New X-Plane 10

Hi All,
Eventhough I can't continuer my sim cockpit project at these days, My new X-Plane 10 arrived just 5 days ago from Noel. It was really a great gift for me. I had the chance to fly with 747-400 using its FMC options and testing the new features of  X-Plane 10.
I will share some photos and videos. And I am planning to prepare some tutorials as well for beginners.

Keep following ...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All .

My favorite pages

I think it is better to collect some links and pages that I liked very much in this post. Those which I found very professionnal and want to put them in my favorite all the time.


Here they are:

http://www.throttletek.com/
http://users.skynet.be/jcordon/cockpit/index2.htm


if you want to fly with a 737, here is the good simulation site:
http://www.vdbroeck.net/

Pieces Arrived

Hi,

I am glad that I found almost all the necessary pieces during my Turkey holiday. I love my country since it is always possible to find almost everything easily even they are very special ones. I will share the photos and some addresses with you in this blog.
I hope I can upload the details this weekend.

o2tr

Slow Progress

Hi,
Unfortunately, i got not much progress on my construction. I was dealing about the change of my car and about searching a bigger house for my cockpit !
But during my holiday in Turkey, I am sure about finding and buying all small pieces such as rotators, switches leds and other small parts. On my return, I hope I will share more details and photos about the construction.
For those who go to holiday,
Have a nice holiday...

Meterials & pieces used during this project

In this article, all meterials used during this project are listed with their costs.

MIP Meterials

• MIP Support Panels       (different size wooden plaques)      - no cost
• MIP Paint
• Support Panels metal fixing parts
• Panel Coating
• Glare Shield Coating
• 
  

Seats

• Two old car seats                - no cost
• Textile to coat

Yoke System

• wooden construction for the support of Yoke           - no cost
• plastic tube + adapter                                              - 1,00 €
• cables from Yoke to controle card> 
• 2 Trim switches 
• 1 Autopilot disengage switch

Throttle System - (non-motorized)

• 2 Linear Pot for engines       (from an old joystick)           -   1,00 €
• 2 Reverse switches
• Throttle body MDF(10x120)
• Illuminations

Having knowledge about ports

I collect some information about manipulation of parallel and serial ports since I will need some more options like feedbacks or more connections.
Eventhough using those ports are old fashion, i found it is still usefull for some special effects.


some exaples of using ports with PPJoy utility.
http://www.etheli.com/simulator/simulator.html

Hands on

As of  13 April I started to craft. I found many different types of woods and collected them. Seriously I made the calculations for the cuttings and the desing of the cockpit shell.
I will give you details in the construction page.

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