[simpits-tech] Cockpit demensions

[Rick Davis]

Just tried emailing you off list Freeman, but it got caught by the border 
guards and threw back.

ha

Thanks


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Freeman P. Pascal IV" <pascal at pascal.org>
To: "Simulator Cockpit tech list" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Cockpit demensions


> Rick Davis wrote:
>> Freeman, Gene et all,
>>
>> I have an older copy of Auto Cad here. Probably 5 years old. Do you think
>> that will do?
>>
>>
> I'll send you my drawings in anther email.  You can see if your version
> will read them.  I would be surprised if your copy couldn't read my DWG
> files.  I'm not doing anthing special in them.
>> I haven't used Auto Cad in 20 years, but I'm willing to muddle through.
>>
>> I have run into quite a few sites where I can get gauge dimensions and
>> placement, but the actual size and shape of the panel is the clincher.
>> Doesn't have to be perfect, but since that's the first step in the 
>> project
>> I'd like to be relatively close.
>>
>>
> An alternate approach I was looking until Gene stepped in, is to monitor
> eBay and watch for instrument panels among the Cessna parts.  I tend to
> want as close to original parts (ie. appearance and function) as I can
> get for my pit.  Being a ham radio operator I also like working in
> aluminum or steel for my frames and chassis.
>> I was at an auction yesterday where there was an older 48" plot printer 
>> for
>> sale. The kind that has a half dozen pens in a cradle/carousel. No-one 
>> bid
>> on it and I think I could probably pick it up for 50 bucks. Leaving the
>> auction and still seeing it standing there all lonely like in the corner
>> gave me a nagging feeling. There were even several boxes of ink. Suppose
>> it's worth bothering with?
>>
>>
> Wow, depending on the condition of the printer I would have bought it.
> I keep hoping to run across a a 48" plotter and/or color postscript
> printer.  I never seem to have the luck that you or others have.  eBay
> prices tend to be on the higher side of surplus and you never get a
> chance to lay eyes on the equipment before you buy it.
>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>
> -Freeman
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