A start

[Airshow_lover]

Well, we are starting on a home built cockpit!




We plan to get rid of most of the frame.


Are there any suggestions or problems you have come across while building your home cockpits?

[beaky]

That's pretty interesting so far. Where did you get the yokes?

[Airshow_lover]

Where did you get the yokes?

OshKosh at the fly market. Thats how we bought it. Really all well keep is the black "T bar" and the yokes. the frame we will more then likely scrap. We have decided to wait till FSX comes out first to make sure they havent changed any major things.

[expat]

Care to share how much you parted with for it?

Matt

[Airshow_lover]

Care to share how much you parted with for it?

Matt

This is the Great part

ONLY $35 bucks!

[expat]

This is the Great part

ONLY $35 bucks!

Respect!

Matt

[masmith]

Nice,

please keep us updated as time goes on.

[Airshow_lover]

Nice,

please keep us updated as time goes on.

will do

We plan on making it so that:

1) its easily deconstructably for travel
2) Able to take out the yokes and replace with a stick (for aerobatics and biplane-like aircraft)
3) Create a throttle system that locks into place on one side (middle) for two-person/with-the-yoke flying and lock on to the other side (left) for "stick" flying

Also, we are trying to figure out how to do the Rudder pedals but still make them transportable.

We are going to have a flaps switch (click down, center, click up) and a smoke switch.

We are having problems figuring out the gear....since there is no sperate "gear up" and "gear down" in  FS How does everybody else get around this?

Airshow_lover,

A happy, but confused, person.

[chuckcrc]

Hi airshow
looks good so far -- a very good purchase.

Question about the yokes-- I can see in the pic how the aileron control works with the gears etc but how is the elevator control attached to the yokes-- is there a cable inside the yoke sliding shaft that we can't see ?

The gear operation question-- in the sim the gear operation is via a toggle function on the keyboard.

To replicate this function with switches will depend on what electronic interface you are going to use for your pit. To hook up a toggle swicth to a bashed keyboard to operate the "G" key will not work as you will get the key repeat problem.

You need to decide on the electronic format of your pit very early in the design process as it affects how you build your controls.

cheers
chuck

[JBaymore]

[quote]We are having problems figuring out the gear....since there is no sperate "gear up" and "gear down" in

[Professor_Fate]

Another suggestion for scrounging to keeps costs down is to visit your local metal recycler.  You can often find good usable lengths of steel and aluminum tubing, sheet metal, wire, etc. that they will only charge you the scrap value for.  Beats going to hardware stores and paying top dollar for new stuff.  You will be surprised at all the scratchbuilding goodies you can find for cheap.

Fate