A quiet Sunday night CAD/CAM session, and I have the drawings and toolpaths complete for my Radar Control Panel. Renderings from Fusion 360 look pretty cool, and let
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Researching, Building and Flying the TA-4k Skyhawk Simulator
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Radar gets even better!
Eric Marciano, creator of the awesome F-16 Radar I use in the Skyhawk, has shared with me some technical details to help interact with his gauge from my
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Radar Control Panel Re-wire and update
This was the first Panel I built for my last Skyhawk sim… and was interfaced with a cheap game-pad, wired to the switches. It *did* work, not perfect
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Complete knob
Quiet day sick at home today… but just enough time to add some stripes and “spots” to complete the first batch of knobs. Although they look a
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Mass production
Instead of making a few knobs each time I make a new panel I bit the bullet and made a whole bunch…. These knobs and “rosebuds” have come
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TA-4k Inertia Lock Lever
While walking past the skip at work I spotted what looked like the Inertia Lock Lever from the side of the ESCAPAC ejection seat in the Skyhawk… We
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UFC Complete!
Tonight I finished, and tested the UFC wiring, mounted the controller inside the HUD structure and reinstalled it all in the sim (And drank more wine)…. Next up
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UFC Wiring
It’s been a 5-Year project, but the Up Front Controller is close to complete! I machined the faceplate, and fitted all the switches back in 2012, now, 5
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Friday night drinks
……and more painting, but this time with custom, computer cut stripes (Thanks Nije!) More painting of 3D printed parts, a few more knobs and a *lot* of “rosebuds”,
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Knobs test fitted in the sim
More paint, and a quick count up to see how many I will need to print and paint…. the list isn’t that long, fortunately! A quick test fit