Some more progress!

[Jordan Farmer]

Heres that video i promised, not perfect, but its not so bad, i guess!



(Best viewed in HD!)

Cheers,

Jordan

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Hi Jordan, great to see the video, well something you should be proud of is the fact that your sim is flying, you have gauges, control from a yoke, throttle and visuals....all the essential of a flight sim, bit by bit its coming on at a great rate. From your concept on sketchup to a product that's growing. Many people just have ms flight sim, and wooden boxes and lose interest halfway through and never finish. Keep going mate, use your noddle and you will have a great sim....

Today I said I will do some more to my sim, and indeed I have, I have assembled the back enclosure and middle shelf, just need to some filling then will paint, tomorrow I will fix MIP to enclosure, insert LCD and spray paint MIP....then Wednesday ERM....aint got that far yet...prob some electronics!

Congrats on owning PM, welcome to the prestigous PM owners club!

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Ps, does the pole on the saitek yoke move left to right or does the yoke grip move left and right while the pole like on the ch yoke?

Cheers,

Alex

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Thanks for the details. Looks like I'll have to tear into mine and see what I can work out. I don't have any crutches lying around so I will have to spend some time at the home improvement store!

[Jordan Farmer]

Well alex, thanks for such a nice reply, it sounds like you are having fun with your sim! Unlike most people, im very lucky to have 2 workshops, one metal and one woodwork! the only unfortunate thing is the metal working shop is currently full of wood from some trees i cut down! So no welding for a while! But i am very glad to be flying in my sim, it has brought a whole new level to my experience! im currently just flying around testing everything and having a bit of fun! Im very glad that i bit the bullet and bought PM GAIFR, its just awesome! And the saitek yoke, well, the whole shaft rotates, im not familiar with the CH yoke, so i cant compare. I have one more essential thing to build, or buy, and that is some rudder pedals. its extremely frustrating still using the KB to brake etc! im not sure whether to buy any, or make myself, they do look pretty tough to make :/ im not sure yet, we will see!

Cheers,

Jordan

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To be honest, save a headache and buy the pedals, go for the ch pedals because they look better than the saitek pedals, also they are really easy to mod, you can cut off the actual pedals and replace with cessna looking pedals (the bit the foot rests on) which are easy to make with aluminium.

Just food for thought!

Cheers, Alex

[Jordan Farmer]

I must say alex, i never thought of adding pedals to the top of the CH ones, and i wouldnt go for saitek, the build quality isnt amazing if im honest! Oh well, when i get some cash, i may invest in some! And then ive got to find nearly £500 for a GNS530 from Emuteq, which i cant wait to get!

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If you are going to buy Steves GPS then dont bother buying radios or anything as the GNS has alot of radio tech built in such as com and nav etc, however you could make a small audio panel just using 6 to 8 SPST toggles. Just make sure you are not going to get side tracked because £500 is a big commitment.

I have just finnished the back enclosure to my sim, I have assembled the base and sides, screwed in the middle shelf and secured, sanded and filled then sprayed, just run out of spray paint so need to get another tin, tommorow I will continue with second coat (cant believe just how hard work spray painting is plus I need good weather to do it outside!).

Alex

[Jordan Farmer]

there is the Comm/Nav on the GPS and im not going to prioritise a nav/com 2 but i still want my AUD, A/P, DME and XPDR panels. i know steves gps is a very big investment, but i feel that will give me unrivalled realism, and that is what i want to end up with! As far as the other radios go, i have designed them to be 52mm high, and 172mm wide, same as the GPS so they can all fit into one stack. the A/P has been designed, and with parts quite readily available (mainly OC) I have the display card for the 7 segs and an in/out card is on its way too! Heres the primary design of the A/P, give me a few suggestions if you will

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And good luck alex, sounds like you are having fun :P

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Hi Jordan.

Looks pretty much spot on, that will be a nice A/P if you can make it.

Any tips? Not really I think that you will pretty much need some help getting this to work using OC and SIOC. I have a little bit of knowledge on SIOC but I am no master, will help If I can, I am much stronger on the servo cards however!

My auto pilot is a lot more simple, it is pretty much the same as the Desktop Aviator and Ian Sissions more or less gave the parts to build it, it just uses 6 latching buttons, so no complicated LED's and used 2 encoders one of which selects Altitude and the other is free assignable, its just hassle free, easy to use and simple, main thins is it was cheap...too cheap about a £5 all in all.

Audio panel is just 160mm wide black acrylic panel with 6 toggles, and radios are just goflight that does the job!

Congrats on the design, its coming along nicely!

Alex