From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri Oct 1 07:50:13 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:50:13 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] flight yoke dimensions... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Gene... take a look here: http://www.spang.org/gene/ The last photo has some measurements. Click on any photo for the biggy version. Is this what you need? If you need more, lemme know. Roy. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri Oct 1 07:59:06 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:59:06 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] DIN rail connectors Message-ID: Oh I'm so sold on these babies !! I just 'inherited' a heap of them from a sim I'm rebuilding. It makes wiring so so so much easier and neater. Here's a pic of the dist board I'm stripping down. http://www.spang.org/DIN/din.jpg Note the two small grey boxes at top left. Each one has a wee circuit board in so that you can add your own interfaces or whatever to the system. So cool, so easy, so nice ! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From bob at randrdevelopment.com Fri Oct 1 09:09:42 2010 From: bob at randrdevelopment.com (Bob Reed) Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:09:42 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] DIN rail connectors In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003601cb6183$12a5b1d0$37f11570$@com> Wow! Those are nice! Any idea who made them? -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Roy Coates Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 10:59 AM To: simpits-tech at simpits.org Subject: [simpits-tech] DIN rail connectors Oh I'm so sold on these babies !! I just 'inherited' a heap of them from a sim I'm rebuilding. It makes wiring so so so much easier and neater. Here's a pic of the dist board I'm stripping down. http://www.spang.org/DIN/din.jpg Note the two small grey boxes at top left. Each one has a wee circuit board in so that you can add your own interfaces or whatever to the system. So cool, so easy, so nice ! -- Roy Coates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! From cyplesma at aol.com Fri Oct 1 09:10:56 2010 From: cyplesma at aol.com (cyplesma at aol.com) Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:10:56 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] flight yoke dimensions... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <8CD2F9A5CFCF4CD-1410-10031@webmail-m042.sysops.aol.com> Gene... take a look here: http://www.spang.org/gene/ The last photo has some measurements. Click on any photo for the biggy version. Is this what you need? If you need more, lemme know. Roy. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, that was kinda funny a ram's horn flight control with seat that has what looks like sheep skin for a cover. 8 ) -----Original Message----- From: Roy Coates To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Fri, Oct 1, 2010 10:50 am Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] flight yoke dimensions... Gene... take a look here: http://www.spang.org/gene/ The last photo has some measurements. Click on any photo for the biggy version. Is this what you need? If you need more, lemme know. 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URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101001/22162005/attachment.html From cyplesma at aol.com Fri Oct 1 09:14:41 2010 From: cyplesma at aol.com (cyplesma at aol.com) Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:14:41 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] DIN rail connectors In-Reply-To: <003601cb6183$12a5b1d0$37f11570$@com> References: <003601cb6183$12a5b1d0$37f11570$@com> Message-ID: <8CD2F9AE15B0F2A-1410-100EF@webmail-m042.sysops.aol.com> Wow! Those are nice! Any idea who made them? -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Roy Coates Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 10:59 AM To: simpits-tech at simpits.org Subject: [simpits-tech] DIN rail connectors Oh I'm so sold on these babies !! I just 'inherited' a heap of them from a sim I'm rebuilding. It makes wiring so so so much easier and neater. Here's a pic of the dist board I'm stripping down. http://www.spang.org/DIN/din.jpg Note the two small grey boxes at top left. Each one has a wee circuit board in so that you can add your own interfaces or whatever to the system. So cool, so easy, so nice ! -- Roy Coates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Check your local automation manufacturing electrical suppliers or these folks have a nice selection http://www.phoenixcontact.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Bob Reed To: 'Simulator Cockpit Builder's List' Sent: Fri, Oct 1, 2010 12:09 pm Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] DIN rail connectors Wow! Those are nice! Any idea who made them? -----Original Message----- From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Roy Coates Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 10:59 AM To: simpits-tech at simpits.org Subject: [simpits-tech] DIN rail connectors Oh I'm so sold on these babies !! I just 'inherited' a heap of them from a sim I'm rebuilding. It makes wiring so so so much easier and neater. Here's a pic of the dist board I'm stripping down. http://www.spang.org/DIN/din.jpg Note the two small grey boxes at top left. Each one has a wee circuit board in so that you can add your own interfaces or whatever to the system. So cool, so easy, so nice ! -- Roy Coates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101001/6adf02d1/attachment-0001.html From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri Oct 1 08:11:02 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:11:02 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] flight yoke dimensions... In-Reply-To: <8CD2F9A5CFCF4CD-1410-10031@webmail-m042.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 cyplesma at aol.com wrote: > > Well, that was kinda funny a ram's horn flight control with seat that > has what looks like sheep skin for a cover. > LOL!! I never made that connection before - nice ! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri Oct 1 08:12:33 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:12:33 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] DIN rail connectors In-Reply-To: <003601cb6183$12a5b1d0$37f11570$@com> Message-ID: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Bob Reed wrote: > Wow! Those are nice! Any idea who made them? > In the UK, RS Components seems to be the obvious choice. I did find a load on Evilbay too though. Nice thing is that the connectors come in many different sizes so they'll cope with signal or power requirements. In fact, you can get rail-mounting PSU's, fuse holders, timers, relays etc etc. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri Oct 1 08:23:26 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:23:26 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] More pit bits Message-ID: Here's a few more pics of stuff for this sim. http://www.spang.org/tornado/ The stick is bloody gorgeous! The engineering inside it is a work of art. Shame in a way that I get to hack it about ;-) I've got the pit itself broken down at the moment to get it lowered to a managable height. I'll post pics as I build it up again. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri Oct 1 09:59:24 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:59:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] flight yoke dimensions... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > > > Gene... take a look here: > http://www.spang.org/gene/ > > The last photo has some measurements. > > Click on any photo for the biggy version. > Most excellent Roy! Thank you! It gives me something to work off of. Having "flown" the ram's horn style and the "conventional" style, which has a better feel to it? g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Fri Oct 1 09:14:51 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:14:51 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] flight yoke dimensions... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > Most excellent Roy! Thank you! > > It gives me something to work off of. > > Having "flown" the ram's horn style and the "conventional" style, which > has a better feel to it? I think if you are actively 'hands on' flying - you don't really notice any difference. The Rams-Horn feels a bit like motorcycle bars. Personally, I prefer the more common type - like these: http://www.spang.org/BAe-Yoke/ I'd have used these in my last sim if they hadn't been so enormous! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri Oct 1 10:45:08 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] flight yoke dimensions... