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Postby expat » Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:48 am

Having recently lost my desk to a wife and two small boys who all seem to want to us it when ever I do, assembling my yoke, throttles, nav box etc and then taking it all down seemed to be a never ending story. So I made it portable. Have cockpit will travel so to say ;D
Easily packed away (in a car too or corner of a hotel room :-X), no dust problem and no more cables running all over the place. One USB cable out the back, though I still have to get around to a general cable tidy up at the back. Here is the result.

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2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby Jayhawk Jake » Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:18 pm

Nice!  What panel is that on top of the yoke?
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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby pfevrier » Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:21 pm

That's actually a pretty smart idea...  ;) I like the setup, you just might have inspired me lol.
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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby expat » Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:38 am

[quote]Nice!
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.

PETA Image People Eating Tasty Animals.

B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby expat » Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:54 am

Jake, I found my old review of the Panel.............http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb25/Ya ... 1238110412

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PS, You can now download the same rubbish manual, still not updated  ;D
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PETA Image People Eating Tasty Animals.

B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby Jayhawk Jake » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:28 pm

[quote]Jake, I found my old review of the Panel.............http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb25/Ya ... 1238110412

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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby expat » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:45 pm

[quote][quote]Jake, I found my old review of the Panel.............http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb25/Ya ... 1238110412

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PS, You can now download the same rubbish manual, still not updated
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1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby Jayhawk Jake » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:35 pm

[quote][quote][quote]Jake, I found my old review of the Panel.............http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb25/Ya ... 1238110412

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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby expat » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:11 pm

Jake I can take some pictures for you, but that will take a while, I am at work (installing a business class to an A319 and now having a coffee break)....man how I hate cabin work, give me an engine any day.....
In the mean while, go to this link It is the download page for the complete VR products. If you download the MPanel, it comes with nice colour pictures of all the display windows. The downloaded manual needs to be dragged and dropped into a blank browser window (they don't tell you this)

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1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby Hagar » Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:34 am

The downloaded manual needs to be dragged and dropped into a blank browser window (they don't tell you this)

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The file is in PDF format. If you rename it to Manual_M.pdf it will open in Adobe Reader.
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Re: Portable cockpit

Postby expat » Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:25 am

The downloaded manual needs to be dragged and dropped into a blank browser window (they don't tell you this)

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The file is in PDF format. If you rename it to Manual_M.pdf it will open in Adobe Reader.


Thank's for that Hagar, Windows 7 when going to the download file  properties just shows:

Description.....File..............No poop sherlock ::) ;D

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PETA Image People Eating Tasty Animals.

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1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
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