| 30
Jan 07 |
Got the
flooring finished today.
The eyebrow
plastic moldings arrived so I couldn't resist putting them
in! Trouble is, when you get a genuine aircraft part like
this you find where your measurements and angles aren't quite
right. But after a bit of adjustment to the frame - all is
well.
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| 29
Jan 07 |
The glareshield
was on the menu today. I didn't expect to complete it, but
by 9pm it was done! (yes, yes - I'm obsessed - blah, blah
:) ). I used the glareshield kit from Simulatory which provides
the MDF parts, facings and top. The glare-wings including
the 6-pack annunciators and warning lights/buttons are also
from Symulatory. The 2 EFIS units and the MCP are from CPFlight.
The main
instrument panel is next on the to-do list.
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| 21
Jan 07 |
Work continues
of the avionics pedestal. These pics show test-fitting of
the panels.
Lots
of sanding and painting to come now.
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| 20
Jan 07 |
Design
and construction work continues on the pedestal amongst much
MDF dust!
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| 19
Jan 07 |
Work has
begun now on the avionics pedestal. The design is to mount
the panels to an independent aluminium frame (with surround).
This then sites squarely on top of the pedestal itself and
is easy to remove for maintenance. The pic below shows the
aluminium frame before final finishing.
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| 18
Jan 07 |
Neil has
been doing lots more planning on the overhead wiring (that's
what you do when you don't want to start this mammoth task
- lol). We've decided that having the I/O cards mounted within
the case is going to be to cramped so we'll be mounting them
in an add-on section on top of the case. In the pic you can
see the lines of 16 x 40 pin headers that will be used to
distribute the wiring for inputs/outputs to the ribbon cables
which then feed back to the cards.
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| 17
Jan 07 |
The shell
frame is finally finished - yay! Grinding and primer complete,
and as you can see in this shot most of the floor is on now.
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| 11
Jan 07 |
Looking
at the rear of the forward overhead panel. We've added aluminium
rails for the I/O cards and you can see 3 of these installed
(another 4 cards to go on yet!). We're turning each major
unit of the flightdeck into a self-contained unit. This one,
for example, will be fully sealed with just 1 USB and 1 power
lead coming out the back. No spaghetti wire here - nuh uh!
Just waiting
for wire and solder now. Shouldn't take (uh-hum) long to do...
:)
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| 10
Jan 07 |
The forward
overhead taking shape - still some parts to install.
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| 08
Jan 07 |
Ok - so
this bit goes with that ... umm... no ... hmm ...
We are
sure that the Boeing production line looks just like this...
:)
(note
to family ... notice NO bald spot ... haha!)
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| 07
Jan 07 |
And here
is the Symulatory Throttle Quadrant. We've got most of it
wired up and working. Only downside - the reverse levers are
missing in action.
And the
engine fire control panel. Can't wait to trip the fire clanger
off on some unsuspecting pilot :)
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| 04
Jan 07 |
All the
gear from Symulatory has arrived. The pic below shows the
main instrument panel and the forward and aft overhead panels.
There are also bags and bags of switches, anunciators, LEDS
.... so much stuff to do now!
The Mode
Control Panel (MCP) and all the radio and transponder units
have arrived from CPflight as well. I'll put some pics of
these up soon (promise!)
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