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 […]
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….
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 weekend I finally moved the displays and PC into it’s more permanent home in the ManCave.The idea/concept is to use this setup as an operators station for […]
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 a success an EFB, which I can access from an old iPad in the cockpit. I amusing a combination of apps and web tool so to help […]
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 Instructor Station, but some functions could Ben quite useful. During a recent sale I purchased a 1 year licence for Louis Gordo’s Instructor Station, which I’ve used […]
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, and built the 2 for his sim. They have working height and backrest adjustment, working armrests and are fitted with real aircraft cushions, armrest Coversheets and headrest. […]
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, the new 2-bay pedestal and some lighting(finally)! The pedestal is from a Southwest Airlines 737-300, and fits really nicely in the sim. I chose the narrow 2-bay […]