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| [simpits-tech] ATC-710 [message #3400] |
Sat, 25 May 2013 00:01 |
 Sean Galbraith
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I just got given an ATC-710 simulator, apparently it's fully
operational, complete with instructor console and plotter.....
Anyone have any experience with the things? I've flown an ATC-810
(that's the twin engine version) and it was pretty cool, but I have
never even seen a 710 working!
I've just joined an owners groups email list... and been looking for
manuals etc.
Biggest problem I have is that it's in Miami (where we just installed
one of our sims), and I'm not... it's a bit big to come home with me as
luggage!
The logistics problem will solve itself, now it's just working out what
I should do with it; use it as is (because it's cool), try to interface
to it in some way and inject it's position into FS9/X-Plane/Flightgear
etc, or gut it completely and interface all the bits and pieces
myself....
SeanG
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Back to College, Part 7: Understanding Synchros. |
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| [simpits-tech] Back to College, Part 7: Understanding Synchros. [message #3391] |
Thu, 16 May 2013 21:53 |
Justin Messenger
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Hey, thanks for compiling this info!
I have to agree about the whine, I shut the 400hz off as much as possible when working on sims. It makes my ears hurt to have it on all day.
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Video footage of Cockpit-Fest USA 2013 |
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| [simpits-tech] Video footage of Cockpit-Fest USA 2013 [message #3388] |
Wed, 15 May 2013 21:57 |
Justin Messenger
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Due to its length, I had to split the video into two parts for Youtube.
Enjoy!
Justin Messenger
Video 1
http://youtu.be/a0QxKva47NA
Video 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt1AvWyTGgY
100%
Cockpit-Fest opens simulated flight to all * By Fred Mann * The Wichita Eagle
Gabe Messenger appeared to be in total control of his airplane right up to the moment he crashed trying to land on an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean .
But the 12-year-old from Arkansas climbed out of the flight simulator Saturday morning feeling pretty good about it.
“I meant to do it. It’s just fun to sometimes crash,” he said.
The King Air simulator he flew was built by Matt Bailey, of Moore, Okla. It was among the simulators and cockpits on display during the second annual Cockpit-Fest USA underway this weekend at the Kansas Aviation Museum, 3350 S. George Washington Blvd.
The event includes the debut of a President Kennedy Air Force One replica cockpit and stateroom, and simulators of a 1967 Link-4J Phantom II, a plane flown by the Blue Angels in the 1960s, as well as a B-52 Stratofortress, DC-9, A-7 Corsair, F-84F Thunderstreak and F-15A Eagle.
About 80 exhibitors of simulator hardware and software from around the U.S. and the world, some from as far away as Poland and South Africa, are attending the event. It is being held in association with the Newark Air Museum, UK.
Cockpit-Fest USA continues today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. At 1 p.m., it will feature a fly-by of three historic Stearman biplanes.
Bailey, who is attending with his wife, Ruth, and three-month-old son, Jonathan, keeps his simulator in his garage. It took a year for him to build the hardware and 21/2 to write the software. And he’s still working on it, he said. It uses three computers and has radios from real airplanes.
Bailey said he loves to fly and has been flying since he can remember because his dad is a pilot.
Justin Messenger, Gabe’s uncle and co-founder of the event who works for Nu-Tek Simulations, based in Augusta, said Cockpit-Fest USA appeals to fans of general aviation and computer technology, giving them a chance to combine two hobbies at once.
“Some people spend more time developing software and hardware for flight simulators than they actually do flying them,” he said. “I’m one of them.”
Three exhibitors from Poland staffed a booth at the event. Wojciech Krzywda, head of VFRPoland, which offers photographic scenery of Poland for flight simulators, said he learned about Wichita’s aviation history before coming.
“Looking at the map of Wichita and seeing 11 airfields around the city .. wow. It’s amazing, it’s just amazing,” he said.
Read the original here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/05/04/2789709/cockpit-fest-opens- simulated-flight.html#storylink=cpy
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Oh well you twisted my arm..... |
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| [simpits-tech] Oh well you twisted my arm..... [message #3386] |
Wed, 01 May 2013 01:42 |
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hey Matt, you never took my challenge... That's ok, I suppose...
but I got off my ass, and wrote a I think a good article about those
pesky synchros.....
http://www.element14.com/community/people/phoenixcomm/blog/2 013/04/29/nexgen-flight-simulator-understanding-syncrhos
enjoy it...
Cris H.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a
habit.
