Hello everyone,
after showing it in some german forums, I decided to share it with you as well.
What this topic is about ? About a completely self-build Cessna Citation cockpit, which is work in progress.
The project began in the end of February and took until now about 400 – 500 hrs.
It all started with hours and hours of studying which type, what equipment and so on.
Thereafter I had to draw everything myself, as there is absolutly nothing you can base your work on.
This is a little overview of the drawings.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7352/2...a3aef893_c.jpg
Of course there are a lot more drawings, I'm having a folder full of them and a lot more saved on my computer.
What you can see here is a drawing in my CAM software. The sense of this software is to make a program for the cnc machine out of the drawing.
https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7570/2...f29d91b0_c.jpg
For everyone who is thinking about building: I used Polycarbonat for this project, which is a quite fantastic material!
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7191/2...b237eb8e_c.jpg
For the project I have currently access to two cnc machines: One „small“ one, which is owned by a friend of mine in Berlin. That's this one:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7635/2...6ae35c3a_c.jpg
And the „big“ one, which is mainly used to make the larger parts and panels.
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8587/2...dc9d8cc5_c.jpg
This is one of the best moments: Getting your finished parts out of the machine!
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7026/2...8bbaa529_c.jpg
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7575/2...46d920c7_c.jpg
And then it was all about milling, milling and milling. This can be quite cool to watch, but if something does not work, it's pure stress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5NR3Days3s
One.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7302/2...554800b8_c.jpg
Two
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7657/2...3c854855_c.jpg
Three
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7709/2...4701f3bf_c.jpg
Four
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7365/2...26d370d2_c.jpg
The fifth part is currently WIP, of which I have no picture.
Then the painting started, take care when painting Polycarbonat, it needs a special primer!
Priming:
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7384/2...80df78f7_c.jpg
White is not what the citation looks like, so make it gray ;)
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7615/2...d959dc29_c.jpg
And this is when the wiring started:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7378/2...840b6e92_c.jpg
I know, there shouldnt be my Twix ??? ::)
https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7360/2...bda93277_c.jpg
This is how it looked like after about 4 hrs. Nowadays it's about 30 to 40 metres cable only within this panel.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7281/2...0b545948_c.jpg
Engraving started. Something new for me, so it all started with a lot of tests. When the cnc machine was build, noone took it that precise. So it took me one day to make it as precise as 1/20 mm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qaa6jM8QMM
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7325/2...84e86196_c.jpg
And these are the moments, when you realize the whole work is worth it. When I first saw it, I was a kind of speechless ;)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8899/2...cb4ab1c7_c.jpg
Started with making the plates behind the plates. Its all about backlightning, instruments and so on.
https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7759/2...aec49818_c.jpg
First test ;)
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8762/2...74eaea73_c.jpg
And this is how it looked like after about 6 months :D Quite awesome to see, and the first time I was absolutlely speechless. Never thought it would look like this.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8874/2...af8baf9a_c.jpg
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8847/2...780d3386_c.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8543/2...09430362_c.jpg
Most of the pictures here were just made with my mobile phone, so I'm sorry for the bad quality.
Regards
Philipp