greetings

[Michael Carter]

You realise the sim at Flightexperience cost $600K apparently. The guy who runs the Wellington one (Steve Peters) is an aircraft leasing man and treats it as such. Rest assured your homebuild will cost more than you`d like too!

I have a very cheesy desktop setup here, which I thoroughly enjoy though it needs heaps of work. The big spend was a good $800 spent just to get the primary flight controls covered. My plan is a medium - large GA twin, originally a KingAir 200 based on the Aeroworx model but I am racked with indecision and sometime feel I might get sucked down the 737 Classic route. I`m not a fan of the NG`s / Buses as I do like old-fashioned navigation. My only custom panel so far is a switch panel, including a decent undercarriage lever. I interface using one Opencockpits card and a number of cannibalised USB gamepads. I`ve been busy playing with custom panel layouts on a second monitor, with a view to putting the monitor behind a panel with cutouts. This would suit an EFIS KingAir nicely.

You didn`t say where you`re based. If your in the Wellington area I`d be happy to assist..

Cheers

James

Well, if you eventually go down the 737 route, there is always the -200. That's about as navigation intensive as you can get along with the 727 series.

I too like the old way of navigating. At least you had to know in your head where on the chart you were.

[rottenlungs]

Very true, the tinmouse 732 is a good base, though I never found the flight model of the tinmouse v2 package near as comfortable as the early one.

How have you done your analogue gauges in your 72`? Do you have servo operated gauges or digital representation from behind the panel cutout? I guess the cost of provisioning multiple analogue (say simkits) gauges would be too much for me to bear, sadly..

Nothing beats trying to achieve a 'cross the GIPER intersection at FL100' type clearance with a couple of VORS and a dme!

Cheers

James

Well, if you eventually go down the 737 route, there is always the -200. That's about as navigation intensive as you can get along with the 727 series.

I too like the old way of navigating. At least you had to know in your head where on the chart you were.