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Retina display hack... |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] 1st test flight with Cobra sim |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest |
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| [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest [message #3372] |
Sun, 14 April 2013 16:04 |
Justin Messenger
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>Hehe. I'm not moving mine. Nor would I EVER be insane enough to let the general public near it. As it is, a visitor in the past 4 or 5 years may have swiped the F/A-18 >flight grip I had...
>g.
You could do as Chris Woodul does, He sits in the F-111 and makes the masses look over the edge, wishing they could sit inside too. Only VIPs get invitations to enter.
On a side note, one of the judges for the simulator category is flying here from the Seattle area (again). He's a Viperpits member. The Viperpit gang are putting together a slick F-16 exhibit. Saturday at noon the former McConnell ANG F-16 wing commander is going to have an autograph session with them and then show off his videos of 9g training in a Gsimulator.
http://www.simadventure.com/
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] new VSTOL straight out of SyFy but it flys |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] F111 Panels |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Low Earth Orbit for your tablets |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] More greebles... |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] New Cockpit-Fest 2013 promo video. |
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| [simpits-tech] New Cockpit-Fest 2013 promo video. [message #3324] |
Sat, 23 March 2013 20:32 |
Justin Messenger
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYD7Dn6NRms
Also, Marty Arant from X-Plane is attending, and the Viperpit.org guys are setting up a Viperpits F-16 exhibit that will feature some of their custom made hardware.
In addition, Justin Messenger will be there. Yes, come see the legend in person! :)
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] One of you guys has gotta buy this........ |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Last nights sim party. |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] it walks and flys!! |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] U2 Flight manual... |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] It's alive! |
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| | Topic: Re: [simpits-tech] Joystick interfaces... |
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| Re: [simpits-tech] Joystick interfaces... [message #3169] |
Wed, 28 November 2012 13:27 |
Justin Messenger
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>Don't forget the Hagstrom stuff, though she be pricey....
>http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/products/ke_usb108.html
>Are you counting Phidgets I/O kits as well?
>Matt
I now refuse to use anything but the Hagstrom KEAD6. They are rock solid, have neat programing features, and Hagstrom support/warranty is the best. The KEAD6 seem to be happy with any pots Ive tried from 10 to 100k.
Justin
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| | Topic: Re: [simpits-tech] TA-4J canopy glass! |
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| Re: [simpits-tech] TA-4J canopy glass! [message #3163] |
Tue, 27 November 2012 11:09 |
Sean Galbraith
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Interesting..... I'll have to do some digging, all the TA-4 canopies I've seen have the center bar.
The profile at the front matches the TA as well as the A-4M which used the same type of front windscreen.
SeanG
geneb <geneb@deltasoft.com> wrote:
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Sean Galbraith wrote:
> That looks like an A-4M canopy to me.... TA-4 is a 4 part thing with a join down the middle...
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He said he looked up the number and the NSN matched the TA-4J.
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Air Force One replica update |
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| [simpits-tech] Air Force One replica update [message #3120] |
Sun, 11 November 2012 19:40 |
Justin Messenger
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Here is an updated video about the Air Force One replica that we put together in in 2008. We got a call and had had 6 weeks to find a fuslage, have it cut, then convert it. The plane was previously the Kerry/Edwards Presidential campain jet. Just before retirement the plane carried the Lakers team for a championship game. We found notes about the game written by team members as well as other NBA items.
The actual conversion was finished in 4 weeks. The last four years it has been on tour around the USA and has been visited by thousands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyA4btDyYhY&feature=playe r_embedded
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Production Flight Sims |
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| [simpits-tech] Production Flight Sims [message #3111] |
Sat, 03 November 2012 07:23 |
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Hi gang..
I have been involved with flight simulators since i worked a Interdata back
in the mid and late 70s. Commercial / Military FS are in real time. The b52
sim @ Singer Link (Interdata 8/32) had a map / model on the wall with a
flying camera. It used our own in-house real-time OS. While at Grumman, I
worked on the X-29 sim (fixed base cockpit) It used Interdata then renamed
Perkin Elmer and a newer version of the 8/32 and again their real-time OS.
My partner Paul has also worked in FS & OSs since the 80's. Never have any
of our discussions, ever came across MS anything including windows, except
as workstations for the programmers. UNIX/Linux and
or embedded variants, has a long history in FS and real-time work. The OS
has not really changed much since System V came out in the mid 80's. yes
there have be improvements, filesystems, etc. but you know an ls is still
ls and ps is still ps. The user environment has not changed at all sh,
bash, ksh, ftp, grep, vi, ect.
