Cessna 172 simpit glareshield

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Thanks for the video's, this HomeSim is looking very attractive indeed! At long last a cheaper alternative to the way over priced plastic on the market today. Seagull Systems, Simkits and FlightIllusion all have one thing in common, WAY OVER PRICED! This HomeSim stuff is very good value for money. A six pack for under a grand? PERFECT! Excellent Value Indeed!

[BigBlueSaw]

This could be one answer..... We could upload some designs, get some prices and just do it ourselves. Some sort of shop or link to the manufacturers could be put up in the forum with minimum orders required (if any). Food for thought

At Big Blue Saw, we regularly work with hobbyists and small businesses who need control panels. Typically we will waterjet cut the panels if the customer wants aluminum or stainless steel, or we laser cut plastic control panels. I don't know that we've ever done a control panel for an airplane or simulator, but we have made plenty of panels for boats, cars, DJ mixing boards, and other miscellaneous electronics.

BTW, I'm really impressed by the quality of some of the cockpits I'm seeing on this forum. Keep up the good work!

[AK Mongo]

oh and btw, you can only pay them by wire transfer. Here is a couple of pics of their mixture stick which is just simple good design and cheap The throttle stick is the same but with red knob. I have some original Cessna knobs but they want a 6mm shaft, this is 4mm. May need to drill it out






Chris

...Very uncivilized of them to require wires transfers, but such is the nature of International trade. So everything interfaces through their control board? Was thinking it was individual USB instruments.

How long did it take to get delivered from ordering? Were the gauge faces customizable like Simkits are? They look very smooth in your video. Is the setup you are talking about related to your panel, or do the instruments/radios take a lot of fiddling?

[cjellwood]

How long did it take to get delivered from ordering? Were the gauge faces customizable like Simkits are? They look very smooth in your video. Is the setup you are talking about related to your panel, or do the instruments/radios take a lot of fiddling?

It take around a week for small part orders but can take upto a month for large orders. The proprieters of HomeSim work normal jobs and do private aviation projects so it is really just a matter of what they have on their plate at the time. I dont think they are customizable but will check later. HomeSim sent me the DXF files for the radio and gauges so it was just a matter of getting the design cut and screwing them in. No calibration required, just plug it all into the pre defined control board slots and away you go. If you dont want to use their switchboard in your cockpit then they will send you the custom software so everything works through FSUIPC instead of the switchboard.

That reminds me, the gauges are backlit too but I forgot to press the lighting switch in FS to test the lights.

What is really concerning me now is the extra radio modules required such as the AP unit and a few others. If anyone knows an electronics engineer that designs PCB's then please let me know. I will pay and already have the software ready to connect via USB to a PIC18F4550 with the radio AP data etc. All design for the required boards is waiting and parts are ready too, just need the pcb's designed for print and firmware written.

Chris

It is a shame they do not do all the gauges but the range they do sell is better than a kick in the nuts from simkits.

[cjellwood]

You should of got Chris @ inflight simulations to order the glareshield for you through his cockpitsonic uk distribution website (www.cockpitsonic.co.uk), that way Chris would of tracked your order every minute of the way, and he and his wife will always alnswer the phone in the office, he is a top bloke. Maybe contact Chris through his Cockpitsonic UK website because I know that he will certainly be able to contact them.

I will say no more about simkits........

Chris from the UK cockpitsonic contacted me a moment ago. It seems that he gave the Dutch side a boot in the *** earlier which resulted in the appearance of a tracking number this morning for the delivery

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Funny you say that, I just got an email from Chris a few hours ago. He's a top bloke believe me, he's prob just been very busy with all the other stuff going on!

Alex

[cjellwood]

Glareshield arrived today



I was suprised it is made of fibreglass, not ABS. I dont think fibreglass is the best material for this product considering the thin sections that warp and can break easily but generally it is good quality. But I expected it to be cheaper being made of fiberglass

Chris

[AK Mongo]

Is that the cockpitsonic one, or the locally fabricated?

[cjellwood]

Is that the cockpitsonic one, or the locally fabricated?

It is the CockpitSonic glareshield. Sorry I should have stated that in my last post, I presume everyone is psychic sometimes (so my other half says)

Chris

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Can I ask what your radio stack is, is it the Saitek stuff?

Cheers,

Alex