F-111 Module build

[sira66]

THen came the front and the rear walls

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The sides where contructed and covered in plywood and cut to suit shape . This took forever!

[sira66]

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After the sides had been secured, I constructed the upper dash area.

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Step one as seen on other thread. This started from the ground up. I have no idea why.

[sira66]

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Monitors that would be utilised for Instrumentation where contructed as displayed.

[kermit]

Will you building a canopy
greetz

[sira66]

Hi there,

Yes in time, Ive been placing all my time into figuring out the display situation and networking the computers at this time to make sure they talk to each other correctly and I have no supprises down the track.

Regards

SIRA66

[sira66]

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As you can see the panels fitted into the dash area nicely and once connected to the computers the display came to life. After positioning the layout a little and making some sacrifices to reality and practicality, I started to install what I could.

[sira66]

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After getting the displays working I provided the right hand side a partition for the Radar/GPS viewer. I also found that I could have instruments displayed if I shared the aircarft with another computer. This being my laptop of all things. Still heaps of work to do.
I am not happy with the layout of the instruments at all, and will try another avenue to figure this out.

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Now I have dual yoke with working buttons either side. Still not able to get newly constructed Panel to display.All I get is virtual panel only otherwise I get outside view with no other panels available.
:cry:

[Anderson/SBSP]

Very cool!!!

[sira66]

Finally I have both Display and Instrument computers talking together on a shared LAN system that allows me to share the cockpit online and provides Instrumentation to both parties. I will utilize this for intergration of other systems and use the module as a multi crew fighter/bomber.
The instrument panel now displays better positioned gauges, however still fictional.
Hope you like it.

SIRA66

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[Anderson/SBSP]

Very impressive!! What model you use?

Best regards,

[sira66]

Hi Anderson,

This is based on a F-111C cockpit I have used Alphasim F111 as the base model and designed panels from scratch.
Heaps more work to be done but it is starting to come together nice.

SIRA66

[Buddym]

This is a very intersting build. Although my all-time fav military aircraft is the original Double Ugly Rhino, the F-4 Phantom, I love the F-111. Do you have plans to build more physical panels with controls? If so I would like to volunteeer to CNC some panels for you.... a good opportunity to get some more stuff on the machine table and help out the cockpit comunity in general. This forum has been very good to me and I welcome the chance to give back a little. I can't spend tons of time refining drawings, but if you have clean CAD stuff we can get some panels cut and shipped quickly. I just got some microcontrollers in that I was waiting on for some Igor Plug boards, so once a cpl of those are assembled and mailed to the guys helping test them out I should have some spare parallel cycles (there are no "free" cycles right now) to tool up panels and cut them out.

As a side note, the pics that you have posted are awesome. I know how much effort it takes to break away from doing real work to take pics and post them... We all appreciate it very much. Every post here helps make this the best site on the web for cockpit builders. There are other great sites, but this one seems to capture the spirit of the commited builders that advance our hobby, and great pics like yours help keep folks interested in different aspects of the building experience.

Buddy

[sira66]

Thanks for the offer Buddy,

I am however in the process of doing just that and as you know its one **** of a fight. In answer to your question ,Yes i do plan on doing more panels and re-defining those that i already have; this is a continually evolving Sim. I plan on incorporation many other functions in the coming months and I hope I can do it justice.
Thank you once again for your support and comments I know doubt will keep you in mind.

Kind Regards

SIRA66

[Tony Hill]

Nice build!

[Chaser]

http://stores.ebay.com/BONEYARD2U__W0QQ_sacatZBONEYARD2UQQ_sidZ19692944?_nkw=F-111&submit=Search

I saw this and remembered your project. Not sure if you're still needing the yokes, or what the going rate even is. I know you said the avionics wasn't the same, but I also figured that the control columns would be worth it if necessary.
Jon

[Chaser]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GENERAL-DYNAMICS-F-111-THROTTLE-QUADRANT-USED-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem255b13d66aQQitemZ160441816682QQptZMotorsQ5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear

Another find I saw while looking for MD-80 parts from one of my saved sellers. Hope it helps.
Jon

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Im not sure if I have posted any progress for a while, so this is where I am up to at the moment.

Cheers

SIRA66

[Chaser]

Sira, not sure if you're still doing the f-111, cockpit, but here are some simulator framework pieces that may help you. I don't know who the seller is, but it looks like it may help out, so I immediately remembered you. Aircraft Flight Simulator Trainer Cockpit Enclosure Parts | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aircraft-Flight-Simulator-Trainer-Cockpit-Enclosure-Parts-/281116895579?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4173df695b)