Now ask youself how many times did the user environment change? lets see
CP/M, DOS, (cant remember the name but it got sued by apple for icon
infringement)Windows 1 - 3 et al., Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT,
Windows 95, Windows Me (remember that POS), Vista, Windows XP (and count
the variants), Windows 7, and now Windows 8. That is a moving target, and
you have to support a Sim for maybe 10 years or more. And you also have to
remember that Networking (Internet) was never built in to the OS untill
very recent. I dont think they could spell Ethernet.
I first Ethernet system that I ever put in was at Epitax in the mid 80's
when I was at college. It was Ethernet on Thick Coax with transceivers with
vampire taps.
Cris H.
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Update! |
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| quality projection screen materials [message #3088] |
Sat, 13 October 2012 08:47 |
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To buy projection screen materials at affordable cost, go to link shared below.
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Custom cockpit decals |
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| [simpits-tech] Custom cockpit decals [message #3080] |
Thu, 04 October 2012 18:32 |
Justin Messenger
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At Cockpit-Fest USA over half of the cockpits and even some of the museum aircraft had vinal decals custom cut by Randy Hughs at Great Signs America.
Randy's business is in the same location as the avionics shop that I work at and he loves making decals for cockpits. Please feel free to contact him for your projects.
His email is randy@thx2u.com
Justin
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest USA |
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| [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest USA [message #3063] |
Mon, 01 October 2012 18:10 |
Justin Messenger
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The event went well and plans are under way for another one in the spring. The museum director was both surprised and inspired by the enthusiasm of the exhibitors and he hopes the event will contiue to grow.
The awards went to;
Steve Blevins F-4 Phantom - Stearman Award for Best Aircraft Cockpit.
Steve Cannaby B-52 Stratofortress - Flight Safety Award for Best Simulator Cockpit.
Steve Cannaby B-52 Stratofortress - Most dramatic restoration award.
Dewey Larson A-7 Corsair - People's Choice outdoor exhibit.
Matt Bailey home built simulator - People's Choice indoor exhibit.
Chris Woodul - Spirit of Cockpit-Fest Award.
Steve Blevins had a fantastic Stearman sunset flight Saturday evening for his award.
Matt Baily it was a blast meeting you and to fly your sim. I love your python skills!! :) I look forward to many more conversations with you.
I am worn out from serious lack of sleep but it was well worth it. I was surprised so many Viperpit members flew in from out of State and it was hard to stop visiting and to go to bed.
Several of us are getting together again at Babes Chicken for dinner this Saturday evening after the Ft. Worth/Alliance airshow.
Photos will be forth coming.
Justin
http://www.simadventure.com/
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Arduino and serial comms follow-up |
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| [simpits-tech] Arduino and serial comms follow-up [message #3052] |
Wed, 19 September 2012 08:12 |
Justin Messenger
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Thats pretty cool stuff Matt!
Justin
http://www.simadventure.com/
I meant to post this a while ago, but frankly I modified the sketch I was working on back when I was having trouble and deleted the code I was actually fighting with....
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>Anyways, I tried to scratch something up that was similar to what I was running before, and wouldn't you know it, I appear to be having more success now. Here's what I was getting stuck with, basically:
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>I have an Arduino Uno that is currently reading the position of a rotary switch on my Bendix radar unit, and doing a fine job. I would like to also have this board reading some info from my Python plugin in X-Plane, and then use that info to drive the position of some analog gauges (already have had the gauges working with the Arduino). The problem I was having was how to send the data from the radar, then receive data from my Python script and drive the gauges. It seems I could not keep things "sync'd" up.
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>But as of tonight, it appears I can arbitrarily send/receive whatever data I want, as long as I match each read/write in my script with an appropriate read/write in the Arduino sketch (which only makes sense, of course). I am doing multiple serial reads and writes that is, multiple lines) for each piece of data I need to exchange.
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>What I am thinking is that I might be better off having only one "line" per data item. So on each cycle of the Arduino, it would read from the virtual serial port, then write back to the serial port the state of various pins (or simply some values that I keep track of inside the Arduino sketch), and then drive the gauges. I think the key to my success tonight is that I stuck everything under a while loop in the Arduino sketch that only runs when Serial.available() returns something. This effectively makes the Arduino "wait" for Python. And in Python, after the initial write, I have some readline() calls, which are blocking (so Python won't start hammering the serial port with data again until the Arduino sends it something).
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>But for now I've kept the sketch as close as I can remember to the basic structure I was operating under earlier. like I said, it *seems* to be working, but I don't know how scalable or how stable it would be if I started doing more stuff in either the sketch or the Python module. What do you guys think, would I be better off with a single read and write call on each end?
