Cessna 172 simpit glareshield

Hi mate, just sent you my latest update via PM, check your inbox buddy!

:grin:Hi Guys
My name is Vitor I’m from Portugal and I’m a Flight simulator enthusiast I started to build my own simulator but after that some of my friends ask me o do some parts for them because of that I developed several aircraft parts in a fair price not to win money but to help anyone who loves this hobby let him get a realistic felling, as you can see I’m selling some of them in classified item if anyone is interested let me know I’m developing a G1000 too see my opinion in that forum. I’m open to help you in any develop that you need I’m able to do any parts you would need you can contact me to my email vamaral@portugalmail.com
Cheers Vitor:grin:

nice setup Vitor! Looks a bit tall but maybe that is the camera angle.

Here is a pic of a test cut I picked up today to represent the acrylic top layer. It looks like metal but it is in actual fact a crazy type of foam that is really dense and bendable. perfect for test cuts and will probably do well as a projection screen also which will be interesting.

http://www.leons-world.com/img/foam_cpit.jpg

Chris

Hi Chis
Thank you for your words. You are doing a great job too, I known the material you are using that’s great to do prototypes using cnc’s.
In fact you are right my panel is a little tall then the Real one and the yoke position little lower the main idea is use a 22” TFT that fits perfect and you can simulate all gauges, with this solution you can save to much money or work time building gauges. Are you developing your own gauges? It looks that you will use your panel to integrate the radio stack it that correct? Are you developing it by yourself?
Cheers
Vitor

Hi Vitor,

It would take a decade to explain this project but here are a few pictures of the current panel progress. Apart from a few FlightIllusion gauges, all parts have been purchased ready to be fitted.

This is both layer of the cockpit panel, a 2mm steel layer that holds onto the instruments with a 3mm plexiglass layer. The plexiglass layer will be inkjetted to make the panel look authentic. The white layer shown is not plexiglass, it is a foam material used for prototyping.

http://www.leons-world.com/img/cockpit_layers.jpg
http://www.leons-world.com/img/cockpit_layers2.jpg

Chris