4GHz CPU (front…
There shall be light
The IOCards are fully funtioning and controlling the lamps on the frontpanel! Sadly the pictures don't look as good as in reality The left panel shows important information (HSI and RWR) with FalconGauges: To finish the frontpanel, DED and the right MFD-monitor have to be installed.
First MDF including output
At last something is working as I planned it! The left MFD in "operational" state: And from the "pilot's view":
Monitors for the MFDs
Today I got my 2nd 6,5" TFT VGA Monitor for my MFDs! The package also included the missing inverter of the first one. I couldn't wait to test the whole thing. I connected everything as seen above, turned on the power - NOTHING :-( Just like so often, something didn't work ok…
Glareshield finished
The glareshield has been finished! Now I have a place to mount all the indexers, warning lights and the DED...
Lights on!
The indexer ligths, which give status info about Angle-Of-Attack and air refueling, are done. I got the housings from Dave Scott long time ago (thx, Dave!), and now I found the time to insert the leds: