Nick1150 Home Cockpit 737NG project in Athens

So officially this thread is the beginning of my project :D

The order was made from 15 of April 2010 to CockpitSonic GMBH, and the discussions before that took almost one month. Given this long time of waiting, you can understand that I am a pretty happy guy today !!!

The Dual Seat Trainer arrived at my place yesterday noon time, but I had meetings in my office till late last night, so my wife accepted the package from Germany for me. I wanted to take few pictures before disassembly of the packaging, but I could not make it.

The DST came in 5 pieces. The trainer with the CP Flight MCP EL and dual EFIS EL already installed, the CDU bay, one box with two 19” screens, one box with 15” screen and one box with one 10” screen for the lower EICAS and few cables, A/C adaptor, etc…

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The packaging was good, not perfect, but fair. Few hits on the back most probably from the transport were noticed
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The disassembly was easy, and quick, and took me almost 30 minutes to arrange without any help. After taking away all the nylon packaging, I could see the trainer. It weights almost 30 kgs without the screens, and therefore it is easy to move it inside the room.

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The details of the MIP as far as the first impression after unpackaging were fair and accepted quality wise, eventhough I do not have any previous experience in home cockpit building and of course I haven’t tested anything yet.

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On the background…

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Monitors, monitor cables, AC adaptor, etc…

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As with all constructions… the same exists here, few parts were found inside the packaging. I haven’t yet found where are they coming from…

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So now here comes cleaning of the screens, and the bezel windows

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After that I made a coffee. This is a Greek coffee called “Frape”. I avoid drinking this kind of coffee because it is too strong (I prefer espresso), but given the circumstances I wanted to celebrate the beginning of my project. Champagne will be served after the first online landing in LGAV !!! :lol:

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The screens were installed in no time !!!

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For all above I needed two hours… It’s almost midnight now I have to go to sleep.

Coming back with more pictures asap…


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Nick,

Very impressive. Thought you could at least have stayed up to get the thing flying.

Quality looks good.

Keep us all posted on your progress of construction through to the first landing at LGAV.

Gary

Thanks for the pictures... another 737 builder in our sights.

A picture diary speaks a million words :) :) :)

Looks good Nick! You are going to have a lot of fun in that :)

Matt

Congratulations, Nick!

I notice some improvements of your DST compared with previous versions, esp. the glarewing section is better designed than it was before. Also, the FMC bay is prepared for easy installation of the lower DU and FMCs.

I remember the intense good feelings when I received my DST. Let me know, when you are doing your first landings at Venizelos online, so we can maybe meet there!

Chris

Bravo Nick... when we talked on the phone, you said your MIP had arrived... I was envisioning just the MIP... WOW! That looks great! I'm looking forward to seeing it in action.

Warren

Hi guys, thanks for your kind words 8)

Indeed the feeiling is like receiving a new car :mrgreen:

The DST unfortunately arrived at a very busy time for me. Yesterday I came late at night from the office, and I am now leaving our place to take my daughter to her summer camp. I will be back on Sunday afternoon, when I hope I will find some to do some work :neutral: I am trying to make it fly, as soon as possible. You see Warren is in Athens and I would like if that is possible to make a flight together :D

@ Chris, I will be glad to fly to together... I will keep you posted my friend. And BTW thank you for all info and knowledge till today.

@ Warren , I am getting back home Sunday afternoon. I will be more than glad to see you around :-D

hi Nick
i am very happy for you looks fantastic i am with cockpit sonic all the way they hsve fantastic products
i understand your waiting also the greek post is very bad on time i waited 22days for my mip covers to get here from the netherlands but you will have lots of fun with that
is every thing just power up plug in run there softwere and go fly??
or is there any programing to be done?
also nick pm me with what VA you are as i fly all the time online vatsim only maybe we can do a flight together
regards spiro

Hi guys,

I visit regularly this site and i read a lot of useful things. This is a second time that i write something. I am from the Cyprus and I build the same project as Nick but all staffs are from engravity and they are excellent. Anyway sycharitiria ston Nick. Happy landings. I underestand how do you feel, like a little boy and this is nice.

Costas

Great cockipt!!

Hi to all,

Thanks again. Few hours ago I returned from a long weekend outside Athens. After entering our home, first thing I did was to install the screens, install the cockpitsonic drivers, and played around with the PC, windows, FS gauges, PMDG, I installed the Flight sim labs trial CPflight driver, etc... To make the long story short, I did my first test flight around venizelos !!!

The trainer is not ready of course. I am trying to find a way to move the standby instruments of PMDG in the right position, the lower EICAS screen fits only in portrait and I am still trying to find a way to rotate the screen, the CH yoke is on a spare desk near by, and not in the right place, the PC, two TH2GO and many many cables are all around, BUT it FLIES :D

Costas and Spiros euxaristw poly (Thanks alot)

I will post pictures soon.

Thanks

You ain't going to get any sleep... you'll be building all night in your brain. Been there and done that. Looks great!

Pylet.... you are so, so right :p

Yesterday I had the pleasure to make my first test flight with Warren (fsaviator) who is in Athens these days.

Thanks Warren for the company, and as I promised my cockpit base is already on the way, so next week we have a second meeting for an online flight too :D

I know I have alot of things to take care and i need alot of time to feel that my sim is as I dreamed, but as long as IT FLIES everything is easier !!!

A few pics and a video from the test flight. Fsaviator ILS landing at RW 03L, LGAV ;)

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Nick, thank you for fun night flying your cockpit. I'm looking forward to the next flight!

Warren

My Pleasure Warren :D

Cockpit base accessories and yoke stands are already in my car as ordered... assembly during the night :cool:

Very cool!!!

Yesterday was a difficult day. I started assembling at 17:00 and finished 02:00 in the night without stopping... It was worth it, but it is not finished... I have few things left. Carpet will be also added in the next days... The base is made 40cms tall, with rubber wheels 15cms in height, and the sim can be moved easily by one person inside the room. This was made for cleaning purposes, and also this way I can install everything easily without struggling in between cms in the future.

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I also added a small step, so everyone can easily enter the cockpit.

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Two columns (ordinary table columns) where transformed into yoke bases, till I invest to real 737 yokes.

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Finally I did a quick construction in Π shape which can accommodate the 3 x 20" TFT LG screens, which can be easily go away in minutes when I decide about my external visuals.

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At 02:00 in the morning I did not have the courage to test flight the sim, but hopefully I will do it today. I was so busy building the base that I forgot to take a few shots in between.

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To be continued...

Hi again,

Its been a busy week, and I had many things to catch up.... The carpet was installed yesterday and after a few around LGAV flights, I decided that the 10" screen for the lower EICAS area is good but I cannot rotate it whithout having one extra vga port free. That would mean a second PC only for that screen. I have spare PCs in my place but at the time being (waiting for PMDG 737 NGX) a second PC is not in my plans. So I abandoned the 10" screen, and I put in that place a 14" old flat TFT I had in my warehouse. This screen has taken the place of the lower EICAS and the right CDU in the CDU bay. I am planning to create a bezel for the lower EICAS screen and buy a dummy CDU and put it right from the bezel together with the left CDU which I haven't decided yet from where to buy. This is the only way I can keep up with one PC and I want to keep up with one PC untill 737NGX comes, when maybe I will invest in a better PC configuration for FSX.

The problem of course was that the 14" screen is deeper than a normal CDU which means that the screen has 2 cms difference in depth in the CDU bay. So I constructed a new CDU shelf for the CDU bay where now the screen seats nicely and in the same level with a CDU...

Here is the old and the new CDU shelf

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and 2 more...

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During this afternoon Warren (FSaviator) and my self are going to do our first online flight, and I am hoping to make few more photos after I install the shelf, and possibly a video...

Nick

And the result...

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The 0.5cms space is going to be filled with MDF plus bezel ;)

Yesterday as I said above, I had the joy of flying together with Warren (FSaviator). This was actualy the first online flight of my DST. It took some time to get use to it... new places for the radios for the time being, CDU, FSnav, (lower eicas screen). We did LGAV to LTBA and back to LGAV.

Thanks Warren for the company... Today I cannot breath from yesterday dinner !!!!!! :???:

Photos and two videos in action ...

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LTBA approach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk_S5J-jg5s

LTBA RW36R landing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_eogv81BY8

:D

Looks great!!! Congrats.

Hi,

I just took a quick tour in this thread and I realised that my sim has made a few small steps that I haven't posted. This afteroon I will post few pics.

:)

Hi,

As promised I am posting some pictures from my project. I realised that if we all post pics, all of us are motivated to go on, so here I am :D I do not have huge changes, just minor details, which makes me more happy to fly. Hopefuly soon my pedestal will arive and I start building again. I am also in the process of researching for 2 x 737 seats and the external visuals, but I am nowhere near my final choise. TQ is also under research...

So....

