Aerosim Solutions B737 simulator rebuild

[Buster99]

Hello Gwyn,

Very nice professional looking items, I am looking forward to you offering these.

Best Regards,
Marc

[Aerosim Solutions]

Hi all, progress from this weekend.
I made the mounting box for the Captain's seat and installed it on my new J rails. Unfortunately I have to extend the floor of my platform to accommodate the new J rails which will make it too wide to exit the workshop, the extension will have to be removable I think. The seat box got 'blinged' with a hundred and seventy two non functional rivets, thanks kids! The Nissan R33 Skyline seats are looking more like crew seats now and they only cost $100 plus $50 for re upholstering after I cut out the yoke relief at the front. Coming from a right hand drive car the lucky F.O. gets all the lumbar adjustments!
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Cheers Gwyn

[Aerosim Solutions]

July 29 - I had to add another 250mm to the rear of the floor area to accommodate the new J rails. The carpet tiles are now glued down and I added some aluminium trim around the edge. The F.O.s seat will be going in tonight and I'll be working on the seat locks. After that I think I'll be back onto the MIP sub panels before building the sidewalls. Getting there slowly!!!

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Cheers Gwyn

[Joe Lavery]

Looking good Gwyn, are you going to put a shell over it?

Joe.

[Aerosim Solutions]

It sure will have a shell Joe, it's a 'ground up' restoration! After the MIP, TQ and radio console have had final tweeks I will do the sidewalls, windows then overhead, that's the plan. I had the awful realization the other day that the only component I have recycled is the steel base, everything else is new. I could have left the old sim together, sold it and started again!!! I didn't realize I would be upgrading everything!
Cheers Gwyn

[Aerosim Solutions]

I'm having way too much fun this week! Both seats installed.
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Cheers Gwyn

[Kennair]

Hey Gwyn, looking good mate.  Interested in what you came up with for the seat rail locking mechanism, and what height did you make your seats overall?

Cheers,

Ken.

[Aerosim Solutions]

Hey Gwyn, looking good mate.  Interested in what you came up with for the seat rail locking mechanism, and what height did you make your seats overall?

Cheers,

Ken.

Hi Ken,
I've made an 'ejector' seat type handle which will sit under the front of the seat swab to raise the locking pin on the J rail tracks. I should have them finished this week and will be able to post pics. I'll bring a handle to Worldflight tomorrow night for you to see. I measured the 737 seats in Blake's jumbo and a median height of the seat pad was 460mm, I copied that and it seems about right. I had to raise my MIP stand 50mm to be correct height as the columns were obscuring the displays - all fixed now!

Cheers Gwyn

Cheers Gwyn

[Aerosim Solutions]

Hi all,
I have installed the locking pins that position the seats so the seating and J rails are finished. It's back to detailing the MIP next...

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Cheers Gwyn

[tennyson]

Another fantastic solution, Gwyn.

They look the bom-diggitty!



Frank Cooper

[Efe]

My apologies to all the builders requesting parts but I have to stay focused on my own sim now until it is finished, Aerosim Solutions will return next year!!

Cheers Gwyn

Has it become 2014 yet?? 

[Aerosim Solutions]

Hi all,
I've started back on the MIP and fitted the landing gear lever last night. The back lighting works great but I haven't got a picture of that yet. Autobrake panel next...
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Hi Efe, 2014, not quite there yet but I think I will be opening the flood gates restarting Aerosim Solutions. I will be heading towards full time I think if all goes to plan!

Cheers Gwyn

[Joe Lavery]

Come on Gwyn, what are those horrible shiny screws your using...

Nice job, getting there mate!

Joe.

[Aerosim Solutions]

Come on Gwyn, what are those horrible shiny screws your using...

Nice job, getting there mate!

Joe.

Hi Joe, I found that the panels fell off without screws lol. Yes indeed I have to buy and paint a bucket load of correct looking fasteners, dzus replicas etc, I'll get there sooner or later!

