Flyboyandre's Cockpit Project

[Maurice]

Hmmm!!! 6 months, 2 days... I'm suddenly ashamed of myself. 

Amazing progress in such a short time and with a low budget as well. Very well done!

Maurice

[Emesis]

Looks great, even though the OH switches are backwards Just kidding.

Looking forward in seeing your maiden flight video!

Cheers

[Boeing Skunk Works]

You should show that over at mycockpit.org. That would really impress them over there.

[Flyboyandre]

Thank you for all the support and feedback I have received during the build. I know that this doesnt measure up against most of the incredible projects out there but it's fun to hit milestones I never thought I would reach.
Now i need to get that mini fridge installed along with the video camera to in order to stay hydrated and share some of the airtime with the world

[ETomlin]

Thank you for all the support and feedback I have received during the build. I know that this doesnt measure up against most of the incredible projects out there...

Hey, I think that with a generic project, there comes a lot of freedom. I've always thought that it'd be nice to have one laid out for a turbo prop like a King Air/Caravan combination. In fact, I will eventually do something like this once my LJ45 is "done".  You've done a great job, be proud of it!

[XOrionFE]

It would probably work awesome with the PMDJ J41 also if you like Turboprops.  Yes I am guilty of buying that one for my desktop sim as I have a certain affinity for Turboprops as you might be able to guess from my screen name.   Nothing like the sound of them.

Nice work again Andre....Enjoy flying now.

[Flyboyandre]

Snapped a couple of pictures while parked at the gate in Amsterdam today.
Played around with Adobe Photoshop, looking to make myself a livery and new color scheme for my planes and this is what I came up with. Yeah, it's Norwegian inspired.

[ETomlin]

Some super looking hi res shots there.

[Flyboyandre]

Thank you kindly Eric. Now i just need to paint the other machines that i like to fly

[barettaj]

Andre,
Love the sim am going to be building something along the lines of this as i cannot tame my love for the crj and 737 with a 1:1 sim.
One quick question, is there anyway you could take a photo of the overhead showing wat each switch is assigned to do and what type of switches are those that light up? Link?
Thanks

[Flyboyandre]

Started building a simple and easy throttle quadrant this weekend to replace the GoFlight module i didnt like as it never felt smooth. I will build in reverse thrust with the help of micro switches when i get the handles cut out.


Also had to upgrade my old 850W power supply to a brand spanking new Corsair Gold Edition 1200W unit.

[Flyboyandre]

Ok, although the majority of the pit is done and 100% flyable I continue to strive for as much realism as possible while keeping my low cost budget in check.
The core of my new TQ is based on 2 Saitek Pro throttle units, enclosed in light ply and mdf. The levers were cut with bandsaw and features fully functioning reverse thrust handles with a/t disconnect built into #1 and #4.

[Flyboyandre]

This is most likely the last build update as I pretty much consider the cockpit done. The final step to maintain the flexibility was to install a touchscreen LCD in order to utilize the FMC/CDU directly from the payware add-ons. The setup works flawlessly.
Below you will see a couple of pics I took of the Level-D 767 and iFly 737 powered up.