One of the most important things I have done, and I didn't know before I constructed it, is the cockpit base with heavy duty wheels. I can easily pull the project, to wire, solder, or even clean at no time. It's is worth the money, and comparing with the cost of the sim it is nothing.
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Carpet was installed and it feels better, warmer and cleaning is easier to do. You can see the IKEA PEDESTAL (LOL). Soon it will be removed for a full 737NG pedestal.
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I have constructed an MDF cover for the CDU bay, painted in the Boeing colors, just till I order my CDU and one dummy one. I didn't like to see the monitor till I decide. My aim is to have the left CDU and a dummy for the right. Since there is a 15" monitor installed, I will try to drag the CDU from FS on the right and the dummy hopefully can be backlighted and also with an operative screen from the monitor below. That's for the future of course
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The biggest advantage of the CH Eclipse yoke is that rudders are on the yoke and it is really very easy and economical. I am really not sure if I ever invest to a real yoke, like lets say ACE yoke or something similar, because of this.
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Visuals are not permanent installed, and I will have more news soon. I do have enough space, for the projectors, BUT my roof is sloped, so this makes things difficult to install 3 projectors from different roof height. So I am searching for possibilities. More to come in this aspect.
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Only one PC and a UPS... the rest are installed with velcro behind the MIP base... too easy... My aim is to keep ONLY ONE PC. Most say it's difficult, but I will try.
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All is PMDG 737-800 oriented, MCP737EL + dual EFIS737EL and 2 x TH2GO with 6 screens. Easy setup.
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Behind my project I have a seating space, where friends come. We fly and have fun behind the cockpit. Sometimes I fly with my wife too, she brings food from the kitchen and I do both... husband and pilot too at the same time :p Behind this a home-office is situated where I work when I am getting back from my office. Below you will see my FO, my dog, Ermis, a Rodhesian Rigdeback. Here he is just wondering why I am taking pictures.
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And few pictures with the MIP backlighted.
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Hope you like it :D

I love it! You know of course that flying your setup with you while I was home on vacation got me energized again.

I have a ton of pictures to post on my progress, but I just haven't had the time... I keep saying "once I finish... (whatever I happen to be working on):)

Oh, what the heck... I'll throw a couple up here at MC.org... look for my post.

Gia hara!

Warren

Hi Warren,

Thanks my friend !!!!!


Looking forward for your post... let's get those projects in the AIR ;)

I like!! Congrats!!

Very nice progress, loog forward to more Nick

Thanks to all :D

Ηι,

Just made the payment for the pedestal !!! :D

I was between Opencockpits, CP flight and Cockpitsonic products.

The third choise was out after many unanswered e-mails. I had no choise, but leaving CS out after so many attempts. CP flight was a more expensive choise, and a safer one. BUT my friend Eddie Armaos who has already Opencockpits pedestal installed in his cockpit gave me many info about OC products, quality wise, and I felt that OC is a more money for value option that CP flight. So Opencockpits was my final decision !!!

All radios (2xCOMM + 2xNAV + 1xATC + 1xADF), all pedestal panels, DZUS screws, a pedestal box, a dummy 737 CDU, one Rudder Trim indicator with panel, 3 closing pieces for pedestal and some buttons and knobs (not all of them) are my 2100 euro order including shipping to Athens and VAT !!!!

I will post more pics after receipt of the products.

Best regards to all

Nick

Just a minor update...

Since the OC radios need 6 USB plugs to operate, I needed a USB hub, so I ordered one DUB-H7 7-Port USB 2.0 Hub for the radios plus one more to put aside an old usb I already use since years. So in a couple of days all will be ready to expect all pedestal products....

Hi,

A new update... Pedestal is already working… It took some time to make this happen due to several reasons, most of them NOT my responsibility, but nevertheless I can fly now with less clicks than ever!!! Now next is, a Leo Bodnar card to create a lights panel on the pedestal, a TQ, two 737 seats, and a CDU.

As a general comment:
If you are looking for a pedestal bay, just pay for an aluminum one, or do it yourself. Any other way will hurt. No more comments. Trust me on this.

The PnP OpenCockpits radio modules are in an acceptable quality level, according to my personal opinion, and are really PnP. Just run the setup file downloaded from OC. Restart and then plug in all modules to the USB ports. That’s it…. It is very easy. No programming, no settings, nothing. It was so easy for me too, but it seems that (see the pictures that follow) I plugged an USB light too for back lighting purposes, which seems that caused my USB PC port to crash and loose any communication. After few days of struggling around I found out that this was it. So be careful not to connect any other devices to the hub, and always connect the hub directly to the PC. If you follow this, you are flying in 3 minutes!!! About the ATC, which many stated about the lack of dual concentric rotary switch, my personal opinion is that, I can live without it. It took me few seconds to realize how to change the ATC code, and since then I have no problems. As a final comment, I would say that OC PnP modules are worth the money, and I would buy again one of these.

