Cessna C-172 Assistance.

[JuicyJeff]

Hello everyone,

Me and my friend have decided to utilize an empty room by turning it into a C-172 simulator. Here are a few requirements we have decided on:

• Dual Control
• Fully Enclosed (to an extent)
• No projectors (personal preference)
• Just generally as realistic as possible from the interior.

Does anyone have any tips? How should we go about constructing the frame of the aircraft?

Thank you,

JuicyJeff

[iwik]

Hi,
Not really like a C172 shell but ideas.
www.ontheglidescope.net
Les

[xplanematt]

http://www.ontheglideslope.net/

Fixed it.

Not sure how the aviation scene looks in the land down under, but in the US (and quite a few other countries) something as common as a 172 is fairly cheap and easy to come by...there was a guy selling an entire 172 airframe, sans engine, for $2k on ebay just a week or so ago.

I end up getting interested in fancy or oddball planes that are hard to come by (Learjets, Tucanos, Sabreliners...the one-and-only XB-70....) but if I were going to build a 172 sim, I wouldn't even consider fabricating the frame myself. There are too many scrapped/neglected REAL airframes hanging around that I could start with. Give it a thought!

Matt

[iwik]

Thanks Matt,
Trouble down here is that we don't seem to right them off. Probably not to many private plane ownerships here.
Les