Updates on my build progress

[fsaviator]

I'm baaaackkk!

Seriously though, I know I've been out of sight for a couple of weeks.  I have been checking the boards but since getting home from my annual vacation in Greece, I've been knee deep in a new position at work, as well as around the house.  I am Mr. Dad for the next year while my wife takes care of some things back home in Germany so I have been very busy with getting kids off to school, work, and renovations.  My father is retiring for the second time and moving in with us in October, so I have lost my Sim room and am busy making room elsewhere.

With all that said...  look what just arrived the other day from Nick at APHS:





They are from a DC-9, but they are IPECO's.  I should be able to fashion an extension for the front and some rails.  The seat/rail mounts angle out, which tells me that the seats slide back at an angle...  I didn't know that.

Sadly they are just sitting in my garage right now as I need to start my sim move and rebuild.  A couple more weeks to a month and I should have my yokes too.

Warren

[jackpilot]

Welcome back Busy Body!
I'have a few things to ship your way too.
Been busy 2

[jackpilot]

Just a note:
1) very nice seats
2) if they have a forward-backward adjustment, you do not need railing

On a full size shell setup, there is enough room to get in around the left side of the seat (capt) instead of sqeezing the seat to the left to clear the pedestal.
Unless you want to have the CB panels right behind you, it is a great time and money saver.

[NAX228]

I made a rail system using nylon. Works very well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOKXVrzXPTA

Drawing looks something like this:

[jackpilot]

very clever!
JP

[Maurice]

Very clever indeed!  Simple and very elegant solution that beats trying to buy or make curved rails.

Maurice

[fsaviator]

That is very nice.  I remember you posting about it Nax.

It something to keep in mind.  Thanks,

Warren

[fsaviator]

Check out what the mailman brought me today!

First I got this box from some company named FDS...  it had this inside:



I started shopping for knobs and ended up with all this.  Peter sucked me in:p  Still got my knobs though.


The other package was from Poland...  a company called...  SimWorld!  It contained this:



I started shopping for Annunciators and bought the MCP on a whim as at that time I still hadn't found a second CPFlight EFIS.  I decided I would CNC two EFIS to match this MCP.  I may still do that just to use this MCP...  the quality is OUTSTANDING.  This is easily one of the best quality panels I have seen, and the sub-80 Euro price was unbeatable.  Kudos to SimWorld.  Here's a couple of closeups.

[shaneb]

Warren has new stuff to work on . . . cool!    Fun getting those packages isn't it!