Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
Hello to all,
One of the most expensive parts I have ever installed in my cockpit are the pilot handles from simquip. I know it seems strange but the handles cost +100 euro and I am not saying they are not worth it, but it was something I wanted to be as the real ones, and not similar to the real ones. So here it goes, the handles and their mounting on the shell...
The handle...
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...psb059c4f4.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps5a6c2bc4.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps3ed0852a.jpg
I created a carton formula in order to make the holes exactly on the shell...
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...pse3376423.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...pseecebedd.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps2a172ae3.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps5b30d81f.jpg
After few minutes this is the result...
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps2890e7dc.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...psa4055494.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps1bb89cb1.jpg
Thanks for watching...
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
Nick, have you been in touch with the author of fly-elise recently? He tells me he is building in autoconfiguration warping for FSX/P3D, much like what he has done for x-plane
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
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OmniAtlas
Nick, have you been in touch with the author of fly-elise recently? He tells me he is building in autoconfiguration warping for FSX/P3D, much like what he has done for x-plane
Hi there,
Yes I have been in touch with Nikola. I am expecting news soon. This will be a great help, but wondering about possible FPS hit in FSX... We'll see...
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
It looks like the latest fly-elise release has built in FSX/P3D support -- News
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
Nick, one thing I can tell you right off the bat, is that those handles are not the original ones.. You can clearly see it by the design near the swivels. My guess is that you bought these off Simquip.. "Oh.. Browsing back to your text I see I'm right"
Here's what you received: Mentor Handgreep voor meetapparatuur 3286.1003 (Ø x l) 10 mm x 100 mm Verchroomd hoogglansstaal en met kunststof beklede in de Conrad online shop | 183409
Check out it's real prize..
Somebody ripped you off big-time..
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
Norwegian,
Thanks for the info.
I feel better now :)
In this hobby you win and you loose... I wish these were the only $$$ for which I was ripped off...
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
Hi to all,
After a 2 months seat back, today the last and less important module has arrived from SimWorld.
This was the PnP aft Overhead panel. With this one my cockpit is literaly a full home cockpit. There is nothing to add, hardware wise, except a curved screen which is scheduled for September-October 2013...
The SimWorld aft overhead seems like a high quality module, like the FWD one, but I haven't find the time to connect it yet, so I must wait for the first flights to give you a review. I only unpacked and took few photos, which are below. More to come soon...
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Sorry I missed it. I'll let you know the next time I'm town and we'll take it for a spin.
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
Hey Warren,
Just missed it :)
Back in Stuttgart, right ? Take care and looking forward to flying together again during your next visit here ;)
Most probably, I will not find the time to mount the OHD today, I must ride my boat to Sifnos today, cause it seems that there is a small one day brake of the fu@@@@en north winds of 6 to 7 BF that we have during the last month or so here, so I have to take advantage of this small brake and get the boat down there today... Too windy summer for Greece this year, it gets really annoying...
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
It must have been an adventure for my aft overhead flying with UPS...
after mounting the overhead on my shell, I figured out that there was no USB connection with the PC. I tried several cables and USB ports, also tried with other PCs too, no luck...
after a closer look, I realised that the main card inside the overhead was unplugged while on transit from Poland to Greece. After contacting Filip, we arranged a skype apointment, and gave me instructions how to connect the card online, just to be on the safe side. After that we tested the damn thing and it worked!!! It actually works a treat!!! Congrats to SimWorld! Again, real plug and play, worth the money.
is it that perfect ?
no it is not.
as you can see in the following video there are some issues in the backlighting, where some panels are not glued very well, and light comes out from the side of the panels. Thats an easy fix of course, and I knw that next items will have this issue solved according to SimWorld, but it was an issue for me.
great product SimWorld...
pics
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...psa28f01df.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps82403131.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps58c82eba.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps5445b845.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps99c619f7.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps889a25e5.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...psb88c3e2c.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...psfa71aad6.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps97403aa9.jpg
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...pscc2523fa.jpg
and a short video...
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUhVpJ8xSCE
SimWorld aft overhead panel first flight - YouTube
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
:D Look awsome!
Nice to know you're still working on it
Re: Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens
amazing! how was your experience with cockcpit sonic, I have heard very bad things about them?
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GodAtum
amazing! how was your experience with cockcpit sonic, I have heard very bad things about them?
Stay away...
i have already posted my experience in the appropriate thread.
