Cessna 172 Replica Production

[RojanTrojan]

Nice work Chris. out of interest, what CAD design program are you using?

Cheers

Rhydian

[cjellwood]

Nice work Chris. out of interest, what CAD design program are you using?

Cheers

Rhydian

Solidworks for the assembly, Pro-E for the individual parts. I have a copy of Rhino here which I am eager to fire up but my PC is just way overloaded with progs, the case is bulging at the sides. Here is a sneaky of the R22 being worked on now too (glareshield design and faceplate fitting)



Chris

[RojanTrojan]

Never tried Solidworks. Looks good though. I've looked at TurboCAD as a cheap solution. I currently use QCad which is fine for basic 2d CAD work but it would be nice to move to a 3D CAD program.

Great looking R22 glareshield. Does it come with a free cat???

Cheers. Keep us all posted. It's all looking very good.

Rhydian

[cjellwood]

oh yes, free mischievous cat included lol



Chris

[Tom_G_2010]

Chris,

Not sure if these would be of interest, but in case they are, thought I'd let you know what I had in my collection.

I haven't had a chance to post these in the classified section or on eBay, but I have two sets of controls that I'll be selling. One has throttle prop and mixture, the other only throttle and mixture. I got a reasonable deal on three sets in the process of hunting for a single set for myself, so I'm making the others available . I haven't settled on a price for sure but I'm only looking to cover my costs.

If you or anyone else might be interested PM me. There are more pic's in my albums.

[cjellwood]

I have grabbed those controls shown in the previous post, there is another set available if anyone is interested. A lovely yoke arrived for me to play with this morning and proof of concept for the steering system went swimmingly!




Chris

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Great work, really like it, Chris where did the R22 come from, you sure do have all your fingers in the pie!

Southend Airport Train station opening next month, so looking forward to my day trips to the flying clubs, considering Im only 4 stops away in Wickford!

Top stuff guys!

BTW: If you need any vinyl decals, let me know and I will see what I can do for you!

[cjellwood]

Hi Alex, i hope all is good at your end! The R22 glareshield design was aquired from Helicopter Simulators LTD who allowed me to vacuum form their design for any future possible purpose. The R22 is interesting me more and more each day, it is such a nimble little beast! Most of the gauges and components from the Cessna will work on the R22 so I cant see any reason why an R22 sim cant be knocked up pretty soon too, but I will need to send lots of beer to the above firm first for their design.

Btw, I have found a great answer to the sensor issue we was discussing before i.e. the infra red movement and all that. I wont say too much now but get ready for a sim design revolution once I get the part manufactured

Chris

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Hi Chris

Coming away from the R22....

Have you had any more thought as to the glareshield enclosure for the C172? It would be nice to see an ABS box just like the R22 box but for the C172 instead.....

Alex

[cjellwood]

Hi Chris

Coming away from the R22....

Have you had any more thought as to the glareshield enclosure for the C172? It would be nice to see an ABS box just like the R22 box but for the C172 instead.....

Alex

you mean an enclosed box like the one simkits do? I am planning that but cant make any prototype until the yoke steering is worked out. This is the glareshield on its own as you have seen previously


Chris