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> Most excellent Roy! Thank you! >> >> It gives me something to work off of. >> >> Having "flown" the ram's horn style and the "conventional" style, which >> has a better feel to it? > > I think if you are actively 'hands on' flying - you don't really notice > any difference. The Rams-Horn feels a bit like motorcycle bars. > > Personally, I prefer the more common type - like these: > http://www.spang.org/BAe-Yoke/ > That's a nice looking yoke. I figure if I'm going to spend the time to work out the issues with that Embraer "sort-of-scale" cockpit, I should investigate the right yoke. It gives me an excuse to finally try out a program called Cut3D that I bought with my ShopBot. I figure I could make a material blank out of a few laminated layers of 3/4" baltic birch plywood like I did for the F-15 SFS box. Should prove interesting. Got another project ahead of it though - should be done Saturday. There's a guy that runs a site called Splash One Bandit that is making hat & castle switches for an insanely great price. The address is http://www.splash-one-bandit.com/index.html. I may buy some of them for the rams horn yoke test... g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Tue Oct 5 06:16:05 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:16:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] Those crazy car manual guys... Message-ID: This started off with the link below: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/10/apollo_owners_manual/ This post came in on the x-plane list today. Enjoy! g. ---- One discovery leads to another: Avro Vulcan - http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=51201&langId=-1 De Havilland Tiger Moth - http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=48305&langId=-1 Hawker Hurricane - http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=51357&langId=-1 Avro Lancaster - http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=44861&langId=-1 Messerschmitt Bf109 - http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=49367&langId=-1 Supermarine Spitfire - http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=44001&langId=-1 Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=51401&langId=-1 More - http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=48001&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=41501&top_category=38077 http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=49001&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=45002&top_category=45001 http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=49002&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=45002&top_category=45001 From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Tue Oct 5 21:12:30 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:12:30 +1300 Subject: [simpits-tech] Trying the Bodnar board In-Reply-To: References: <20100930012749.YB9PA.1080221.imail@fed1rmwml39> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC4DA8@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Catching up on some emails.... I have been using Leo's basic board for a while now, and it is great! I made up a nice (err sketchy really) diode matrix, then linked it to a series of RJ45 connectors giving me 6 cables carrying 1 common and 6 returns for easy connections to panels :) SeanG > -----Original Message----- > From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech- > bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Roy Coates > Sent: Friday, 1 October 2010 1:02 a.m. > To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Trying the Bodnar board > > On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 dabigboy at cox.net wrote: > > > Well after much deliberation, I've opted for Leo Bodnar's USB joystick > controller (the 6x6 one without encoder support). I will probably be > building the USB version of PHCC when it comes out (for special inputs, > servo and LCD control, my FMS, etc), but for my basic inputs and joystick > controls, it really would be overkill I think. Thanks all for the advice > and the heads-up on PHCC! > > > > I've just ordered two of those board from Leo too. Looks very good and > the price is pretty nice as well! > > > -- > > Roy Coates. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ----- > Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs > meter. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > ----- > > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above > page. Thanks! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Wed Oct 6 00:12:43 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 08:12:43 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] Trying the Bodnar board In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC4DA8@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > Catching up on some emails.... > > I have been using Leo's basic board for a while now, and it is great! I > made up a nice (err sketchy really) diode matrix, then linked it to a > series of RJ45 connectors giving me 6 cables carrying 1 common and 6 > returns for easy connections to panels :) Good to know. I've got two on order, looking forward to playing, err using, them. :) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lestatandakasha at msn.com Wed Oct 6 02:10:41 2010 From: lestatandakasha at msn.com (Talisman Talisman ) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:10:41 +0000 Subject: [simpits-tech] Trying the Bodnar board Message-ID: I swear by these little boards. I currently have 6 of them in my simulator. Beware though. The basic bu0836 boards (cheapest) have issues with vista and often don't show up on the game controllers list within windows. If they do show up more than one will show as a giant controller which can cause a headache. Xpadder is what I use to sort it out. Other than that they are great, almost indestructable boards. -----Original Message----- From: Roy Coates Sent: 10/6/2010 7:12:43 AM To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Trying the Bodnar board On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > Catching up on some emails.... > > I have been using Leo's basic board for a while now, and it is great! I > made up a nice (err sketchy really) diode matrix, then linked it to a > series of RJ45 connectors giving me 6 cables carrying 1 common and 6 > returns for easy connections to panels :) Good to know. 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URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101006/bcd5f34c/attachment.html From joab_ryan at yahoo.com Wed Oct 6 15:37:31 2010 From: joab_ryan at yahoo.com (joab_ryan at yahoo.com) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:37:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] (no subject) Message-ID: <452482.43655.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.encafe.co.kr/to.php From geneb at deltasoft.com Wed Oct 6 18:18:38 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:18:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <452482.43655.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <452482.43655.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, joab_ryan at yahoo.com wrote: > http://www.encafe.co.kr/to.php > Viruses. Gotta love 'em. NOT. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu Oct 7 02:48:22 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 10:48:22 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] Cor, that's interesting! Message-ID: I've recently built a cockpit which utilises the seats/yokes/pedals and throttle box from an HS.125 registration VR-BMB which was scrapped some years back. In a rare moment of idleness, I did a bit of digging and found this: http://www.spang.org/HS125/ Thought it might be of interest. I'm still awaiting final conformation of some facts from the Bermuda CAA. Roy. From joab_ryan at yahoo.com Fri Oct 8 22:17:41 2010 From: joab_ryan at yahoo.com (joab_ryan at yahoo.com) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 22:17:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] (no subject) Message-ID: <396449.61119.qm@web53202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> hi! simpits-tech at simpits.org! http://comeadec.com.br/to.php Best regards, From geneb at deltasoft.com Sat Oct 9 17:44:56 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 17:44:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <396449.61119.qm@web53202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <396449.61119.qm@web53202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Joab, you've still got virus and/or security problems. g. On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, joab_ryan at yahoo.com wrote: > hi! simpits-tech at simpits.org! > http://comeadec.com.br/to.php > Best regards, > > > > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! > -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Sun Oct 10 11:51:43 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:51:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... Message-ID: For those interested, I've uploaded a new set of parts, this time in an earlier DXF format. I've also annotated them with regard to angle cuts. