A bit of Spring Cleaning
Once again, a ManCave visit lead to a bit of a cleanup! With the ongoing re-configuring of the sims, and the ManCave itself, the place has become a little messy......
New 737 Radios
Long long ago, a friend built an incredible B200 Kingair simulator. He eventually sold it, and through a series of events I ended up helping maintain it for the new...
Extension Impressions
3D printed, cleaned up and test fitted... my stick extension looks pretty good, and places the stick about where I wanted it. The forward offset means I can mount the...
HOTAS Repair and replacement
After deciding that I would fit the 'Cougar' HOTAS to the Skyhawk it was time to actually do it... *and* to repair the broken gimbal arm. First up was making...
Skyhawk Renovations
After much soul searching, wringing of hands and generally procrastinating I have finally become comfortable with my plan to integrate my Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS (yes, the one I recently broke)...
Aerofly Scenery Design
I said there would be more Aerofly screenshots.... Well, here we go :)Over the weekend I did some further experiments with some of the development tools for Aerofly. I have...
ManCave re-shuffle Part 1
This weekend I spent a bit of time tidying (read: chucking out) in the ManCave in preparation for shifting things around. After a bit of organizing, sorting, moving, stacking and...
Aerofly FS2
I have experienced Aerofly FS2 before and was impressed especially as a VR experience, what I wasn't prepared for was the open architecture and the ease of adding scenery. The...
It wasn’t to be
Tonight was going to be my 'Back in the Saddle' flight in DCS:World, after a lengthy absence. The launch, in a Harrier went well, dropping 2 Mk82 low-drag bombs accurately...
Sim Tech Support
Tonight I got all of Nikolai's sim parts together for a final run-through to make sure everything was running properly before he takes it all home... Captain Nathan at the...