Last night’s mission was maritime strike. HMNZS Canterbury was the target, sailing off Banks Peninsula in bad visibility… This was the first test-out of the “ibnet” multiplayer system
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Researching, Building and Flying the TA-4k Skyhawk Simulator
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Scenery, Scenery, SCENERY!
Huge upgrade of scenery for my sims….. spent the evening downloading and installing NZ scenery for the sims…. A great resource is FS2004 Freeware Scenery Listing Initial testing
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More CARQUALs…
Yep, it’s addictive! Tonight was more carrier aviation. This time off CVN-68 in the Sea of Japan. Finished and shutdown Post strike Guncam review
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Kuwait Strike Mission
Did a bit of work on the sim tonight to get the ‘aircraft carrier’ functions working again after about 2 years of neglect…. Once it was all working
Arrow Sim Boeing 737-500 Classic Sim General Man Cave TA-4k Sim
Updates, updates!
Since the last entry a bit has happened in the man cave… Just after the last post, the AFCS blew up. Well, more specifically the Arduino got so
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AFCS is Alive!
AFCS module, running with MobiFlight is in the sim! MobiFlight is so easy to configure, despite leaving the settings file I’d been using on my laptop at work,
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AFCS Almost complete
The correct encoders arrived from Aliexpress, so the AFCS is now all assembled and wired. After a bit of messing around, the programming through Mobiflight is working, and
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More AFCS Bits
Backplate and switch guards added… starting to look a bit good actually. 7 Segment module fits nicely into the backplate, and the switch guards add a really nice
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AFCS + MobiFlight Test
Just a mock-up of the AFCS running with MobiFlight. I am still waiting for the correct encoders to arrive, so the one sitting in place is just to
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AFCS Machining
First part of the machining tonight… Front machining complete. Back machining in progress, pockets for switches, digits and backlighting… …And the finished back machining Next stop, the paint