Cessna 172 Replica Production

[cjellwood]

Things are getting hot now so watch this space. Parts are now being moulded etc so over the next few weeks there is lots to report. To start the ball rolling again here is a pic of the cockpit ready for painting and laser etching. lets see how it comes together



Chris

[AK Mongo]

Looking great sir!~

Are you still using the Saitek panel for the electrical stuff?

Reid

[cjellwood]

Looking great sir!~

Are you still using the Saitek panel for the electrical stuff?

Reid

yes still using the saitek panel now but will get round to designing an insert plate to replace it soon making the saitek optional. Its kinda silly i know but will phase out the saitek thing eventually, it just made sense at the time for various reasons

Chris

[Cessna172sim]

Hi,

Great work! How have you planned to do the gauges and avionics for the panel?

[cjellwood]

Hi,

Great work! How have you planned to do the gauges and avionics for the panel?

the gauges are mostly from www.home-sim.de and Flightillusion,
com/nav radio and transponder from homesim.de,
custom AP, DME and ADF avionic being made that work with my FSUIPC breakout board,
flaps and pitch wheel assemblies are in prototype stage of development,
throttle, mix and prop are being crafted now which will cause a stir when released

Chris

[cjellwood]

Hi,

Great work! How have you planned to do the gauges and avionics for the panel?

the gauges are mostly from www.home-sim.de and Flightillusion,
com/nav radio and transponder from homesim.de,
custom AP, DME and ADF avionic being made that work with my FSUIPC breakout board,
flaps and pitch wheel assemblies are in prototype stage of development,
throttle, mix and prop are being crafted now which will cause a stir when released

Here is the cockpit mounted to the glareshield which I am producing.



Mounting the cockpit seems to be an issue, looks like the mount points will need to be at the yoke positions.

Chris

[cjellwood]

I had my first lesson in a Cessna 152 last week, sure was bumpy but a nice day flying around the Southend coast. The instructor here must have balls of iron cos sure I would be a nervous wreck letting someone like me on the yoke at 1,500ft ! After all the years of simming I took to it naturally and was only suprised that there was so much correction to be made on the yoke all the time and how much resistance on the yoke. Steering this plane is nothing like how it is with the spring loaded sim yokes so that may need addressing in this sim.

i like the 'exit' sticker on the planes window lol

Chris

[Cessna172sim]

Been also flying C152 here in Finland appr. 30hours. During the wintertime the air is thicker and more calm most of the time but during summertime the ride is almost always constant bumbing and shaking. The dynamic forces in the yoke also can be really hard if the trim is not in the right position. It's been a good reference when we have now constructed our sim. We don't have the trim/aerodynamic forces modelled either so the sim is not 100% accurate compared to real life flying.

FS Force software and MS Force Feedback 2 yoke are cost effective and pretty good way to do this modelling when using stick instead of Cessna-style yoke. But in general the real life flying is still completely different thing.

[cjellwood]

Hi all,

sorry I have not updated the progress for a while, things are getting hot again now so will be posting pics of the final vernier assembly, pitch wheel, flaps and of course the sensor solution which we were discussing a while back. I cant wait to show you all what solution has evolved from the sensor problem, it is a great idea that will help all cockpit designers, not just Cessna. For now here is a pic of the cockpit which is now being drafted in CAD because it is a complicated **** working on 10 parts at once



oh and a very nice PCB is on its way that interfaces pots, switches and encoders directly to FSUIPC



Chris

[cjellwood]

something about 'boats' just came and went on this thread?