[simpits-tech] new to the list

[Fred Mahone]

I am new to this group and am wondering if anyone in the list is building a 
helicopter
flight sim cockpit.
Since I worked in emergency services before coming back to electronics, I am
interested in medevac simulation. I do not have the space for a large cockpit
and this led me to helicopters.
I belong to the Airborne Law Enforcement Association as an associate member
as some of my work at Virginia Tech is instrumentation for research along 
these lines.
In our Aeronautical section we have a full motion A-6 simulator donated by 
the Navy,
so, if I want fighter fun, I would try to get time on it.
The hardest part of building my cockpit is when helicopters are parted out, 
they
instruments usually still have core value and I just do not have room (at the
present) for the full cockpit of a Jetranger! Also, my wife is Deputy Clerk of
Circuit Court where divorces are done, she knows too many lawyers!
Anyone knowing of wrecked airframes as a parts supply, please let me know.