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/files/shell_parts_10Oct10.zip g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From david at allen1.net Sun Oct 10 13:10:52 2010 From: david at allen1.net (David C. Allen) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 14:10:52 -0600 Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20101010201135.A83C13280EC@ns2.simpits.org> At 11:51 AM 10/10/2010 -0700, you wrote: >For those interested, I've uploaded a new set of parts, this time in an >earlier DXF format. I've also annotated them with regard to angle cuts. > >http://www.diy-cockpits.org/files/shell_parts_10Oct10.zip Thanks Gene, now the older version of DXF works. Do you have a top / plan view that shows how it all go's together? David www.737FlightSim.com From geneb at deltasoft.com Sun Oct 10 13:22:19 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:22:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: <20101010201135.A83C13280EC@ns2.simpits.org> References: <20101010201135.A83C13280EC@ns2.simpits.org> Message-ID: On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, David C. Allen wrote: > At 11:51 AM 10/10/2010 -0700, you wrote: >> For those interested, I've uploaded a new set of parts, this time in an >> earlier DXF format. I've also annotated them with regard to angle cuts. >> >> http://www.diy-cockpits.org/files/shell_parts_10Oct10.zip > > > Thanks Gene, now the older version of DXF works. > > Do you have a top / plan view that shows how it all go's together? > Not quite yet. I haven't started assembling the parts in Inventor yet. There are _zero_ dimensions on the SketchUp model. It makes things problematic. Note - for those that look at a jig saw in awe, stay the hell away from this project. It's NOT builder friendly. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From david at allen1.net Sun Oct 10 13:31:27 2010 From: david at allen1.net (David C. Allen) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 14:31:27 -0600 Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: References: <20101010201135.A83C13280EC@ns2.simpits.org> Message-ID: <20101010203137.3C4621780001@ns2.simpits.org> At 01:22 PM 10/10/2010 -0700, you wrote: >On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, David C. Allen wrote: > > > At 11:51 AM 10/10/2010 -0700, you wrote: > >> For those interested, I've uploaded a new set of parts, this time in an > >> earlier DXF format. I've also annotated them with regard to angle cuts. > >> > >> http://www.diy-cockpits.org/files/shell_parts_10Oct10.zip > > > > > > Thanks Gene, now the older version of DXF works. > > > > Do you have a top / plan view that shows how it all go's together? > > >Not quite yet. I haven't started assembling the parts in Inventor yet. >There are _zero_ dimensions on the SketchUp model. It makes things >problematic. What is the material thickness? >Note - for those that look at a jig saw in awe, stay the hell away from >this project. It's NOT builder friendly. :) What sim project is? They are all off the deep end of the pool! David www.737FlightSim.com >g. > > >-- >Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 >http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. >http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project > >ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment >A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. >http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! >_______________________________________________ >Simpits-tech mailing list >Simpits-tech at simpits.org >http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech >To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the >above page. Thanks! From geneb at deltasoft.com Sun Oct 10 14:14:09 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 14:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: <20101010203137.3C4621780001@ns2.simpits.org> References: <20101010201135.A83C13280EC@ns2.simpits.org> <20101010203137.3C4621780001@ns2.simpits.org> Message-ID: On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, David C. Allen wrote: >> Not quite yet. I haven't started assembling the parts in Inventor yet. >> There are _zero_ dimensions on the SketchUp model. It makes things >> problematic. > > What is the material thickness? > All those parts are 3/4" >> Note - for those that look at a jig saw in awe, stay the hell away from >> this project. It's NOT builder friendly. :) > > What sim project is? They are all off the deep end of the pool! > Well it started out with a project a guy was posting about - he'd done the artwork in SketchUp for his project. It's a "stand-off" scale Embraer Legacy 600. He showed the SketchUp model pics on MyCockpit.org and they went nuts for it. I asked for and receieved a copy of the SketchUp model in exchange for DXF files. I don't know if he knew you could use SketchUp Pro for 8 hours - it can export DXF files easily. There's no annotation at all in the model - it's very obviously not a project he expected others to build. There's partial geometry present that screams, "I'm gonna see how that looks" in a few spots. I've actually got the center console done in Inventor - here's what it looks like right now: http://www.diy-cockpits.org/images/center_console_test.png There's more work to do on it of course. I've got to examine the model more to see what needs to get tweaked a bit. I also have the top & bottom rails for the instrument panel support as well as the stiles for it drawn, but not knowing how wide & higha de-cased 17" LCD panel is, I want to wait until I've got that detail before finishing it. AFAIK, the instrument panel will take 2 17" panels for the capt & fo sides and a 15" panel for the standbys and EICAS. One more would fit out the FMS pair mounted in the center console. If you look for Embraer 145+ pics, you'll get an idea of the general layout. The dimensions that Roy gave me will go towards making a 3D model that is close in appearance to the rams' horn style used in the 600 and other newer Embraer models. It would look neat carved out of a baltic birch laminate. I've never used the Cut-3D program I bought with the 'bot and it would be an interesting subject to carve. I may never build this thing, but it sure is fun fiddling with it. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From brian at sikkema.us Sun Oct 10 19:57:48 2010 From: brian at sikkema.us (brian at sikkema.us) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:57:48 -0500 Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: References: <20101010201135.A83C13280EC@ns2.simpits.org> <20101010203137.3C4621780001@ns2.simpits.org> Message-ID: <5e7902c46b2c0594daab5e68fd61dab0.squirrel@www.sikkema.us> > I may never build this thing, but it sure is fun fiddling with it. :) I just did a quick mental tally of the various projects you "fiddle" with, and I'm amazed you have time for another! Brian From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon Oct 11 07:04:36 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:04:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: <5e7902c46b2c0594daab5e68fd61dab0.squirrel@www.sikkema.us> References: <20101010201135.A83C13280EC@ns2.simpits.org> <20101010203137.3C4621780001@ns2.simpits.org> <5e7902c46b2c0594daab5e68fd61dab0.squirrel@www.sikkema.us> Message-ID: On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, brian at sikkema.us wrote: > >> I may never build this thing, but it sure is fun fiddling with it. :) > > I just did a quick mental tally of the various projects you "fiddle" with, > and I'm amazed you have time for another! > With just my current list, I'll be caught up 24 years and 3 months after I've died. