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
Boeing 737-500 Classic Sim
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
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
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
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
New Instructor/Operator Station
For a long time I had been messing around with a PC on the workbench as an “Operator” station, and with a little spare time over the past
737 Operations
Over the past couple of months I’ve been flying the sim a ,new, and fine tuning they way it operates. I have a PC set up to act
Instructor/Operator Station?
I have often pondered whether my sim actually needed an Instructor or Operators Station. My primary use of the sim doesn’t need many functions normally associated with an
New Seat for the 737
Thanks to Trevor for his generosity the 737 now has an incredible replica IPECO seat. Trevor drew up the seat from a sample one we had at work,
737 Development Update
Development has been even progressing slowly in the background, mostly around making the sim ‘usable’. The biggest visual changes are the addition of a functional Primary Engine Display,
