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Title: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: jackpilot on April 22, 2012, 08:14:08 AM
Yabadabadooo...! :D
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: Trevor Hale on April 22, 2012, 08:22:16 AM
Wow Jack, Looks awesome.  For a minute there I thought I was looking at pics of Mau's Pit.  I can't wait to see what that will look like with all the window and roof trims in it.

(Drooling like a pack of hungry wolves over a new carcus)  I am very Jealous!  Nicely done!
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: XOrionFE on April 22, 2012, 10:38:23 AM
Looks great Jack.  Your TQ and pedestal look fantastic in there also!

Scott
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: shaneb on April 22, 2012, 02:07:53 PM
Oh wow . . looks awesome Jack!  Glad you are having fun with it!   :idiot:
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Post by: Nick1150 on April 24, 2012, 09:20:57 AM
Wow !!! That looks great indeed...


Looks like mine ;)

;D
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: hexpope on April 24, 2012, 01:56:11 PM
Looking really good and professional. The guys are right, your TQ does fit in well there. I remember your build thread on that baby.
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: jackpilot on April 24, 2012, 06:56:18 PM
Thank you...hope the guys from Boeing have a look!! :laugh:
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: Flyboyandre on April 24, 2012, 07:02:57 PM
Quote from: jackpilot on April 22, 2012, 08:14:08 AM
Yabadabadooo...! :D

Wow, that is absolutely cool!
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: jackpilot on April 25, 2012, 07:39:20 AM
Detailing.... (I know not the right one , stuck on the garage heading!...but lighted and nice)
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: Trevor Hale on April 25, 2012, 05:27:48 PM
Friggen awesome...  Looks good to me...


Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: hexpope on April 26, 2012, 04:53:28 AM
Will it be fully functional (Wet Compass) ? I need one too for my project, but that will be the final touches (If there's ever a saying in our hobby)
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: jackpilot on April 26, 2012, 01:46:43 PM
No way, would be an overkill for a little bouncing guy that is only looked at when setting the Gyrocompass in a GA aircraft!!  :D

Can be done though...I guess Maurice is on the case!! :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: Aerosim Solutions on April 26, 2012, 05:04:28 PM
Kicking a*se Jack, sweet as. What a beautiful home for my flapgate!!!

Great stuff, even more motivation to get my bird airworthy again!

Cheers Gwyn
Aerosim Solutions
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: jackpilot on April 26, 2012, 05:12:32 PM
Gwyn
You have no idea,..the quality of the click ...no play in it , not an 1/1000 of an inch (or mm).
Everytime I use it ,there is a thought for the power of friendship....May sound corny but I do'nt care...

Are you coming...
(with Leonie of course)
Jack

EDit EDit  : just realized  the last two lines could be misread...
Re-phrasing:
Are you coming to the Cockpitbuilder FDS Open House!!!
And you better bring Leonie with U!!!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: Flyboyandre on April 27, 2012, 12:19:11 AM
Quote from: jackpilot on April 26, 2012, 05:12:32 PM
Gwyn
You have no idea,..the quality of the click ...no play in it , not an 1/1000 of an inch (or mm).
Everytime I use it ,there is a thought for the power of friendship....May sound corny but I do'nt care...

Are you coming...
(with Leonie of course)
Jack

EDit EDit  : just realized  the last two lines could be misread...
Re-phrasing:
Are you coming to the Cockpitbuilder FDS Open House!!!
And you better bring Leonie with U!!!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Good save Jack!
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: Trevor Hale on April 27, 2012, 07:55:20 AM
LOL I agree, Nice Save :)
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Post by: Aerosim Solutions on April 27, 2012, 03:34:19 PM
Hahaha well I could answer with good one but I won't go there!
Unfortunately I can't make it this year it's just unfortunate timing. My eldest daughter Rebecca is getting married in July so that's a 4K trip for flights and accommodation. She is in Perth at the moment where she has just made me a GRANDADDY OMG! My second eldest Lauren has been chosen to do some ballet training in Italy also in July so I'm springing some bucks for that one and then in November I am off to the Pan Pacific games in Queensland for the 'veteren's' softball championships. So Canada is a bit out of reach this year but I am definately planning on the year after, I might tie it in with another UK trip hassle my mates Ian Sissons and Hoe Lavery again!!! I've sold 6 sets of rudders this year who knows, a couple more and I might be in luck. It would surely be great to meet all you guys in person and see the hallowed FDS!

Cheers Gwyn
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Post by: Maurice on April 28, 2012, 01:19:48 PM
Quote from: jackpilot on April 26, 2012, 01:46:43 PM

Can be done though...I guess Maurice is on the case!! :laugh: :laugh:

Yep...as soon as I finish my 3 axis full motion platform, collimated display and conversion to DreamLiner.

Maurice
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Post by: Efe on April 29, 2012, 02:04:03 AM
I've actually thought of a way it could work. Would it not be possible to create small electromagnets around the wet compass and link these to FS through an I/O board so as to energize each relevant electromagnet as the plane changes direction?

In fact here's an old one...

Simkits Releasing Wet Airliner Compass
August 31, 2004
Dutch Simkits are announcing a new addition to their line of instruments. Now available for airliner builders, Simkits launch a Panel Mount Wet Compass. The compass is an original Wet Compass, filled with fluid, as used in many aircraft. Simkits have added magnets, mechanics and electronics to be able to control the Wet Compass directly from controller boards, which connect to the PC via a single USB cable.
Title: Re: FDS MIP in Shell!!!
Post by: Colonel Wings on May 02, 2012, 10:28:26 AM

Nicely done Mr.Jack !
You`ve got to love those shell from FDS ...   In my plan at the moment for later too ...

Nice to see some results of what it will become one day ...

What parts is next on the making list for the next couples days ?

Thanks for the sharing Mate !