My new baby (MIP)

[vidarf]

http://www.fagerjord.org/cockpit/img/mip/mip_assembly_1.jpg (http://www.fagerjord.org/cockpit/index.php?id=mip#siste)
(click on the image to get to my website)

There you go, gents! The new - and VERY improved - MIP from FDS has arrived and the assembly has started. I'll try to update the website along the road. If you click on the image above, you'll allways get the latest update on my MIP. Be sure to scroll upwards in case you missed something. :)

The new MIP is awesome, and the IBL panels are stunning! I am waiting for more parts to complete it. I will order knobs from simknobs - they are backligtable, and the FDS IBL panels is made with that purpose in mind.

Hopefully, I will finish building my throttle quadrant (simparts) this summer.
Will try to publish updates along the way. After all - images from other simbuilders is what drives my motivation. I guess that is the story for others as well..

[Joe Cygan]

Looks really nice Vidarf!

[Michael Carter]

Looks great Vidarf. Is that sheet steel or aluminum? Really looks good man.

[vidarf]

It's steel. Aluminium would be far too "flimsy".

[Michael Carter]

I thought it might have been steel. It looked a little thin for aluminum.

I like how all of the panel holes line up with no annunciator lamps in the way of a monitor.

Wish they'd have designed the 727 like that 45 years ago.

[warvet]

Vidarf not bad for a Boeing! LOL Nah jjk my friend PC did a very nice job on it for sure and Im sure it will work out great for ya. Im certainly happy to see how excited you are and look forward to when the thing is actually attached to something other than an old workbench LOL

Tim
A340

[Michael Carter]

Mines in six pieces! Think how happy I was when mine looked like a single MIP instead of a collection of Boeing scrap.

Hee he hee.:D

[warvet]

heheehe too funny,
I always thought Boeing was Scrap! lol 1 piece 6 pieces or 100000 lol :)

Tim
A340

[Michael Carter]

:) :) :)

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[Michael Carter]

I know you're kidding, but the panels from this aircraft were completely servicable as were all of the Korry indicators. I found only four bad bulbs but both had two bulb indicators.

I guess UPS and Fed-Ex didn't want them or their configuration was different.

The worst offender was the APD I bought from e-Bay to replace the installed APD. That one had 19 bad bulbs out of a possible 36 bulbs installed. I got it fixed up right though.

I had to replace the APD because it was configured with a 727 using the PMS (no, not your wife's PMS) with the correct APD without PMS. Different indicator lamps you know. :cool:

[warvet]

WHAT!!!!!!!!!
Are you building a 727 or making alphabet soup LMAO APD PMS EBAY LOL nm the panel looks good bro :)

Tim
A340
Canada

[PascalHaldenstein]

Hey Vidar

The new MIP from Peter looks awesome!!!!
Now I'm really jealous:roll::p

Good luck with your project so far.
Regards

[vidarf]

Here's some images of the latest progress. The top image has a link to a small gallery I put together just to show off some of the details.
Gents, this is top stuff!
http://www.fagerjord.org/cockpit/mip_gallery/thumbnails/_MG_4338.jpg (http://www.fagerjord.org/cockpit/mip_gallery/index.html)

http://www.fagerjord.org/cockpit/mip_gallery/thumbnails/_MG_4358.jpg

Now I need to buy monitors and make a stand for it. Then a glareshield, and it should be finished. In the next couple of days I'll connect all the various switches and do some tweaks here and there.

[vidarf]

The soldering station has been working, and here's the last update:

http://www.fagerjord.org/cockpit/thumbs/mip/mip_wiring.jpg (http://www.fagerjord.org/cockpit/index.php?id=mip#siste)
(Click on the image to get to my website)

And here's the result:
http://www.fagerjord.org/cockpit/thumbs/mip/ibl_nightshot_1.jpg

During the next couple of weeks, I hope to put the monitors in place. After that I'll have to make a stand for the thingy, including a temporary glareshield to hang the MCP+EFIS.

Really close to takeoff now! I've already tested the functionality of the annunciators. Fired up the software and FS, and ran the landing gear cycle and the flaps at least 20 times just to drool over the annunciators lighting up in the correct sequence!

Flying a 737 on the monitor will never ever be the same! :D

[meo_udon]

Oh... big project.