Please help me prove partner wrong!

[Steve A]

Someone gave you a triplehead to go and a touchscreen!!!!!! Wow.

and there is me making panels from cardboard

[irnwho99]

yeh people have given me this stuff but at the same time I really respect the thoughts of you guys. When I think about it if I put my own work into it I guess I will feel more of a satisfaction sense.

You are also prob wondering how the **** I got the touchscreen. Well I thought it was clever and sneeky at the same time. Dont flame for it as I was only thinking outside of the box with this.

I contacted a firm in china who make these things and said I would be interested in buying 300 units of said item. That got the on the hook straight away. I then told them that before advancing I needed to see a sample of their work. Long story short they sent one over for me and the rest is history.

What do you guys suggest I start at in this case?

[fordgt40]

What do you guys suggest I start at in this case?

How about reviewing your ethics

[irnwho99]

I guess I am going to get flamed then. Let it start and get it over with.

[steveeverson]

I contacted a firm in china who make these things and said I would be interested in buying 300 units of said item. That got the on the hook straight away. I then told them that before advancing I needed to see a sample of their work. Long story short they sent one over for me and the rest is history.

What do you guys suggest I start at in this case?

I Would start by contacting the firm in china and returning their touchscreen. We have no room in this hobby for that kind of behaviour.
Steve

[irnwho99]

ok ok if this is what people here want I will do. I would rather be on the good side of you guys than bad as I hopefully will need your knowledge going forward.

[kermit]

You won`t get flamed,
But our first impression of you will stick for some time.
greetz

[blueskydriver]

Okay, so you'll get credit for being honest, but do send the touch screen back. It's not right to deceive the company in China, and then use that as an introduction to a story about your girlfriend who controls you and your money...

Seriously, no one wants to be rude to you and albeit, I'm trying not to as well. However, there are so many other pilots in here that are struggling everyday with money and being forced to sell their sims, yet you're throwing pie in their faces!

Plus, there are so many younger pilots in here that will look at you and get the wrong ideas about building their own sims and how to get parts. In this "Give Me!" society we live in, the youngsters will see this as a plus.

Finally, good thing this is a forum and informal and not formal or in person. Could you imagine how many would not like you right now?

Good luck with your simulator...

EDIT: I just told my wife Karen this story about you and she had only one word for you... KARMA!

You're getting bad Karma from us for stealing the touchscreen from China

[capetonian]

Wow, . not really the best way to introduce yourself to a forum. I would have started with the: "Hallo, my name is X, I want to build a sim but have a little problem." in the introduction forum.
Most of us here are on a budget, and making stuff from all kinds of things around the house or in the workshop that we think might come in handy, **** I have been hamster-ing old cables, electric motors and plugs for heaven knows how long.

One thing you can and will always get for free on this forum is damned good advice from people who have built, are building or who planning to build a cockpit.

With that, a bit of creativity (I'm not even going to comment on your touchscreen story, but that is exactly what I don't mean with creativity!) and a low budget one can go a long way. The most important thing to do is to plan it. Where are you going to start? with a MIP? A sheet of 8mm MDF (244x122cm) costs 12 euro in Holland. With a few sheets of MDF in different thicknesses and some skill with power tools (I really suck at sawing!!) and you can practically build a MIP, FMC stand, pedestal. /// cover them with printed drawings of the necessary panels and replace them with the real deal as you go...

I have just this past week bought an MCP and yesterday the EFIS to go with it, .. something I have been planning to buy for years. Next major investment will be a quadrant, .. in about 1,5 years time, in the mean time I will make one myself to use.

If you really are into the hobby and are passionate about building a sim .... you can do it, .. it takes time, patience and a lot of motivation (you can get that here, visit another UK builder, go for a flip in someones sim!).

Pfff, . sorry to sound so long-winded.

[irnwho99]

Well I want to make a formal apology. Having taken everything I feel really disheartened and upset. I understand the error of my ways big time and I am sorry to all the people I have upset. I never meant to upset people I think the excitment of it all got ahold of me. When I get an idea in my head I always hit the gnd running without actually thinking of the pros and cons.

So again I now see this app was big time wrong and I am sorry to the whole community for my actions.