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>I've attached the code as a ZIP. If you want to run my actual Python module, you'll need pyserial installed as well, compiled for whatever version of Python you're running.
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] The Sky is Falling~~~ |
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| [simpits-tech] Way OT II... [message #3023] |
Tue, 28 August 2012 06:28 |
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This was Reddit's response:
http://imgur.com/LRPJz
:)
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] life inside the mirror cell... |
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| [simpits-tech] life inside the mirror cell... [message #3018] |
Wed, 15 August 2012 10:04 |
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Wayne created a video the other day of what it's like on the inside of the
mirror cell as the vacuum draws it down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EHdSUFu3qI
Very, very cool. :)
g.
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| | Topic: Re: [simpits-tech] Cheap/non-HD short throw projector suggestions |
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| Re: [simpits-tech] Cheap/non-HD short throw projector suggestions [message #3007] |
Sun, 12 August 2012 20:53 |
Sean Galbraith
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Viewdonic PJD5351 or PJD5352 are good cheap short throw projectors. I use one in my sim and we've used heaps at work.
SeanG
"dabigboy@cox.net" <dabigboy@cox.net> wrote:
Well I was going to stick with one projector until I had a chance to design and build my cylindrical screen, but recently I discovered I am about to get long-term-loaned a set of three flat free-standing projector screens. It wold be great to have "wrap around" visuals for CockpitFest.....so I am looking for more projectors.
Just wondering if anyone had suggestions on an older short-throw projector. I continue to keep a very tight budget, so I don't need a high res model. I am currently using Mitsibuishi projectors (one in the sim, and one in the living room for movies etc). Both projectors have a native res of 1024x768...not glorious, but enough for good immersive flying. One is an XD430U, the other is almost the same model. Brightness is officially in the 2500 range, with a contrast ratio of 2000:1. I've decided I'd like to stay at this level as a minimum. Trying to keep price under $200 per unit (I picked one of my projectors up for $150, the other for $58.....).
So, any suggestions? Alternatively, if there is some way to use extra lenses to enlarge a "normal" projector's image, I could pick up more of these cheap projectors and just enlarge their images. I have a little bit of optics right now which I'm going to experiment with and see what I can get.
Matt
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest grand prize update. |
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| [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest grand prize update. [message #2985] |
Mon, 30 July 2012 05:12 |
Justin Messenger
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Stearman Best Aircraft Cockpit Award (win an actual Stearman flight at Stearman airport in Benton KS)
Flight Safety Best Sim Cockpit Award (win Level D sim time at Flight Safety, at Hawker location in Wichita.)
http://www.simadventure.com/
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| Re: [simpits-tech] F-111 sims? [message #2984] |
Mon, 30 July 2012 05:08 |
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>Thanks Justin! This is actually the sim I am planning on taking to Wichita in September....I'm really looking forward to it! My main concern is that it might look a bit >"ghetto" with the external shell not being done yet, but I may be able to get it enclosed in the next couple months.
>Funny you should mention Stewart Industries, one of the guys there actually walked into the computer shop recently where I work. I still have his card somewhere, I >should go get it and look them up again. How did you find them? I told the guy I had not heard of them, he said they sorta hide out up there. :) This particular individual >picked up a Boeing nose section in Hawaii and is building his own sim....but the builder in OKC is not me, I wonder who else around here is building a cockpit. I have not >purchased anything locally yet.
>Matt
It looks like we will need to place your sim indoors with the indoor exhibits. Im glad you are bringing a GA project, so far the rest are military.
My means invite the guy to cockpit-fest. Id be interested to hear about his project. I found Stewart because they specialize in DC-8 and other old jet parts. I got lucky they had the radome. The funny thing is, Ive been within a mile of their location with the B-52 sim and had no idea they were in the area. Been driving within 4 miles of the radome for 10 years. lol.
I think Chris still has three F-111 modules with the main one on display at the Frontiers of Flight Collection. Its not set up as a sim, its in original configuration and much of the gear powering up including the radar scope and the HUD. He is also bringing ejections seats and an F-16 cockpit to cockpit-fest. F-16 pic is here, http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj499/dc8flightdeck/Cock pit-Fest%20USA%202012/F-16chris.jpg
Justin
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Motion controller |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] motion base controller. |
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| [simpits-tech] motion base controller. [message #2966] |
Thu, 26 July 2012 08:13 |
Justin Messenger
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Im looking onto the possibility of building a pitch only motion base for my F-4. Most of the pitch would be nose up with a very limited nose down motion.
