P51B Mustang Simpit

[chuckcrc]

Professor Fate
if you are having trouble with the photo size there is a good photo edit software on this site called Infraview which is what I used and it works a treat. You can get your image size down to below 100k but with still good resolution. Most of my pics were high res at 500k when they were taken but using the program I've got them down to about 70k but the res is still good.
Go for it.
cheers
chuck

[Skua]

Chuck,

Simply superb!! I'm planning on doing an F6F simpit soon. Can you give me some info on how you constructed the canopy pieces? Thanks!

Skua

[Flt.Lt.Andrew]

I have wet my pants in awe.

A.

[JBaymore]

Chuck,

Wow... that really looks great.

Say .......... unfortunately that last image is over the 100k limit.... can you resize it please?  I may do that myself if I get a chance shortly if you haven't done it already.  Sorry.

Also... I am guessing that this thread is getting close to the 500 K limit on photos also.  I know that early on I had a couple that I went over on...... but I'm trying to keep things "legal" here.

Maybe can you use this latest image to start a new thread on your pit?  Something like I have done with the "Part X" format or something?

Thanks.

best,

...............john

[SAto]

Great project Chuck!

Im starting my own build of a P51-D simpit now and have done som research. I will try to build as many of the controls myself, stick, throttle trim settings and include real working gauges. I think I'll keep my old CH rudder pedals for a while.

Me and a friend is currently designing electronics to interface the gauges. I found some car gauges at a cheap vendor here in Norway, most of these gauges are just voltmeters so they are easy to interface. That'll work for all my single pointer instruments. Also managed to salvage some step motors from printers that I'll use for the rest of the instrumentation.

For the stick, throttle, trim and flaps settings I'm going with this great and free joystick controller design:

http://www.mindaugas.com/projects/MJoy16/

It  provides:
USB interface
8 10bit digital axis
64 push buttons
16 toggle switches
4 rotaries

I'll probably use two of these boards for my setup.

Thought some of this might be of interest.

I also have a question for you

I've got a lot of photographs of the cockpit, controls and instruments but I just can't seem to get any of the dimensions for them, since you've already built a lot of them I wondered if you could provide some of them,
in particular interest as of now is the "throttle box" lenght of arms and knobs on the throttle and the size of the trim wheels, flap lever and seating.

Any other interior measurements you've got would also be greatly appreciated also.

I'll probably set up a web site with pictures of my progress as I get something done....

Please excuse my bad English.

-SAto