My 737 Project

[Trevor Hale]

Looks Great Bob.. Get that baby whipped into shape. It is going to fly a lot at the end of the month

[Bob Reed]

Well the CDU bay is in! WOW things just keep getting better! Hard to believe this was just a storage space back in December and my Pit was in boxes. I think it is ready Trevor.. I have a few little finishing touches to get done but the sim is what it is for your visit.... Here is the latest.... http://www.mycockpit.org/photopost/s...ry.php?cat=542 First 2 pics.. Moer to come...

[Trevor Hale]

OMG! Absolutely amazing. I think it's great you got that 15" monitor and PSone screen to fit behind it. I wasn't sure how you were going to be able to do that. Stunning Bob. Can't wait to see it Sunday.

Trev

[Bob Reed]

Now with all that I have gotten done in the last few weeks the next step will be the Glare Shield. I need to get this done. I do have the 6 packs all ready to go along with the Master Caution annunciators... So much to do.. SO little time.. Not my saying but I do like it!

[mauriceb]

I just have to say that you guys who do it the hard way (you know who you are) are absolutely amazing. Building a flight deck & just using plug & play components is hard enough as it is, and I'm just amazed at your ingenuity, resourcefulness and determination .

I've gone the 'easy' route (aside from my throttle) and I find the going very tough as it is and I can't imagine trying it your way. So, kudos to all of you who manage to do what many of us would say is impossible. You truly deserve a big round of applause.

Maurice

[Bob Reed]

Hi Maurice. Thank you for that but.... I have to say I have not always been what I am today as a builder. There was a time (and still do from time to time) I would just sit a stare and say man I would like to be able to do that. And if you look I have still not tackled a TQ! So I think you are one step a head of me. The thing to remember is each person does what he (or she) is comfortable with and that is how it goes. I look at your sim and it is a remarkable work to me.

[Bob Reed]

Ok time for an update on what I have been working on for the last couple of weeks. Yesterday I had Trevor Hale here for a visit. Guys, if you have the chance to get together with any of the other builders here to fly your sims, DO IT!!!! I can not tel you how AWESOME it was! 2 nuts in one sim flying it like a crew. It was just awesome. Now for the 2 weeks up until then I had been busy doing things that I had been putting off for a long while. Adding the second monitor, finishing up some of the wiring, building the CDU bay... I could go on for a while. Although the sim needed a little bit of tweaking once we started flying I have to say the thing flew pretty good! It was just so much fun to have a fellow enthusiast sitting next to me in MY simulator... I have gone and flown other peoples sims in the past and had them tell me it was a privilege to have me fly it and thought ya ok It was I who was privileged!! But now I KNOW it is true it was pure enjoyment and a privilege that I had Trevor here to see and fly my sim... Pictures to follow.... (just have to make the smaller)

[Bob Reed]

Ok folks. If you have emailed me any questions about my interface board at HCBParts.. I need you to email me again. I just had a catisstrophic drive failuer and lost everything on my internet computer. Also means I lost most of my pics of Trevor's visit.... I think I gave them to him.. I hope... Any way I will be slpending most of today rebuilding the machine.

[Michael Carter]

You've got mail!

[Bob Reed]

Thanks BSW!!!!