[simpits-tech] General ino and a Question for GeneB

[KD]

So I was looking over the F-15 sim page and (December 27 was the last 
update? DUDE!) really like what I saw with the lightplate. Nice job Gene! 

For general info, and not to bust on Gene at all, (that panel is awesome 
looking) the panel label (the vertical lettering on the panel on the 
F15sim site that says FUEL) is not lighted. That part of the lettering 
on all the panels that I have run into are screen printed on the 
surface, and so don't backlight. It may not make any difference if you 
are making panels for your sim and do them all the same, but if you are 
mixing real and homebuilt ones then it might make a difference there. 
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to detract form the work Gene or anyone 
else is doing, I just had a bit of info that I thought I would share. 
BTW, both F-15s I have done have that lettering backlit so, I'm not 
perfect either. :)

I also noticed that Gene mentioned an MS document that he has that is 
hard to read. There is a website that I use frequently that has all of 
them on there for perusal (unrestricted access ones anyways). Here is a 
link. Most of the military stuff that we tend to use is listed as 
inactive, but it was active at the time our stuff got built, so it would 
still be valid for the most part. Ah, the link: 
http://assist.daps.dla.mil/online/start/
Just go to Quick Start and enter iether the MS, MIL-C or document 
number, and if it is there it will come up. There is also a text search 
if you don't know the MS number of the document. There is a ton of info 
there, so don't get lost in the reading and forget to work on your sim. :)

Gene, do you have your own laser machine? If so, which one and why did 
you pick that one? I'm thinking about getting into oneas well as a 3D 
printer.

So there you go.

K