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, including improving some of the component wiring, and the integration to Nigel’s TA-4k Sim software. First task was to mount a TV in front of the 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 ‘J-Rails’. I went and had a look, and ended up buying the pilot seat, the observer seat on castors, Gaming Butt-Kicker and amplifier… First challenge was to […]
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 clever electronics inside.This opportunity came up sadly because the Sim’s builder Les had terminal cancer and wanted his Sim to go to a good home.I chose to […]
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) messaged the original poster, saying that if he ever wanted to part with one of the Sims I was *very* keen. He said that no, he had […]
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 other such boring things he got dressed up in my flight-gear collection… So obviously that led to a photo shoot! Nathan and his fellow Air Cadet Jasmine […]
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 (by Air Freight alongside a 737 simulator from work!) to Sydney.It was a bittersweet moment, there are a lot of great memories wrapped up in that wee […]
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 on a glacial time scale).I’ve modified a few parts, switching to water-jet cut aluminium for some of the bits which I felt would benefit from some more […]
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 it is mounted in the centre pedestal rather than on the glare shield.I have modelled a classic EFIS panel, and even got part way through making it […]
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 producing the finished version. The original was oversized by a tiny bit, which made fitting it very difficult. The new print fits beautifully, and with a lick […]
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 a much bigger ‘hangar’– I have now acquired a Cessna 177 simulator….