[diy-cockpit] Progress update & introductions...

[Jerry sorrell]

I will have to get busy on the pictures.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb at deltasoft.com>
To: "Support for the DIY Cockpit Project" <diy-cockpit at simpits.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [diy-cockpit] Progress update & introductions...


> On Wed, 19 May 2010, Jerry sorrell wrote:
>
>> My neighbor and I have been plugging away at the software side of the 
>> sim. I
>> have done some of the sheeting  but may leave the sides open for making 
>> the
>> wire runs easier.
>> I found a Logitech Extreme Pro joy stick ( with USB) at Goodwill for $5. 
>> We
>> adopted an extension on it and it will work perfectly as a floor mounted 
>> joy
>> stick in the cockpit. I also found a nice folding boat seat that will 
>> work
>> as the cockpit seat for those long flights.
>>
>> I will use an ACER screen  for the cockpit display of the "round gauges",
>> programmed to work with IL-2.
>>
>> The ACER screen will be cut to fit as an overlay onto the sim instrument
>> panel.
>
> Sounds cool Jerry.  If you have any progress pics you want to share I can
> put them online for you.
> tnx!
>
> g.
>
>
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