All other panels, I call them dummy, are ok. Nothing extraordinary, not bad either. I have already installed all buttons, knobs, and switches to them and I like the way they appear on the pedestal. I would buy again OC panels too. Worth the money.

The blanks you see on the bottom are a OC fault. I have already cut fiber glass panels and sorted that problem, but I do not have updated photos to show them. Will update soon.

Pictures…
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You can see the USB light which caused my port to crash here:
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A dummy CDU is placed left, till I decide about my working CDU
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Hope you like it,

Nick

Hi Nick,

Very impressed.

I also have O/C panels and some like yours are dummies. Just to add a bit more realism to the dummies, I have printed out some digital 7 segment displays. I did this by purely photographing existing displays from the working units and adjusted and resized in photoshop. After printing I went around the edge with a black permenant marker to allow for any discrepencies and then cut them slightly over size so the paper is gripped by the upper and lower panels in a sandwich.
I haven't got round to backlighting yet but I hope, when when back lit, the lights will create even more realism through the dummy displays.

I went down the route of making my own pedestal from MDF. Still needs finishing and painting but I am reasonably happy with it.

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Gary

A few night shots...

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Μπράβο μεγάλε!

Very nice. I'm already planning on Greece again next July when I return from my upcoming trip. I'll be looking forward to some more flying!

Unfortunately, I've had to push my build to the back-burner while I focus on getting ready to go. Oh well... next year, I guess.

Warren

Γεια σου Warren !!!

I'll be more than glad to fly together again man :cool:

Nothing important, but had a few tasks to take care... The sight of a keyboard and mouse on my cockpit was something that I didn't like at all. I was searching for a solution with a tiny keyboard and a mouse, and finally I decided the way to go. I also wanted to fix the problem of ATC communication, since I didn't like the voice coming from the main speakers... This kept waking up the kids ( !!! ) and also sometimes when the ATC was not clear enough, I was struggling to hear what he was saying. Also when flying with friends, it is not practical only for the C/O to hear the ATC, but also to be able for the F/O to do the same... So here it goes:

Keyboard and mouse...

I purchased this for a keyboard Speedlink SL-4439 for 25 euro. It is wireless and I am happy with it, given the cost and it does match with my CH yoke, at least until I decide what to do with 737 yokes. It switches off after few minutes of not usage to save battery life. By pressing any button it gets activated again. No drivers needed for windows, just PnP.

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I also purchased the XL Ergonomic Touchpad from UK. Costed around 50 euro. It's expensive, but it's worth the money in my opinion. True PnP, and because of its style you have to watch very close to understand that this is a pad instead of a Boeing pedestal accessory !!!

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Dual Headset installation...

I already had a Saitek Pro flight headset, so I purchased another one for the F/O... Also purchased a Creative Soundblaster X-FI GO, together with two 3.5mm audio adapters and cables from my local shop. All true PnP, no drivers needed. After installation I changed the input and output from the drop down menus of the voice tabs of squackbox and the result was for the C/O and the F/O to both hear and speak from both headsets. I have to say that the Saitek Pro Flight are very very very beatiful and have excelent audio quality.... Too expensive though...

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Hope you like it

Thanks

This thread has passed by me... sorry about that.
Nice work you have done in a very very short time. I want to ask if you can take some closeup pics of how the backlighting is done. I only just started to backlight my mip, but not sure how to do it best.
I won an auction on Ebay last friday for LED strips. The winning bid for 5meter LED strip (WarmWhite) was 99 cent :D :D The 1$ dimmers is already installed.
Would also like to see a closeup for the flood and autopilot lights. Is there a kind of shield in front of the autopilot lights?
As you maybe did see in my buildpost, I started to work to get a set of yokes into the sim, and is so glad I built the base in modules. That way I can now build a new module with yokes in it and just change it with the existing module. The measurements for the module I now change was not quite right anyway... We learn as we go.
Hope we can hook up and have a chat in Lelystad.

Hi Nax,

I will take some photos tonight, and post them tommorow morning for you.

Hope this helps

Great looking build - makes me want to get back on with mine!
Cheers
Mike

Your sim's looking great Nick. You've done loads in such a quick time period. A question if I may...?

When two of you are wearing headsets, can you hear each other through them when speaking to one another, like an open intercom?

And when one speaks on squawkbox, can the other hear the conversation?

Sean