[simpits-tech] Updates...

[Gene Buckle]

First off, the 16 channel board I built to drive all the indicator lamps 
in the F-15 is done and tested!  You can see pics at 
http://geneb.simpits.org.  The board is designed to plug right into the 
Centipede Shield (http://www.macetech.com/store) for use with an Arduino.

I'll post the code for it when I get it completed.

The other update is some extra work that Wayne & I got done.

It turns out that a 225 degree system may be possible with a 56" wide roll 
of mylar - we're keeping the 8 foot diameter as well as the 40 degree 
horizontal FOV (the mirror goes from lat 0 to 40).  To support that a 
screen must first be built.

The parts: http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll/images/screen_frame_parts.jpg
The blue tape is there to mask off the parts that had been cut for the 
first test screen framework.

These parts will build the framework for this:
http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll/images/screen_assembly.jpg

The ribs are made of 1/8" hardboard and will have a hot-wire cut wedge of 
insulation foam between each one.  After sanding & sealing, it'll make a 
perfect screen!

If anyone knows where I can get rolls of 2mil silvered mylar in widths 
greater than 56", please let me know.

g.

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