Transavia 737-700 Cockpit

[capetonian]

Hi Andrew,
Can you check your pm please...
Thanks
Mike

Hi there,

did but I could not open any of the 4 that were waiting for me.

Andrew

[capetonian]

Hi All,

Unfortunatly I have not had any updates for a while, the real world came and bit me on the *** when I was not looking and I had to sort out a few things in my private life.

But... I have done a few small things... and there will be new updates very very soon

[capetonian]

Well, .. here I am again, . just when you thought I had killed and buried my project... well, nothing could be further from the truth . The real world cam and bit me on the bum while I was not looking and I had to attend to some things,. ... well, . back in the building mode and I decided that I needed to change a few small things.

Remember this:



...the really cool little overhead I made? Well, . it is no more, . .nope! I decided that I needed a full size Overhead, albeit just to use until we purchase a full size one. It needed to be full size so that all the annunciators can be read, it needed to be on a wooden frame with enough depth to hide all the electronics and cables, it needed to be cheap, and yes, it needed, like it's predecessor, to be quick and dirty project.

I have a pile of white acrylic sheets in the shed so I went out and bought a table top tile saw, ideal for cutting plastic as the blade uses water to cool it which prevents the plastic from melting. These things cost 50 euro at the GAMMA (local builders/do-it-yourself supply store) and I had a load of discount coupons so I went and picked on up for 40 euro.

I printed the overhead out in 1:1 scale on the printer at work, glued the A4 pages together and then cut them into strips similar in width to those on the actual overhead. Then I spent a few hours, cutting, cleaning and preparing the perspex sheets. After that I glued the paper overhead image(s) on the sheets with .... Pritt
That done, I clamped a sheet of MDF onto the lounge table (I suppose being single does at times have it's benefits ) and clamped the sheets on to that, one at a time to drill all the necessary holes. I drilled 6mm for the LEDS, 6mm for the switches and 8-10 mm for the pots, rotaries and encoders as well as the push button stitches.

I picked up a few planks from the GAMMA and armed with my trusty jigsaw I proceeded to cut myself a frame..... well, when this weekend came Filipe was here to help me so we put the frame together, trimmed the strips for size, transferred all the switched and LEDS from the 'old' overhead to the new one...... and this was our result just after lunch today:



The rear of the unit:


The rear of the lights and engine start panel, this still has to be connected to the main frame, .. will happen sometime later this week:


.......

[capetonian]

... here are some more pics......

The old and the new, ... you can see that the new one looks a whole lot more interesting


...and the rear of both units...

.. when comparing them side to side you can see the amount of space that I now have to mount the electronics... I doubt it would have been easy in the mini overhead.

New toys, ... input and output boards and a 2nd Mastercard from OpenCockpits, ... kaaaa-ching... another 180 euros spent on the project.


A hours work this evening while watching 24 (season 7) on TV. ....


...these cards might cost 20 bucks each but they make life a lot easier then trying to solder a split up IDE cable to each component. These connect with a 40 core IDE cable (like on your old Harddrive) to the Mastercards.


Filipe taking the 737 for a quick spin around the Greek islands


Next week the panel will receive some major attention and I hope to start on the Glareshield.


... to be continued

[Holclo]

Andrew
How did your overhead graphic get from white background to dark grey background?
Bill

[capetonian]

Andrew
How did your overhead graphic get from white background to dark grey background?
Bill

I used a different image. When I found the color image it was another reason to move to version 2 of the overhead.
I found the image on Juan Cordon's website, it includes the fore and aft overhead. If you want it I can send it to you via email.

Cheers,

Andrew.

[capetonian]

... way behind on the updates .......

but here's a teaser ....... a quick shot of one of the sub panels on our el'cheapo overhead taken this evening during a lights test.....




.... stay tuned... more coming in the next few days.

[tiburon]

Great minds think alike, it seems

I did this one about three weeks ago.



cheers

Martin

[capetonian]

Amsterdam huh? Cool, I'm in Almere!

How did you make your overhead? Using a kit or an el'cheapo one like ours?

Ours is meant as an interim Overhead so that we can focus on other parts of the project. It will someday be replaced by a proper kit one. In the mean time I want to focus on the rest of the MIP and the TQ.

[kermit]

Hi, then you must be thrilled
as Aerosoft released Mega Airport Amsterdam for FS9 to be followed for FSX in the near future
If they release Rotterdam ,I will have the golden triangle including LelystadX and never leave Holland in my Cessna
greetz Henk from Leiden