Insane builders

[mauriceb]

This whole concept is one big part of why I went "generic" with my cockpit design.

Most people would be "fooled" into thinking that image above is an aircraft cockpit.
................john

So I would classify you as a sane builder . In my very early days, I had exactly the same thought of building a generic cockpit and in fact, all I thought I wanted were a few switches here & there so that I could minimize the use of the mouse. But then... somewhere along the way, I decided I had to have a better throttle than the one that came with CH yoke.

I literally started with 2 sticks of wood and I have no idea how that evolved into a reasonably accurate 737 throttle replica. The only explanation that I can think of is 'the disease'. I was infected, as many people here are, and to my knowledge, there are no rehab facilities available yet for that disease.

Good for you about sticking with a generic cockpit. I'm 100% sure that you enjoy flying it every bit as much as anyone with a 'real' flight deck and maybe even more since the real cockpit types are always trying for more 'realism' it seems and getting less flying time in the process (assuming of course that the love of flying is the only motivation for building).

Maurice

[JBaymore]

So I would classify you as a sane builder .

Maurice, I am very offended by that remark! How could you say such a thing?

best,

.................john

[mauriceb]

Maurice, I am very offended by that remark! How could you say such a thing?

best,

.................john

Sorry . But please don't be offended. Consider the source here... my comments are not those of a 'sane' person

Maurice

[Bob Reed]

With that statement I wonder what you are on Maurice. We all know John is as unstable as the rest of us. Just look at what he is building..... Not the work of a sane person.......

[JBaymore]

Thank you, Bob, for an insightful and accurate portrayal pf my psyche.

best,

..........john

[Bob Reed]

Thank you, Bob, for an insightful and accurate portrayal pf my psyche.

best,

..........john

Im here to help ya man!!!

[AndyT]

I hate the cold and would spend all my time inside working on the sim. But my wife misses the snow. (We lived in Michigan for 7 years before coming home.) Just keep the food coming and allow me plenty of flying time.....

Oh and by the way, ALL of you are nutz! And that comes from one so I should know!

[PaulEMB]

Funny how the insaneness also hits a lot of us at the same time - I was contemplating a post similar to this yesterday, having spent the evening lifting floor panels and adjusting potentiometers, and refixing wires, and calibrating and, and....

The thought occured to work out how many man hours it takes an aircraft manufacturer to build a cockpit - I could then comfortably plan the next couple of decades of fiddling with soldering irons and multi coloured wires - mostly located, due to my previous diligence in making a large wooden tube, in hard to reach places!

Keep up the good work, team - group therapy may be the best way to stop us going completely over the edge.

[ivar hestnes]

I dont think it exists a good enough therapy for people like us. I am driving a dump-truck at work and after several years I still cant find the flap-handle. I have found the reverser though (retarder).


And in the mornings when starting my coffee machine, I just cant understand how it work without an APU.

[mauriceb]

And in the mornings when starting my coffee machine, I just cant understand how it work without an APU.

It does I'll be damned

Maurice