My Boeing 727

[BSW727]

Things seem a little slow in this forum, but that's understandable since this isn't a builders site. I enjoy reading and responding to many of the topics here and like it very much here. Especially the Real Aviation and Aircraft forums.

Here's a little something I put together over the last five years in this hobby. I get a lot of enjoyment from this 727 and it's as close as I'll ever come to sitting in one again.

This is a Lufthansa 727-230, D-ABHI, that was retired or sold long ago. I don't know if it is the exact Lufthansa configuration, but it's close enough for me.





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[edit] I uploaded for you, but I had to leave a few as links to keep from going over the 600k thread limit.  These are too nice to not be here. 

Thanks again for sharing them.

-Shane[/edit]

[ApplePie]

Sweet setup you've got there!

[expat]

WOW

Can you give some detail about how you went about it, building, parts, $$$$$ and time scale?

Matt

[BSW727]

It was an accident.

I started with a couple of panels I built for the desktop and that led to an overhead. Then I wanted a throttle so I built that. Not being satisfied, I built the control stand to mount it on. Then I wanted a yoke to ditch the desktop toys.

Then I needed a chair...

And I got tired of looking at a 19" monitor so I needed an instrument panel...you can see where it led.

This whole this has snowballed over the last five years. I had never intended to build a flight simulator. What I mean is, I didn't sit down one day and say, Yep, I'm gonna build a 727 flight simulator.

After installing the instrument panel I knew it was too late to turn back so I built the rest of it. It's only a 3/4 shell though as there is a chimney in the way of the FO's side.

Most of the home-made panels have been replaced with Boeing made or contracted panels in the overhead, forward equipment rack and center control stand. The instrument panel and yoke is from a retired 727.

I guess I have around $7K including computers and monitors. Maybe more, maybe less. I'd really rather not know.

Four computers run the simulator and all of the monitors. It's interfaced using input cards from several vendors and FSUIPC.

[jaime]

SHEESH!!!!...all I got to say if you didnt have the monitors there and never said that it was a home built thing I would have thought it was a real aircraft that you owned...nice work, I definatly am wanting to try and built a pit of my own...just dont now where the best route to start with is...plus I still need to figure what types of planes im gonna be using with it...hehe


Great job!

[ShaneG_old]

Good lord man!! 

Outstanding work on this! You say you made that throttle? 

Wait till John sees this!   



As real as it gets indeed.  8-)

[BSW727]

Yep, every piece except the knobs, go-around paddles, and Korry indicators.

A friend of mine turned the knobs from Delrin on a lathe.

[ShaneG_old]

Impressive to the max.  8-)


How much of it is functional in the sim? 

[BSW727]

It would be easier to list what is not.

Flight Recorder
CVR
WX Radar (coming soon)
Trip Encoder
Comm Radios (coming soon)
Transponder

[JBaymore]

BSW727,

Welcome to the pit builders section of SimV.  Can't wait to see what the verbage is talking about.

Photos are not loading today... so I can't take a look now....... but I'll be back.

[BSW727]

Let me know if you've had a look at them yet. I'm going to remove them at the end of the day.

I have re-sized them and attempted to upload them to this server, but the resolution is still making them three to four times the byte size allowed.

Reducing to smaller size looses too much detail. I'd just as soon remove them to comply with the rules.

[westside]

Wow

That's a cool cockpit!  Nice work.

[ShaneG_old]

Let me know if you've had a look at them yet. I'm going to remove them at the end of the day.

I have re-sized them and attempted to upload them to this server, but the resolution is still making them three to four times the byte size allowed.

Reducing to smaller size looses too much detail. I'd just as soon remove them to comply with the rules.

Problem solved.      ^ ^ ^
                            

[jaime]

Let me know if you've had a look at them yet. I'm going to remove them at the end of the day.

I have re-sized them and attempted to upload them to this server, but the resolution is still making them three to four times the byte size allowed.

Reducing to smaller size looses too much detail. I'd just as soon remove them to comply with the rules.

Yea I have a few images I wanna upload real bad but every time i reduce the size and try to upload I get one or more of the mentioned issues (IE loss of quality or size limit exceeded) and i've done just about every thing i can think of in short of saving in a different format which also tends to loose the quality

[Hagar]

Let me know if you've had a look at them yet. I'm going to remove them at the end of the day.

I have re-sized them and attempted to upload them to this server, but the resolution is still making them three to four times the byte size allowed.

Reducing to smaller size looses too much detail. I'd just as soon remove them to comply with the rules.

Yea I have a few images I wanna upload real bad but every time i reduce the size and try to upload I get one or more of the mentioned issues (IE loss of quality or size limit exceeded) and i've done just about every thing i can think of in short of saving in a different format which also tends to loose the quality

The rules are the same for everyone. Most of BSW727's images were actually within forum limits.