Here's more pics from the weekend, I'm really pleased with the warning annunciators, only about a hundred more to go! All the MIP sub panels are made but I'm going to buy the AFDS units from FDS, they look great and will save a lot of time - http://www.flightdecksolutions.com/components/b737ng/b737ng-mipmain/fds-b737ng-afds-2.0/

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Cheers Gwyn

[Joe Lavery]

Hey Gwyn, did you make those annunciators yourself? very nice job if you did.
I've made a few for the fun of it on a laser but they are a bit fiddly, must be worse on a CNC.

Incidentally love the seats and rails mate, just shows you don't need to spend upwards of £2000.00 for seats to look right. I'd rather spend that money on stuff like the AFDS or CDU units.

Of course I understand that some guys want everything authentic and I suppose if I had unlimited funds I would probably be the same. But until those lottery tickets cough up.... 

Cheers
Joe.

[Aerosim Solutions]

Hey Gwyn, did you make those annunciators yourself? very nice job if you did.
I've made a few for the fun of it on a laser but they are a bit fiddly, must be worse on a CNC.

Incidentally love the seats and rails mate, just shows you don't need to spend upwards of £2000.00 for seats to look right. I'd rather spend that money on stuff like the AFDS or CDU units.

Cheers
Joe.

Hi Joe,
Yes I made the annunciator, the faceplate is a 2 minute cut and the box takes about 8 minutes. The box has one toolpath and then it has to be flipped to cut the rebate where it mounts in the panel. I cut it from 10mm black acrylic. Only another 80 to do!!

Seats - they were pretty cheap - Car seats $100, J-rail prototypes $650 plus about 20 hours of labour! Pro upholstery where I cut the yoke recess - $100, so well under a thousand bucks for the pair!
Cheers Gwyn

[Aerosim Solutions]

Hi all,
More progress on the sim - I've painted the Main Instrument Panel, fitted lenses to 6 gauges and the 5 square Multi Function Displays. Installed the new AFDS units, Chronometers from Joe Lavery, MFD selectors. The remote autobrake switch is assembled and working, the rotary switch is mounted away from the knob and driven by trace wire because there is no room with the centre monitor in the way. I've soldered looms on to most of the panels in readiness for the FDS-SYS1X cards, not much more to go before i can start the glareshield and upper frame work...
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Cheers Gwyn

[Joe Lavery]

Looking awesome Gwyn, up to your usual standard.

Cheers
Joe.

[Aerosim Solutions]

Hi all, this week I've finished the MIP annunciators. Now I'm focusing on the nightmare if the autobrake panel! The remote autobrake switch is installed and working but now I think I have to do the same type of set up for the speed ref rotary switches. There is only 7mm of space between the panel and the centre monitor. If only someone would manufacture 8" square monitors!! The AFDS units are from Flightdeck Solutions, does anyone have the wiring diagram??
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Cheers Gwyn

[Aerosim Solutions]

A couple of 'behind the scenes' shots! Rear of my MIP.
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Gwyn

[fsaviator]

Hi all, this week I've finished the MIP annunciators. Now I'm focusing on the nightmare if the autobrake panel! The remote autobrake switch is installed and working but now I think I have to do the same type of set up for the speed ref rotary switches. There is only 7mm of space between the panel and the centre monitor. If only someone would manufacture 8" square monitors!! The AFDS units are from Flightdeck Solutions, does anyone have the wiring diagram??
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Cheers Gwyn

Gwyn, I just emailed you the AFDS pinouts.

Warren

[Aerosim Solutions]

Hi Warren and thanks again but I've just noticed that I have the AFDS "V1" which has a different pin arrangement, (two sets of 6 pins) I will contact Peter at FDS as his website suggests!
Cheers Gwyn

[Jetcos]

Info sent Gwyn via email

[Aerosim Solutions]

Info sent Gwyn via email

Cheers Steve, I have the data! It's Friday RDO....I'm off to the workshop to finish the MIP!!

Thank you,

Gwyn

[Aerosim Solutions]

Hi all,
Today I finished the MFD switch plate that goes on the autobrake panel, the buttons will work and the panel has integrated backlighting. I also finished the 5 hinged strips on the bottom of the main display bezels, these cover the monitor adjusting buttons installed in the bezel. I also completed an imitation yaw damper gauge. I hope to get a lot done next week in the gaps between my worldflight duties, there should be some good progress! More pics soon..
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Cheers Gwyn