Moving house meant the Sims got somewhat disassembled. The Skyhawk was the last to be returned to flight, after getting a bit of a refresh in some areas,
Boeing 737-500 Classic Sim
737 Pilot Seat Rails
A cockpit builder friend put me onto a Facebook Marketplace listing for a guy parting out a 737 Sim in Canterbury. He had a car seat mounted on
Cessna 177RG ZK-LES
ZK-LES the story of a C177rg Sim
Last year I had the chance to acquire a beautifully made Cessna 177rg simulator, built with a lot of real aircraft parts, control loading and a ton of
A-4k Sim Hotshot 03
Welcome to the fleet HotShot03
Doomscrolling the world of Facebook one idle day, I saw images of 2 A-4K Sims in Florida, I immediately (without consultation with my dear, and long suffering wife)
TA-4k Sim
TA-4k PhotoShoot
My son Nathan is a member of 88Sqn Air Cadets in Rangiora. Back in November they had a ‘Costume’ night. Instead of dressing as a cowboy, pirate or
Arrow Sim
It’s Goodbye to the Arrow
The GA28R ‘Arrow’ Sim has departed our shores, returning to it’d original manufacturer Aertosoft Australia.Her final flight was made in our new home, before being disassembled for shipping
Boeing 737-500 Classic Sim Uncategorized
737 Throttle Quadrant Update
I bought a TQ design from 737DIYSIM some time ago, and have been slowly working away on it over the past couple of years (yes I build things
Boeing 737-500 Classic Sim
EFIS Fitting
The Boeing 737 ‘Classic’ EFIS is a bit different to that which is fitted to the NG, with the NG having more functionality. Most notable differences is that
Boeing 737-500 Classic Sim
737 Gets a new ASI
Test of the new bezel for fit After years of rocking the original white ‘test’ print ASI bezel I finally got around to scaling the print properly and
Arrow Sim Boeing 737-500 Classic Sim General Man Cave TA-4k Sim Uncategorized
It’s been a while….
Almost 2 years have passed and a lot has changed. Some of the headline items:– I bought an ex-RNZAF SKyhawk ‘Combat Tactics Trainer’– I moved house, and have