Dehavilland Beaver Home Cockpit to Scale

[bushman]

Hey guys: I have searched a few cockpit building forums and sites and I maybe one of the few or the only one to do a DHC 2 beaver build or any of the DHC 2,3 or 6 family.:( Aug.08 I started my DIY cockpit, from hundreds of photos and measurements from a real beaver cockpit. Measuring 48" wide and 4'8" high 3/4 veneer plywood and 1/8 veneer mahogany. Equipped with the Pro Flight yoke, throttle quadraint, pedals and switch control panel installed in the cockpit. Complimented with a Acer 22" and a Dell 19" monitors. Here are some pics

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/Pic156-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/Pic157.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/Pic160.jpg
The pedestal holds the keypad and mouse.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/Pic193.jpg
Dual monitors

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/Pic195.jpg

Left and right seat view. Building birdcage, side panels and ceiling in progress. Hoping to hear from someone here who may have tackled this project. Take care for now.

Bushman:cool:

[Geremy Britton]

Looks a great project, not something i have ever seen anyone else embark on. Though there may be someone lurking that is building a similar aircraft to you.

Thanks for the pictures thats just what we want to see on a first post if you have something to show us. Keep up with the great work and make sure we're updated. That's all from me.

Take care

[Matt Olieman]

WOW!!!! Looks fantastic. :) :) :)

Not everyday you see a DHC 2 Beaver home cockpit. Nice Job. Thanks for the pics and please send more as you progress.

Matt Olieman

[bushman]

Thanks Matt and 737 Gez for compliments. Have been searching your forums nothing yet to a similiar build, but what I have found is alot of info into controls. Have been building and testing the mechanics of a throw over pedestal yoke the same to which is in the DHC family. I picked up a maintenance manual for a 1959 dehavilland beaver which shows you the mechanical workings and be able to build to interface to the computer. For now. Thanks again guys.
Bushman

[Bob Reed]

Very nice! Keep those pics comming! Love to see people doing something differant.

[andarlite]

Very nice. I love the beaver. It's the plane I fly the most after the 767.

Regards,
Henry

[warvet]

Bushman,
Where you out of Sioux lookout, Atikokan,Ear Falls, Dryden? Your Beaver looks awsome having been in a few I can say you got that down beautifully, really great work.

Tim

[Foothills]

Awesome. I am planning to build such a cockpit myself. Are there any contructions plan you can support me with either DHC2 or Twin Otter?

Especially for the wood construction.

Would be great, I will keep you updated of the progress.

[Tomlin]

This is an awesome project! Thanks for showing it off!

[Guy AWV003]

Hi
Good job.
I am also on the same project " a construction of a cockpit DHC-2 Beaver"
the instruments come from simcockpit ( http://www.simkits.com )
Regards
Guy AWV003
www.airwallonie.com

[bushman]

Hey guys Just some update pics.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/Pic240-1.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/Pic240.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp148/bushman_015/Pic241.jpg

Since posting these pics of my beaver cockpit, I've had at least 5-6 fellow builders with the same interest.The summer has been a busy one between working and flying in with fishermen on weekends. Starting to slow down and catching up. I am working on a package to share with my fellow beaver builders. I've also began scaleing a full beaver from firewall to rear section cargo area. Measuring 52"wide 66" high and 96" long. It will be awesome. Please bare with me, will contact my interested fellow builders with PM

Take care Bushman:cool:

[cessnaskyhawk]

about your project you can use one computer then connect two monitors one for your oter view and the another one is for your instruments or you can use simkits instead then buy a USB hub so you can use alot of those radios and other stuff that doesn't give you a headache instead of tweaking the difficult and complicated stuff like connecting one pc 2 another