Saturday, September 29, 2018
Curved projector screen
Curved projector screen fitted today ready for paint then setup flyelise projector warping software
Monday, September 17, 2018
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Thursday, July 19, 2018
It all began about 7 years ago .
Looking about on the net trying to get all the info needed to start a build I came upon a learjet sim that was being built in polmont in scotland .
I contacted Douglas and he gave all the information I needed ,his wealth of expertise was immense on
the subject .
I decided to build a 737 simulator first trying to gain enough experience to move on to the cessna 152 airframe .
I was learning to fly in the 152, so it made sense to build a sim which was the same aircraft I was learning to fly in .
The airframe came from scone at perth scotland, registration gbktv which last flew about 10 years ago.
The first thing to do was to fit centering springs and potentiometers to the real controls ,these were made from plastic knex cogs and pots off eBay, then interfaced all the controls via a Leo Bodnar input output card into xplane 11.
Once that was done it was time to get the avionics fitted .
The comm1/nav1 is a unit from emuteq ,the front of the GPS 530 was made for me by a very good friend, also the audio panel and transponder was made by John.
Moving on to the outside views I started with 3 projectors, but because they were always overheating and a nightmare to align ,I decided to use 3 tv's, here's a wee link
https://youtu.be/ErtjyhoNjPo
Then the oculus virtual reality headset came on the market with flyinside and I was blown away .
I now use the oculus sitting in the left seat with all the real controls interfaced into fsx via flyinside and it is as real as it gets .
If anyone wants to know the in's and out's of the build just let me know.
Just for a bit of nostalgia here's a wee clip showing gbktv flying at cumbernauld
https://youtu.be/FjxgXqiXNHY
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I completed the flying training on the 27th April 2018 at cumbernauld airport with pheonix flying school .
A big thanks to all the instructors I've had in the past as follows -
Syd utting
Jeremy hawksworth
Paul Duncan
Julian Nicholls
Nigel Baston
Johnny Allan
Ian haggis
I'd just like to say that the flying training with Phoenix flight training school at cumbernauld was fantastic .
Johnny and Ian are top class instructors ,i highly recommend anyone looking at flying for a hobby or career to start with pheonix flight training
Looking about on the net trying to get all the info needed to start a build I came upon a learjet sim that was being built in polmont in scotland .
I contacted Douglas and he gave all the information I needed ,his wealth of expertise was immense on
the subject .
I decided to build a 737 simulator first trying to gain enough experience to move on to the cessna 152 airframe .
I was learning to fly in the 152, so it made sense to build a sim which was the same aircraft I was learning to fly in .
The airframe came from scone at perth scotland, registration gbktv which last flew about 10 years ago.
The first thing to do was to fit centering springs and potentiometers to the real controls ,these were made from plastic knex cogs and pots off eBay, then interfaced all the controls via a Leo Bodnar input output card into xplane 11.
Once that was done it was time to get the avionics fitted .
The comm1/nav1 is a unit from emuteq ,the front of the GPS 530 was made for me by a very good friend, also the audio panel and transponder was made by John.
Moving on to the outside views I started with 3 projectors, but because they were always overheating and a nightmare to align ,I decided to use 3 tv's, here's a wee link
https://youtu.be/ErtjyhoNjPo
Then the oculus virtual reality headset came on the market with flyinside and I was blown away .
I now use the oculus sitting in the left seat with all the real controls interfaced into fsx via flyinside and it is as real as it gets .
If anyone wants to know the in's and out's of the build just let me know.
Just for a bit of nostalgia here's a wee clip showing gbktv flying at cumbernauld
https://youtu.be/FjxgXqiXNHY
-------------------------------------------------------------
I completed the flying training on the 27th April 2018 at cumbernauld airport with pheonix flying school .
A big thanks to all the instructors I've had in the past as follows -
Syd utting
Jeremy hawksworth
Paul Duncan
Julian Nicholls
Nigel Baston
Johnny Allan
Ian haggis
I'd just like to say that the flying training with Phoenix flight training school at cumbernauld was fantastic .
Johnny and Ian are top class instructors ,i highly recommend anyone looking at flying for a hobby or career to start with pheonix flight training
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