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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

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    Hey capetonian
    just a little question i love you cockpit the first 2 images what are the sizes thanks looks great
    Hi, .. which images are you referring to?

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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

    hi there, ...

    a quick update, .. I have not been sitting still, .. but to photograph everything I do .... also been really busy at work, last Monday for example, up and down to Paris in 12 hours and 5 minutes, ... 1003km's, .. and I am off again on Sunday

    Well, .. a bunch of stuff arrived in the mail including 50 new switches:


    .... and some new rotaries....


    ...and I popped into the Gamma (building supplies store here in Holland)...

    ...where I picked up some fastening aids and a liter of RAL7011 (Boeing Grey!) acrylic paint.

    ...... geeze my desk is a mess!!!


    .....well, .. unpacked the switches and ... a few hours (and 3 episodes of House) later:


    ... thats it for now

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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

    Last night I wired up another two LED harnesses for the Flight Control panel and 'fitted' the LEDS. It's slowly filling up, I am just waiting for a few more LED orders and some more switches that I ordered



    ...it's starting to look really busy back here ....


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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

    Capetonian, what size monitors did you use for the displays? Brand?

    Also, do you have measured ACAD drawings of the main instrument panel (preferably in inches)

    Thanks for a great post!

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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

    .....so, finally a day off... so... we swee p out the scale model collection and pull out 39 sought after kits and about 20 sought after or rare decal sheets and take them to our local hobby shop. ......







    ...then we add 200 odd euros out of ones pocket to the equation and bob's your uncle........ a full scale 1:1 working MCP for our 737 cockpit project. The circuit board in the first picture is a MIPboard which isused to connect all the switches, buttons, lights etc on the MIP (Main Instrument Panel, for those not up to speed on the Jargon) More info on the MIP can be found HERE and info on the MIPboard can be found HERE .





    ..... oh... this is really getting to an exciting stage..... with a little more work we can actually 'fly' the MIP by the weekend, .. and that will be a major milestone in our project.


    ... to be continued .....

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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

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    Capetonian, what size monitors did you use for the displays? Brand?
    Hi there, .. thanks for following my build. I use two el cheapo 19" wide screen LG monitors. LG is definitely not my fist choice of business/gaming monitor but for this purpose they are absolutely perfect!! They cost about 93 euros (obviously different on your side of the world I guess) each. The middle screen, with the standby instruments is a 15: Iiyama monitor which I got from work, ... I have removed the bezels from all three monitors

    Also, do you have measured ACAD drawings of the main instrument panel (preferably in inches)
    Thanks for a great post!
    Have a look in the file section here. I did not make this panel but I did use the images found on the web and at MyCockpit to draw out my first panel on MFD.

    I hope that helps, ... if you need more info please do not hesitate to give me a shout!

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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

    Aaargggg.... in Holland they have this funny tradition with a dude on a horse called the Sint, .. well he's like Father Christmas just nowhere near as cool, .. anyway people always buy each other gifts so my son and I popped in to the LHShop to get a present for ourselves

    Aaaahhhhhhhhh - I love my new toy, ... we finally wired it up last night too:


    together with the MCP I picked up last week:



    .... to be continued ....
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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

    The last week has been chaos at work, but finally things have slowed down now and I hope to spend some time on the sim the coming week or so.
    It's damned cold outside, -4 and there has been a pile of snow on the ground since Thursday.

    I have made a new Main Instrument panel out of wood, we will use this one instead of the plastic-like one that we have, I will be able to screw into MDF and get a better join than with the plastic stuff. Anyway the new panel has been primered, I'll be sanding that and painting it in the next day or two.

    Today we did a test with the first electronics, because the new MIP is drying we used the old one and just stuck a few LEDS through, here is a quick film clip on Youtube

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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

    ,,, and this morning I spent a few minutes putting together my master caution and Fire Warning lights.



    These push button switches which I purchased online from Conrad, The switch costs 6 euro, the push-button (the clear one) costs 8 euro and a set of lamp bulbs (2 per set) costs 4 euro. (approx costs including postage).

    I designed the six-pack annunciators and the button legends in Photoshop, although the buttons are made to fit these switches, the six-packs are 1:1 scale.



    I printed the six-pack annunciators on clear transparency (for overhead projectors) and cut the buttons out with a modeling scalpel. The lid of the push button can be easily prised off with the tip of a hobby knife or a small flat screwdriver.

    If you want to make switches like these then you might want to download my six-pack file in BMP format.


    Filesize: 9,5MB, Rightclick, "Save-as ...."

    If you want me to make a mini tutorial then let me know. If you have problems getting hold of these parts in your country, let me know.

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    Re: Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

    Can you give me the product numbers of the Master Caution switch and stuff?. I want to take a look maybe i will build one.

    Thanx

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