Cessna 172 simpit glareshield

[cjellwood]

the current stack is the HomeSim COM/NAV and XPNDR Click here to view

That leaves me short 4 units which I have attempted to have custom made but was let down on several occasions by the engineers that I employed for the job. I sent the design files to Chris at cockpitsonic last week, he said he would help me get them developed. Unfortunately (as is normal) he has not replied to me since sending the files.

Chris

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Cockpitsonic GA radios, this could be interesting, are you expecting chris to develop them cheaper than what is already on the market?

Cheers, Alex

[cjellwood]

well I hope he can produce them cheaper. I think HomeSim should be a guide as to what is a proportionate price for this sort of equipment because they are very reasonably priced and I am happy to pay those prices (when I have the money to pay it if you know what I mean). I dont feel like I am having my arms pulled off when buying from HomeSim.

There is nothing stopping us from all chipping in to have the units built ourselves. To complete the stack we need AP, DME, ADF and Audio panel of which the master unit would be the AP module. Just 4 people chipping in £150 each would pay for the professional design and construction of the AP master unit so that pays for itself, then the other units will be much cheaper following that design base. Here is my DXF sketch of the master radio unit which is very simple and would probably cost no more than £80 each to produce (including assembly) after design costs. I will get a quote for the AP master unit development and post it here when it arrives.





Chris

Chris

[AK Mongo]

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

Looks like the Homesim units http://www.homesim.de/products/compo.../index_en.html

Cheaper than Goflight heads, but realistic look and function.

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Cheaper than Goflight heads, but realistic look and function.

Go flight do the job nicely but look nothing like anything you would see in a GA aircraft!

[cjellwood]

I had an opportunity to buy some Go-Flight radios but they do not pay much attention to the cosmetics i.e. big chunky buttons and 'in yer face' LED sections, so gave them a miss. Today I went to see a company that does plastic moulding for the glareshield. A quote for that is around the corner and also for the radio modules from a different company.

Chris

[cjellwood]

Tommorow afternoon I have some time in a Cessna cockpit armed with my tape measure so if anyone has a request let me know.

Chris

[cjellwood]

ok guys, just so nobody can say I am all mouth and no action, today I sold my remaining kidney to pay for the creation of the afore mentioned glareshield. Tooling is the most expensive part @ £1400. Then after tooling we have ABS quality glareshields at £130 a pop rather than £350 from Nether-Nether-lands. This has been done primarily for my own production interests but anyone is welcome to get their hands on a piece at this moment.

A few slight modifications had to be made from the base example to add strength at critical areas but nothing major.

The radio module idea is yet to be addressed no thanks to Chris from cockpitsonic UK who decided to take my design files then disapear.

Chris

[Cessna172sim]

We made our instrument panel from aluminum and water cutted it in a local company called Tampereen Vesileikkaus:
http://www.tampereenvesileikkaus.com/?ad=GoogleLSA

It was very precise and good quality work. I'm sure they can also ship the panel outside Finland. All they need is a CAD-document via email.
http://www.lentosimulaattori.1g.fi/k...t+panel/03.JPG
http://www.lentosimulaattori.1g.fi/k...ument%20panel/

[cjellwood]

The Cessna throttle friction blocks are very easy to make from aluminium hex rods. Here is what arrived from my engineer today all ready to fit apart from a couple of tap to put screws into to hold in position.



Later I will show some pics of them in the cockpit with original throttle knobs and hopefully the manufactured glareshiled if it is ready.

Chris