After more than 15 years the Skyhawk finally has ejection seat cushion covers! I built the seat back in 2001/2002, and it has been used in 3 different
TA-4k Sim
Researching, Building and Flying the TA-4k Skyhawk Simulator
Arrow Sim TA-4k Sim
More Comms work
Another evening of experiments and testing. I now have a rough “fold back” happening in the Skyhawk so that pilot and instructor can talk on open mics, then
Arrow Sim TA-4k Sim
Comms system check
Nathan and I spent some time this afternoon repairing, configuring and testing headsets and helmets in the Arrow and Skyhawk sims. The Skyhawk pilots helmet needed a bit
Arrow Sim Man Cave TA-4k Sim
Man cave visitor
Nikolai came to visit…. and wants to move in! Looking sharp in hi-vis and helmet 😉
TA-4k Sim
Skyhawk Compass and Clock
Fabricated out of styrene sheet and acrylic offcuts, with laser printed graphics stuck on. These are only dummies for now, but the clock will work…. I have
TA-4k Sim
A little sunrise mission
It was a nice evening for a quick anti-shipping mission. HMNZS Canterbury was once again the prey, and as ever the weather was her friend. I would really
TA-4k Sim
In the beginning
“Timehop” popped up this memory today… That was day 2 of the frame build, on the original layout bench used for the 737 development at work. So much
Boeing 737-500 Classic Sim TA-4k Sim
Delivery!
I love it when little packages arrive from Aliexpress! Small parcels of goodness… Looks like a lot, but is *mostly* packaging. I still can’t figure how they
Arrow Sim TA-4k Sim
iBNet Work
Last night I was working on getting iBNet to show “effects” properly across the multiplayer session…. to no avail… More work needed 🙁 So, after some configuring
TA-4k Sim
New CAD Project
Tonight’s project is the ARC-159 UHF Radio. I built the current one some years ago, using “ACCIS”, the original sim interface by Stuart Whelan. The encoders have never