[simpits-tech] Another ebay cockpit project...

[geneb]

> Wow, got the complete fuselage...well, the main structure anyway. One
> of these days I would love to build a heli sim. Too bad that one is
> stripped to the bone...that's a lot of glass to replace. Is he going to
> try to source real 206 parts? I always thought the 206 would be a cool
> heli to simulate. A Eurocopter would be nice as well. I only personally
> know of one heli sim currently being actively developed, that's Cody's
> Cobra, which is shaping up to be pretty awesome.

The repair work will start in September.  There's a couple of cars in the 
queue ahead of it. :)  My neighbor is really looking forward to working on 
it.  None of the glass will be replaced and the doors will likely be 
fabbed from scratch.  I did some checking and just a single used plastic 
interior door skin for a 206 was $450!

The flight controls are going to come from a guy in Canada that's built a 
206 simulator.  It'll be a bolt-in replacement.  The only thing I'll have 
to fab for him is the instrument panel resized to use a monitor.  It'll be 
fun project I suspect.  If you go to mikesflightdeck.com and go to the 
"simpit links" link and then search for "Bell", click on the first link - 
it'll take you to the site I'm talking about.  It's a very nice project 
with a motion base.

g.


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