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[QUOTE=Tony Hill;103590]Still hoping to have it flyable to a basic level by then Gwyn but work has piled onto me at the moment.
Your not alone there Mr Crusoe!!! I'll wait for bells and whistles and a 2.6m curved projection system so make it a fortnight after!!!
Gwyn
22nd of May sounds good..and a safe bet. We'll aim for that then. Bring some wrestling gear as well :)
A brief "update" well, actually a step backwards (thank you so much Andy!!!...MATE :) :) :)
I now find I need to build yet another camera control. The Camera Selector Unit. Until now I had never seen one, couldn't find one and was going wing it with a 3 position switch. OFF/Oblique/Vertical. But Andy to the rescue with a picture of the unit.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...tsidePR1XI.jpg
It seemed to have three switches and lights, and what I thought was a fuse box...details Andy confirmed for me soon after when he found the diagram:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ectorUnit1.jpg
Luckily I have three supercharger type switches spare, two lights (and just found a third) and stumbled upon a fuse box that is very close or identical, provided it is the size i think it is when it arrives. It is a Type G fuse box...I don't suppose anyone can say "yep, that was the type used in the Camera Selector"?? And into the bargain I picked up a shallow two way AM switch for the OFF toggle!
More work but all for the good I suppose. A genuine thank you Andy.
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ISeat is now with the Upholsterer for the cover and the head rest.
A week or two
A few spare moments only but a start to the hydraulic and pneumatic lines.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...H/IMG_3972.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...H/IMG_3973.jpg
WOW!!! Amazing!!
Thanks Anderson. More next weekend with any luck.
Excuse me, you are supposed to post pics of your sim, not of a real aeroplane.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Hill
Eer, ..hang on a sec .....
Seriously, . it looks bloody awesome , .... Tally Ho!!
Thanks mate, I agonised over using PVC irrigation line or copper tubing or brass tubing for ages. I knew nothing about bending pipe until yesterday!! I settled on copper instead of brass because that was what was available yesterday. As the aircraft seems to have used some copper and some brass, I'll live with it for now.
Hi, If you want real clean bents ,
you can fill the copper tubes with very fine sand and heat it over a flame untill the tubes start to change colour.
then you can use any circular sample for bending without the need of using special tools.
For special bents you can heat the tubes untill the colouring stops and let it cool down,
the tubes stay very soft again fill the tubes with sand and bend it to your likings.
The sand keeps the tubes round instead of going into oval shape if done correctly.
greetz