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Mon Oct 11 06:14:33 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:14:33 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, brian at sikkema.us wrote: > > > > >> I may never build this thing, but it sure is fun fiddling with it. :) > > > > I just did a quick mental tally of the various projects you "fiddle" with, > > and I'm amazed you have time for another! > > > With just my current list, I'll be caught up 24 years and 3 months after > I've died. :) And buried in a box made of fir-faced plywood that you'd swear was made on a shop-bot ... -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon Oct 11 08:19:30 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:19:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >> On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, brian at sikkema.us wrote: >> >>> >>>> I may never build this thing, but it sure is fun fiddling with it. :) >>> >>> I just did a quick mental tally of the various projects you "fiddle" with, >>> and I'm amazed you have time for another! >>> >> With just my current list, I'll be caught up 24 years and 3 months after >> I've died. :) > > > And buried in a box made of fir-faced plywood that you'd swear was made on > a shop-bot ... There's some 3/4" african maple plywood I've had my eye on.... g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From joab_ryan at yahoo.com Mon Oct 11 10:10:51 2010 From: joab_ryan at yahoo.com (joab_ryan at yahoo.com) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] (no subject) Message-ID: <797793.91531.qm@web53205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Try it! http://joab_ryan.just-lookit.com From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Mon Oct 11 13:36:18 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:36:18 +1300 Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC4E10@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> > > With just my current list, I'll be caught up 24 years and 3 months after > > I've died. :) > > > And buried in a box made of fir-faced plywood that you'd swear was made on > a shop-bot ... And you can just hear him saying "Ya know, if I shave a 1/16 of that bit, then the fit would be perfect! Now I just need to do the exploded view and everyone could build one for themselves, the plans for which I will upload for free....." SeanG From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon Oct 11 14:07:01 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:07:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] hybrid cockpit build... In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC4E10@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBCC4E10@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Tue, 12 Oct 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: >>> With just my current list, I'll be caught up 24 years and 3 months > after >>> I've died. :) >> >> >> And buried in a box made of fir-faced plywood that you'd swear was > made on >> a shop-bot ... > > And you can just hear him saying "Ya know, if I shave a 1/16 of that > bit, then the fit would be perfect! Now I just need to do the exploded > view and everyone could build one for themselves, the plans for which I > will upload for free....." > ...and 27 days, 16 hours. *sigh* g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From joab_ryan at yahoo.com Wed Oct 13 23:04:51 2010 From: joab_ryan at yahoo.com (joab ryan) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:04:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] (no subject) Message-ID: <636249.66242.qm@web53202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Try it! It different from any another drugstore! http://joab_ryan.approved-pills.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From jjmessenger at yahoo.com Sat Oct 16 14:52:33 2010 From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:52:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] This could make a nice sim project Message-ID: <999190.37141.qm@web111513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aircraft-Cockpit-Flight-Simulator-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4aa5606d25QQitemZ320602139941QQptZMotorsQ5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101016/5c3963b1/attachment.html From geneb at deltasoft.com Sat Oct 16 15:19:01 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:19:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] This could make a nice sim project In-Reply-To: <999190.37141.qm@web111513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <999190.37141.qm@web111513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Justin Messenger wrote: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aircraft-Cockpit-Flight-Simulator-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4aa5606d25QQitemZ320602139941QQptZMotorsQ5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear That's pretty neat. I'd MUCH rather have the F-15 CPT that is/was on eBay recently. :) g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Sat Oct 16 15:04:45 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:04:45 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] This could make a nice sim project In-Reply-To: <999190.37141.qm@web111513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Justin Messenger wrote: > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aircraft-Cockpit-Flight-Simulator-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4aa5606d25QQitemZ320602139941QQptZMotorsQ5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear > Item has been removed? Bah. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Sat Oct 16 16:31:31 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:31:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] This could make a nice sim project In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Justin Messenger wrote: > >> >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aircraft-Cockpit-Flight-Simulator-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4aa5606d25QQitemZ320602139941QQptZMotorsQ5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear >> > > Item has been removed? Bah. I just checked and it's still there. The auction # is 320602139941. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From rip3700 at charter.net Sat Oct 16 16:33:29 2010 From: rip3700 at charter.net (rip3700 at charter.net) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:33:29 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] This could make a nice sim project In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20101016193329.XN58U.9446639.root@mp08> I saw it just a few minutes ago and it is still there. -- Bob Phillips ---- Roy Coates wrote: On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Justin Messenger wrote: > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aircraft-Cockpit-Flight-Simulator-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4aa5606d25QQitemZ320602139941QQptZMotorsQ5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear > Item has been removed? Bah. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Sat Oct 16 15:31:57 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:31:57 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] This could make a nice sim project In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > I just checked and it's still there. The auction # is 320602139941. > I musta goofed the link - thanks gene. I did spot this though: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BOEING-707-COMMERCIAL-AIRLINE-COCKPIT-85-COMPLETE-/370428989431?pt=Motors_Aviation_Parts_Gear&hash=item563f49cff7 -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Sat Oct 16 22:17:14 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:17:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] cat escaped bag... Message-ID: ...I'm working on a collimated mirror display. It might actually work. :) Here's the frame I built three weeks ago. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll/images/mirror_frame.jpg I'll post another update after I know whether or not it works. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Sun Oct 17 12:48:41 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:48:41 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] cat escaped bag... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: Server timing out - all day here. > ...I'm working on a collimated mirror display. It might actually work. :) > > Here's the frame I built three weeks ago. > > http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll/images/mirror_frame.jpg > > I'll post another update after I know whether or not it works. > > > g. > > -- > Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 > http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. > http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project > > ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment > A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. > http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! > -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Sun Oct 17 14:32:22 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:32:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] cat escaped bag... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > > Server timing out - all day here. > Hrm. Shouldn't be having any issues at all... g. > >> ...I'm working on a collimated mirror display. It might actually work. :) >> >> Here's the frame I built three weeks ago. >> >> http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll/images/mirror_frame.jpg >> >> I'll post another update after I know whether or not it works. >> >> >> g. >> >> -- >> Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 >> http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. >> http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project >> >> ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment >> A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. >> http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! >> _______________________________________________ >> Simpits-tech mailing list >> Simpits-tech at simpits.org >> http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech >> To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! >> > > > > -- > > Roy Coates. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! > -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Sun Oct 17 13:28:05 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:28:05 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] cat escaped bag... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > Server timing out - all day here. > > > Hrm. Shouldn't be having any issues at all... I guess the wet string has dried out somewhere between me and thee. *spit* I'll try it now... -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From geneb at deltasoft.com Sun Oct 17 15:10:31 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:10:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] cat escaped bag... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> Server timing out - all day here. >>> >> Hrm. Shouldn't be having any issues at all... > > > I guess the wet string has dried out somewhere between me and thee. > > *spit* > > I'll try it now... > Machine was hung. Go figure. It works now. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Sun Oct 17 14:09:54 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:09:54 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] cat escaped bag... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > > *spit* > > > > I'll try it now... > > > Machine was hung. Go figure. It works now. Dang - that's some good spit ! Nice bit of woodwork there too, gene. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brian at sikkema.us Sun Oct 17 17:35:42 2010 From: brian at sikkema.us (Brian Sikkema) Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:35:42 +0900 Subject: [simpits-tech] cat escaped bag... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4CBB965E.4000408@sikkema.us> > http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll/images/mirror_frame.jpg Very interesting! Patiently awaiting more details.... :D Brian From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon Oct 18 06:18:53 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] cat escaped bag... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Roy Coates wrote: > On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Gene Buckle wrote: > >>> *spit* >>> >>> I'll try it now... >>> >> Machine was hung. Go figure. It works now. > > > Dang - that's some good spit ! > > > Nice bit of woodwork there too, gene. Thanks. Building the framework is as easy as falling down a stair case. Skinning that bastard...well that's a whole 'nuther kettle of nightmares. :) I'm going to make two of those interior frames so I can try an alternate skin if the kerf-cut 1/8" hardboard doesn't work - I've got some thick ABS plastic that I can try as well. The fun part will be watching the 'bot punch 1/32" holes on 1/2" centers over the field of the skin. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From geneb at deltasoft.com Mon Oct 18 06:31:12 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:31:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] cat escaped bag... In-Reply-To: <4CBB965E.4000408@sikkema.us> References: <4CBB965E.4000408@sikkema.us> Message-ID: On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Brian Sikkema wrote: > >> http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll/images/mirror_frame.jpg > > Very interesting! Patiently awaiting more details.... :D > Me too. *laughs* g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! From bjones at pipecomp.com.au Mon Oct 18 06:39:29 2010 From: bjones at pipecomp.com.au (Ben Jones) Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:39:29 +0800 Subject: [simpits-tech] RAAF Cockpit builders. Message-ID: <00d301cb6ec9$e3caed40$ab60c7c0$@com.au> Hi all, I have a almost complete but dismantled instrument panel from a Mb326 Ex RAAF training aircraft, is there any guy's in Oz looking for some instruments. I will snap some pics of all the instruments and bits in the box and find a website to upload the pics. If your interested drop me a line, there may be some instruments others are interested in to. bjones at pipecomp.com.au Regards Ben West Oz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101018/de813f28/attachment.html From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Mon Oct 18 14:36:45 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:36:45 +1300 Subject: [simpits-tech] RAAF Cockpit builders. In-Reply-To: <00d301cb6ec9$e3caed40$ab60c7c0$@com.au> References: <00d301cb6ec9$e3caed40$ab60c7c0$@com.au> Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D419@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Cor.. a Macchi sim would be fun ;-) SeanG ________________________________ From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Ben Jones Sent: Tuesday, 19 October 2010 2:39 a.m. To: 'Simulator Cockpit Builder's List' Subject: [simpits-tech] RAAF Cockpit builders. Hi all, I have a almost complete but dismantled instrument panel from a Mb326 Ex RAAF training aircraft, is there any guy's in Oz looking for some instruments. I will snap some pics of all the instruments and bits in the box and find a website to upload the pics. If your interested drop me a line, there may be some instruments others are interested in to. bjones at pipecomp.com.au Regards Ben West Oz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101019/c85a57b2/attachment.html From bjones at pipecomp.com.au Tue Oct 19 01:32:10 2010 From: bjones at pipecomp.com.au (Ben Jones) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:32:10 +0800 Subject: [simpits-tech] RAAF Cockpit builders. In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D419@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> References: <00d301cb6ec9$e3caed40$ab60c7c0$@com.au> <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D419@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: <014a01cb6f68$1ff0d570$5fd28050$@com.au> Sean, Yes it would be but I have not got the time and space for a sim at the moment, too busy building my full size aircraft, And the money raised from these instruments will go towards buying a EFIS system and a Expensive Icom vhf radio for said aircraft. Ben From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Sean Galbraith Sent: Tuesday, 19 October 2010 5:37 AM To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] RAAF Cockpit builders. Cor.. a Macchi sim would be fun ;-) SeanG _____ From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Ben Jones Sent: Tuesday, 19 October 2010 2:39 a.m. To: 'Simulator Cockpit Builder's List' Subject: [simpits-tech] RAAF Cockpit builders. Hi all, I have a almost complete but dismantled instrument panel from a Mb326 Ex RAAF training aircraft, is there any guy's in Oz looking for some instruments. I will snap some pics of all the instruments and bits in the box and find a website to upload the pics. If your interested drop me a line, there may be some instruments others are interested in to. bjones at pipecomp.com.au Regards Ben West Oz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101019/9cb1cdbd/attachment-0001.html From marcquintin at hotmail.com Thu Oct 21 12:52:24 2010 From: marcquintin at hotmail.com (Marc Quintin) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:52:24 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] (no subject) Message-ID: http://12131.hoskykfy.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101021/9c0ba133/attachment.html From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri Oct 22 07:27:02 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:27:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... Message-ID: I just re-enabled a number of accounts that had been disabled due to excessive bounces. The bounces happened because a list member (not Joab this time! *laughs*) got a virus and was passing it through the list. The recipient mail servers blocked it and Mailman automatically un-subscribed the users because of it. The re-enabling I did will allow me to identify those that are "real" hard bounces (most often times, the email account has been closed and the user never un-subbed from the list) and those that got caught up in the spam traps. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. From joab_ryan at yahoo.com Fri Oct 22 11:40:26 2010 From: joab_ryan at yahoo.com (joab ryan) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:40:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <270321.5787.