Any thoughts on the best controller option? Factoring in speed, g, and pitch attitude gets a bit complicated. I want a reasonable sensation of accelleration on takeoff, of decelleration, and of course pitch angle.
Justin
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Instructor Station |
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest USA |
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| [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest USA [message #2957] |
Thu, 19 July 2012 10:26 |
Justin Messenger
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>Sweet! Yes, it would need to be an indoor setup. Everything is pretty much self-contained on the sim except for a projection screen (I will probably try to make one to bring >along, unless there is a nice white wall I could shoot my projector onto).
>I'm still a little sketchy on whether or not I can have it ready in time...I'm only a couple evenings away from "flying" it again, but it looks kind of ghetto right now since there >are no walls or roof yet, everything is open at this point. I see the registration deadline is 9/15, I will be registering well before that if I am able to get the sim up to a >presentable state.
>Matt
Yes, you will need to bring a projection screen. You will be in the same room with the 707 cockpit TV set that was used for the ABC TV show Pan Am. We also just confirmed a Blue Angel F-4 Phantom nose section will arrive for outdoor display.
Justin
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| | Topic: [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest USA 2012 |
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| [simpits-tech] Cockpit-Fest USA 2012 [message #2947] |
Sun, 08 July 2012 06:45 |
Justin Messenger
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The KansasAviationMuseumin association with the NewarkAirMuseumis hosting the first ever Cockpit-FestUSAthis September 29th/30th in Wichita, Kansas, the Air Capitol of the world.
All private individuals and museums are invited to bring your cockpits and simulators for outdoor display during this 2 day event that coincides with the McConnell AFB air show featuring the USAF Thunderbirds. An indoor exhibit area will also be provided for instrument panel displays. Aircraft simulators will be available to the public for flight.
* Free registration
* Private Friday night Cockpit-Fest USAexhibitor party with tour of museum aircraft
* Exhibitor prizes
* Exhibitors allowed to charge the public to sit in your cockpit
* Hosted at the KansasAviationMuseumsituated adjacent to McConnell AFB
* Located next to Spirit AeroSystems where all 737 fuselages and Dreamliner cockpits are manufactured
Photos of the previous Newark Air Museum Cockpit-Fests are here;
http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/gallery.php
The cockpits attending include a 737-200 cockpit, AH-1 Cobra simulator, DC-8 simulator, F-4 Phantom simulators, B-52 Stratofortress cockpit, F-16 Fighting Falcon simulator, F-8 Crusader, F-5 Freedom Fighter, F-84F Thunderstreak, and an F-15A Eagle cockpit.
Visit http://www.kansasaviationmuseum.org/ for museum info.
Email HeritageAviation@yahoo.com to register.
The official Cockpit-Fest forum is at http://cockpitfest.21.forumer.com/index.php/
The KansasAviationMuseum
3350 South George Washington Blvd., Wichita, KS67210
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| | Topic: Re: [simpits-tech] Simpits-tech Digest, Vol 107, Issue 1 |
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| Re: [simpits-tech] Simpits-tech Digest, Vol 107, Issue 1 [message #2946] |
Mon, 02 July 2012 22:00 |
Justin Messenger
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Matt, we are in Wichita, that should be even closer to you. What type of sim do you have?
The museum Director gave us a go, so cockpitfest USA 2012 is going to happen. (Side note, He is still jazzed about the great turnout for the B-52 50th Anniversary event I had a week ago)
It will be September 29th-30th during the McConnell AFB airshow so we will have the Thunderbirds flying overhead :) There will also be a good public spectator turnout at the museum due to the airshow. We are going to check into a cockpit grand prize winner of 1 hour flight time at Flightsafety Wichita.
Here is the website for the airshow http://www.mcconnell.af.mil/library/2012openhouse/index.asp
Justin
>[Cipher in a.s.r]Well I for one am definitely interested! I'm in central Oklahoma, so I could be in >Kansas City in a day. Gene has a point, of course: here in the US, everything is spread out over >literally thousands of miles. :/
>One option would be to get a handful of people around the US to host "regional" cockpit meet-ups. The >only concern there is that our hobby is so relatively small and niche, I'm not sure you'd be able to >get a significant amount of people together on a regional level. Still, you wouldn't do bad to start >with a Kansas City meet and go from there.
>At any rate, my sim is not nearly complete, but it is almost "flyable" again, and I deliberately made >it portable enough to throw in the back of a large'ish pick-up or small flatbed trailer. I would love >to haul it down for a meet-up. :)
>Matt
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