turbopropdriver
09-15-2009, 06:31 AM
Hi all,
Well since I sold my F27 I've been thinking long and hard about whether I should leave the flight sim community. I've been in this position before, but I just can't seem to get away from it.
Anyway, I'm in discussion with a company that is going to make me an AV-8B Harrier cockpit using moulds taken from the real thing.
I've tried quite hard to get hold of a real one, but as you can imagine, they're pretty rare and expensive ( 3 to 4 k for a bare cockpit ) add to that transport costs and you are getting into big money without even starting on the inside of the sim.
This will a GRP nose shell, not a bad thing since av8b's are carbon fibre anyway, available with or without the intakes ( hmm, should I or shouldn't I ? )
The shell will be much easier transport so I'll save there too.
Being a single seater with predominantly 3 main screens for the panel, I will have less work than the big airliner projects, so I should have the time to make progress.
As you can imagine, I'm pretty excited, and hoping to get started in around the end of October . :mrgreen:
Dean
Well since I sold my F27 I've been thinking long and hard about whether I should leave the flight sim community. I've been in this position before, but I just can't seem to get away from it.
Anyway, I'm in discussion with a company that is going to make me an AV-8B Harrier cockpit using moulds taken from the real thing.
I've tried quite hard to get hold of a real one, but as you can imagine, they're pretty rare and expensive ( 3 to 4 k for a bare cockpit ) add to that transport costs and you are getting into big money without even starting on the inside of the sim.
This will a GRP nose shell, not a bad thing since av8b's are carbon fibre anyway, available with or without the intakes ( hmm, should I or shouldn't I ? )
The shell will be much easier transport so I'll save there too.
Being a single seater with predominantly 3 main screens for the panel, I will have less work than the big airliner projects, so I should have the time to make progress.
As you can imagine, I'm pretty excited, and hoping to get started in around the end of October . :mrgreen:
Dean