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> i think i am finally clean of that mess, i changed my pass on my yahoo and it stopped. Thank you for understanding. ?Joab Ryan Mechanical CAD Designer, Network Administrator & Military Aircraft Sim Builder North Texas USA ----- Original Message ---- From: Gene Buckle To: simpits-tech at simpits.org Sent: Fri, October 22, 2010 9:27:02 AM Subject: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... I just re-enabled a number of accounts that had been disabled due to excessive bounces.? The bounces happened because a list member (not Joab this time! *laughs*) got a virus and was passing it through the list.? The recipient mail servers blocked it and Mailman automatically un-subscribed the users because of it. The re-enabling I did will allow me to identify those that are "real" hard bounces (most often times, the email account has been closed and the user never un-subbed from the list) and those that got caught up in the spam traps. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page.? Thanks! From geneb at deltasoft.com Fri Oct 22 14:20:13 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:20:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... In-Reply-To: <270321.5787.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <270321.5787.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, joab ryan wrote: > i think i am finally clean of that mess, i changed my pass on my yahoo and it > stopped. > That's great news Joab! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. From cyplesma at aol.com Fri Oct 22 14:48:46 2010 From: cyplesma at aol.com (cyplesma at aol.com) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:48:46 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... In-Reply-To: References: <270321.5787.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8CD404A0995D5AF-ED0-8BF7@webmail-m093.sysops.aol.com> you did at least use a medium strength password right????? nothing personal, I had a child (teenager) in the house that kept using extremely simple passwords on her accounts until she finally learned the hard way to use passwords that I gave her to use. Then of course I had to teach her to stop answering those silly emails that get passed around with the umpteen hundred questions on them. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Buckle To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Fri, Oct 22, 2010 5:20 pm Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, joab ryan wrote: > i think i am finally clean of that mess, i changed my pass on my yahoo and it > stopped. > That's great news Joab! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101022/50a5a151/attachment.html From geneb at deltasoft.com Sun Oct 24 08:33:41 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:33:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... In-Reply-To: <8CD404A0995D5AF-ED0-8BF7@webmail-m093.sysops.aol.com> References: <270321.5787.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <8CD404A0995D5AF-ED0-8BF7@webmail-m093.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, cyplesma at aol.com wrote: > you did at least use a medium strength password right????? > > While good advice, it doesn't really have any effect with the whole yahoo email address thing. The passwords were stolen via a drive-by malware download. A large number of people got caught by it. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. From dabigboy at cox.net Sun Oct 24 13:15:01 2010 From: dabigboy at cox.net (dabigboy at cox.net) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:15:01 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] My new toy......... Message-ID: <20101024161501.701EV.1422384.imail@fed1rmwml41> http://24.253.194.71:81/pics/newscreen.jpg It's *perfect* for my current small house and limited space. This thing is insane. :) Matt From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Sun Oct 24 12:50:25 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:50:25 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] My new toy......... In-Reply-To: <20101024161501.701EV.1422384.imail@fed1rmwml41> Message-ID: On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 dabigboy at cox.net wrote: > http://24.253.194.71:81/pics/newscreen.jpg > > It's *perfect* for my current small house and limited space. This thing is insane. :) Ooh, looks nice. I'd love a 32" screen for general (and sim) use but the 1080 models are still too expensive over here. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From joab_ryan at yahoo.com Fri Oct 22 15:10:40 2010 From: joab_ryan at yahoo.com (joab ryan) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:10:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... In-Reply-To: <8CD404A0995D5AF-ED0-8BF7@webmail-m093.sysops.aol.com> References: <270321.5787.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <8CD404A0995D5AF-ED0-8BF7@webmail-m093.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <78351.12947.qm@web53208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> yes, it was before. if it happens again im going to start using chinese characters.... ?Joab Ryan Mechanical CAD Designer, Network Administrator & Military Aircraft Sim Builder North Texas USA ________________________________ From: "cyplesma at aol.com" To: simpits-tech at simpits.org Sent: Fri, October 22, 2010 4:48:46 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... youdid at least use a medium strength password right?????? nothing personal, I had a child (teenager) in the house that kept using extremely simple passwords on her accounts until she finally learned the hard way to use passwords that I gave her to use. Then of course I had to teach her to stop answering those silly emails that get passed around with the umpteen hundred questions on them. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Buckle To: Simulator Cockpit Builder's List Sent: Fri, Oct 22, 2010 5:20 pm Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, joab ryan wrote: > i think i am finally clean of that mess, i changed my pass on my yahoo and it > stopped. > That's great news Joab! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. _______________________________________________ Simpits-tech mailing list Simpits-tech at simpits.org http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101022/e67b754d/attachment-0001.html From marcquintin at hotmail.com Sun Oct 24 15:47:54 2010 From: marcquintin at hotmail.com (Marc Quintin) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:47:54 -0400 Subject: [simpits-tech] (no subject) Message-ID: http://xshop43390.awerenzus.com/?cid=disrvr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101024/d8b97fde/attachment.html From joab_ryan at yahoo.com Mon Oct 25 16:05:11 2010 From: joab_ryan at yahoo.com (joab ryan) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:05:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... In-Reply-To: <914156.7753.qm@web111510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <914156.7753.qm@web111510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <587682.22536.qm@web53206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In for the Air Show? Great, ill try to get out there Friday. ?Joab Ryan Mechanical CAD Designer, Network Administrator & Military Aircraft Sim Builder North Texas USA ________________________________ From: Justin Messenger To: simpits-tech at simpits.org Sent: Sun, October 24, 2010 11:16:45 PM Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] mailing list maint... Hey Joab we are eating at babes chicken this friday?at 7pm.?Youre invited! Justin ? Friday, October 22, 2010 5:10:40 PM From: "joab ryan" To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" yes, it was before. if it happens again im going to start using chinese characters.... ?Joab Ryan Mechanical CAD Designer, Network Administrator & Military Aircraft Sim Builder North Texas USA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101025/e5e0e3f7/attachment.html From dabigboy at cox.net Mon Oct 25 22:15:24 2010 From: dabigboy at cox.net (dabigboy at cox.net) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:15:24 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] My new toy......... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20101026011524.7A0IB.1439560.imail@fed1rmwml35> This one is actually not even a TV, it's an honest-to-goodness computer monitor. A ridiculously huge monitor. :) Believe me, I would not/could not pay for one of these. I got this one for free because it was "dead"....I actually figured out what to replace and how to replace it to fix the thing. I dare not even guess how much the screen actually cost........! Max res is 1366x768, which actually looks GORGEOUS with X-Plane set to only 2x anti-aliasing. It's a 37". And as of yesterday, I will be building the perfect "accessory" to set in front of it......see my next message. :) Matt ---- Roy Coates wrote: > On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 dabigboy at cox.net wrote: > > > http://24.253.194.71:81/pics/newscreen.jpg > > > > It's *perfect* for my current small house and limited space. This thing is insane. :) > > > Ooh, looks nice. I'd love a 32" screen for general (and sim) use but the > 1080 models are still too expensive over here. > > > -- > > Roy Coates. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above page. Thanks! From dabigboy at cox.net Mon Oct 25 22:37:05 2010 From: dabigboy at cox.net (dabigboy at cox.net) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:37:05 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] Treasures from ebay! (and name that part) Message-ID: <20101026013705.OQN7Y.1439724.imail@fed1rmwml35> So with my simulator efforts finally in full swing again, I have managed to scrounge up some cool items on ebay (and elsewhere). Scored myself a little MD41-1828 GPS annunicator unit for $25: http://24.253.194.71:81/md41_annun.jpg I then did some more looking and found they actually go for $400-$700 typically.....! This one supposedly works, I will find that out for sure as soon as I build myself a 28vdc power supply. If it doesn't, I will just interface to the single button and LEDs directly anyway, but it does have a pretty neat photosensitive dimming feature that I hope to use. Plus the interface on the back is just a 25-pin parallel port, and I found the pinout and installation manual for it online, which means I should be able to make a functional "drop-in" wiring harness for it. Coolness! Now I just have to write me a GPS softwarez. :) Annnnnnd the other thing I just won Sunday.......I can't wait for this one to arrive in the mail!!!!!!!!!!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270650930384 I was STOKED to nab this one!!!! I don't have the room (or money) to build up a full cockpit or chop off the nose of a real plane for sim use right now, so I've been planning for a desktop simulator that is small and reasonably portable. This finally gives me a platform for all the ideas and little bits and pieces of hardware I've planned or assembled over the years. Actually the yoke alone is worth what I got the unit for, everyone is charging crazy prices for aircraft yokes these days (my last quote was an old Metro II yoke for $450.....) Anyone recognize this sim/display unit? With the fixed yoke, it would seem to be some sort of static display, perhaps an instrument layout familiarization unit (perhaps simply pieced together by a flight school and a sheet metal mechanic). But the apparent fan-shaped vents on the back and side indicate there must have been some electronics in it at one time, tube era I would guess. Kinda reminds me of an ATC sim, but I don't believe it is (it's too non '70s-woody-grainy). I was just thinking, if I put this in front of my huge monitor as it sits now, I will have to "peer around" the "nose" of the sim to see the entire out-the-window monitor view, kinda like the real thing. :) Matt From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Tue Oct 26 02:08:30 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:08:30 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] Treasures from ebay! (and name that part) In-Reply-To: <20101026013705.OQN7Y.1439724.imail@fed1rmwml35> Message-ID: On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 dabigboy at cox.net wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270650930384 > > I was STOKED to nab this one!!!! I don't have the room (or money) to build up a full cockpit or chop off the nose of a real plane for sim use right now, so I've been planning for a desktop simulator that is small and reasonably portable. This finally gives me a platform for all the ideas and little bits and pieces of hardware I've planned or assembled over the years. Actually the yoke alone is worth what I got the unit for, everyone is charging crazy prices for aircraft yokes these days (my last quote was an old Metro II yoke for $450.....) Crap on a stick - that's a bargain! Nice going m'boy ! -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From echotech1452 at gmail.com Tue Oct 26 09:36:24 2010 From: echotech1452 at gmail.com (delor lauchang) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:36:24 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] Treasures from ebay! (and name that part) In-Reply-To: References: <20101026013705.OQN7Y.1439724.imail@fed1rmwml35> Message-ID: Sweet, you hit the jackpot there, its just like buying a panel. I think you can easily interphase that with a Saitek yoke for a short cut. On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Roy Coates wrote: > On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 dabigboy at cox.net wrote: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item'0650930384 > > > > I was STOKED to nab this one!!!! I don't have the room (or money) to > build up a full cockpit or chop off the nose of a real plane for sim use > right now, so I've been planning for a desktop simulator that is small and > reasonably portable. This finally gives me a platform for all the ideas and > little bits and pieces of hardware I've planned or assembled over the years. > Actually the yoke alone is worth what I got the unit for, everyone is > charging crazy prices for aircraft yokes these days (my last quote was an > old Metro II yoke for $450.....) > > Crap on a stick - that's a bargain! > > Nice going m'boy ! > > -- > > Roy Coates. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs > meter. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above > page. Thanks! > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101026/1f70ddcd/attachment-0001.html From dabigboy at cox.net Tue Oct 26 16:14:19 2010 From: dabigboy at cox.net (dabigboy at cox.net) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:14:19 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] Treasures from ebay! (and name that part) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20101026191419.7LYSP.2324427.imail@eastrmwml46> ---- delor lauchang wrote: > Sweet, you hit the jackpot there, its just like buying a panel. I think you > can easily interphase that with a Saitek yoke for a short cut. Thanks! Actually I have some nice slide potentiometers, my plan is to construct a chassis for the existing yoke and use a slide pot for pitch, and a traditional rotary pot for roll. I will probably use bungees for yoke pressure, possibly with some sort of shock dampening rig. The thought occurred to me that this may actually have a movable yoke that is just locked internally for storage/transportation, but upon closer inspection it appears it is attached to the front panel permanently. Matt Matt > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Roy Coates wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 dabigboy at cox.net wrote: > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270650930384 > > > > > > I was STOKED to nab this one!!!! I don't have the room (or money) to > > build up a full cockpit or chop off the nose of a real plane for sim use > > right now, so I've been planning for a desktop simulator that is small and > > reasonably portable. This finally gives me a platform for all the ideas and > > little bits and pieces of hardware I've planned or assembled over the years. > > Actually the yoke alone is worth what I got the unit for, everyone is > > charging crazy prices for aircraft yokes these days (my last quote was an > > old Metro II yoke for $450.....) > > > > Crap on a stick - that's a bargain! > > > > Nice going m'boy ! > > > > -- > > > > Roy Coates. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs > > meter. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Simpits-tech mailing list > > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above > > page. Thanks! > > From jjmessenger at yahoo.com Thu Oct 28 13:28:43 2010 From: jjmessenger at yahoo.com (Justin Messenger) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:28:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] sim vibration system Message-ID: <344461.80274.qm@web111501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> After playing with the Opencockpits output card Ive been thinking about?how to use one to build an intelligent vibration system so I can toss the transducers in my my seats. The card can toggle a motor or light from FS offsets such as stall, RPM status, g, gear transisiton, angle of attack, stall,?Im sure you see the possiblities. for the seat Im thinking about opening up one?a massage pad like this one http://www.snugnest.com/6Motor-Massage-Seat-Cushion-With-Heat/A/B003YK04UY.htm?and controlling the motors from the output card. The heat could be toggled from an engine fire offset. I also plan to add motors to points of the cockpit frame. I had an F-15 pilot fly my sim (he got the first Mig kill in Desert Storm) and he drilled it into my head that a fighter buffets when pulling g. He kept mentioning how amazing realisitc my projector screen was.?When a person start moving the stick back and forth that causes the sim that is mounted to a trailer to shake due to the tires not providing a rigid mount. The projector screen is mounted to the trailer as well, so it really is prone to shake. He thought I had designed it that way on purpose and kept commenting about how realistically it distorted the pitot's vision when maneuvering. So I might have connect it to a motor as well when my sim is removed from the trailer :) Justin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.simpits.org/pipermail/simpits-tech/attachments/20101028/0c25d3a3/attachment.html From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Thu Oct 28 13:40:43 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:40:43 +0100 (BST) Subject: [simpits-tech] sim vibration system In-Reply-To: <344461.80274.qm@web111501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Justin Messenger wrote: So by only working to 'finger tight' we can all build more realisitic sims? Cool ! :) Nice idea about the massage chair thingy. I've got one in the attic somewhere, maybe I'll find a use for it now! > After playing with the Opencockpits output card Ive been thinking about?how to use one to build an intelligent vibration system so I can toss the transducers in my my seats. The card can toggle a motor or light from FS offsets such as stall, RPM status, g, gear transisiton, angle of attack, stall,?Im sure you see the possiblities. for the seat Im thinking about opening up one?a massage pad like this one http://www.snugnest.com/6Motor-Massage-Seat-Cushion-With-Heat/A/B003YK04UY.htm?and controlling the motors from the output card. The heat could be toggled from an engine fire offset. I also plan to add motors to points of the cockpit frame. I had an F-15 pilot fly my sim (he got the first Mig kill in Desert Storm) and he drilled it into my head that a fighter buffets when pulling g. He kept mentioning how amazing realisitc my projector screen was.?When a person start moving the stick back and forth that causes the sim that is mounted to a trailer to shake due to the tires not providing a rigid mount. The projector screen is mounted to the trailer as well, so it really is prone to shake. He thought I had designed it that way on purpose and kept commenting about how realistically it distorted the pitot's vision when maneuvering. So I might have connect it to a motor as well when my sim is removed from the trailer :) Justin -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From dabigboy at cox.net Thu Oct 28 16:59:04 2010 From: dabigboy at cox.net (dabigboy at cox.net) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:59:04 -0700 Subject: [simpits-tech] sim vibration system In-Reply-To: <344461.80274.qm@web111501.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20101028195904.BAAOM.1487106.imail@fed1rmwml44> ---- Justin Messenger wrote: for the seat Im thinking about opening up one?a massage pad like this one http://www.snugnest.com/6Motor-Massage-Seat-Cushion-With-Heat/A/B003YK04UY.htm?and controlling the motors from the output card. The heat could be toggled from an engine fire offset. Good point about the shaking screen, that is something I could try whenever I get my 37" monitor mounted to the wall (maybe). I'm not too sure about heating the seat with engine fires though....I think a hot seat during a sim's engine fire would just make me feel warm and cozy. :) Matt From geneb at deltasoft.com Sun Oct 31 12:53:46 2010 From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle) Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:53:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [simpits-tech] CAE sim time-lapse... Message-ID: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqq4-XC5f8U&feature=related Very cool assembly video. The motion envelope test at the end is a mind blower! g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. From david at allen1.net Sun Oct 31 13:57:17 2010 From: david at allen1.net (David C. Allen) Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:57:17 -0600 Subject: [simpits-tech] CAE sim time-lapse... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20101031205815.531D81780006@ns2.simpits.org> At 12:53 PM 10/31/2010 -0700, you wrote: >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqq4-XC5f8U&feature=related > >Very cool assembly video. The motion envelope test at the end is a mind >blower! I liked the part where they unrolled the mirror and installed it David www.737FlightSim.com >g. > > >-- >Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 >http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. >http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project > >ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment >A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. >http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! > >Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical >minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which >holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd >by the clean end. >_______________________________________________ >Simpits-tech mailing list >Simpits-tech at simpits.org >http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech >To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the >above page. Thanks! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Sun Oct 31 14:16:01 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:16:01 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [simpits-tech] CAE sim time-lapse... In-Reply-To: <20101031205815.531D81780006@ns2.simpits.org> Message-ID: On Sun, 31 Oct 2010, David C. Allen wrote: > At 12:53 PM 10/31/2010 -0700, you wrote: > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqq4-XC5f8U&feature=related > > > >Very cool assembly video. The motion envelope test at the end is a mind > >blower! > > I liked the part where they unrolled the mirror and installed it Yup. Mylar held in place by a vacuum iirc ? Nice find Gene :) -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com Sun Oct 31 15:36:23 2010 From: Sean.Galbraith at pacificsimulators.com (Sean Galbraith) Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:36:23 +1300 Subject: [simpits-tech] CAE sim time-lapse... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D52B@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Aww man! They get time off during an install! That's it... I'm off to see the boss now :) SeanG > -----Original Message----- > From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org [mailto:simpits-tech- > bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle > Sent: Monday, 1 November 2010 8:54 a.m. > To: simpits-tech at simpits.org > Subject: [simpits-tech] CAE sim time-lapse... > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqq4-XC5f8U&feature=related > > Very cool assembly video. The motion envelope test at the end is a mind > blower! > > g. > > > -- > Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 > http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. > http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project > > ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment > A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. > http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! > > Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical > minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which > holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd > by the clean end. > _______________________________________________ > Simpits-tech mailing list > Simpits-tech at simpits.org > http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the bottom of the above > page. Thanks! From roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk Sun Oct 31 14:39:25 2010 From: roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk (Roy Coates) Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:39:25 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [simpits-tech] CAE sim time-lapse... In-Reply-To: <2FB39A1077E2CC48BD7ECF1A3C363FEBD0D52B@PS-CH1.pacsim.local> Message-ID: On Mon, 1 Nov 2010, Sean Galbraith wrote: > Aww man! They get time off during an install! That's it... I'm off to > see the boss now :) > Time Off: \ tyme off \ , Activity. 1. Change of working environment or subject designed to fool an employee into thinking they are actually getting definition 2. 2. Fictitious scenario whereby the pressures and demands of a working environment are put on hold whilst the employee relaxes, re-charges his or her batteries - and generally enjoys themselves. -- Roy Coates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord, If I must have an instrument failure, please let it be the Hobbs meter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------