A Simple Enhancement to my cockpit with PMDG and a 737ng poster

[BishBash]

Hi,

Thought id share this with you to show that from just using a poster, and materials laying around the house
the simple improvement made to my cockpit which cost nothing. (well i bought the poster a while back).

I did have to use my 22" screen to be able to display what i wanted leaving me with a 15" for the outside view.

I am still researching on how to approach my main build, should i build the mip etc myself (im not that bad with the old jigsaw:shock:) or i do like the fly engravity kits.
Anyway a few pics, please be gentle:)

Stage 1
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/1.jpg

2.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/2.jpg

3.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/3.jpg

4.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/4.jpg

5.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/5.jpg

6.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/6.jpg

7.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/8.jpg

8.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/9.jpg

9.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/11.jpg

10.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/12.jpg

11.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/13.jpg

12.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/14.jpg

13.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/15.jpg

14.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/16.jpg

Thanks for looking:D

Steve

[skino]

Hello Steve, looks great. very realistic. Good work. A little effort and good results. 100 points!

[Steve A]

It looks the business, most of my mip is cardboard printoffs and blutack lol it'll be upgraded eventually but i think using cheap materials to begin with gives the proper build a kind of "research and development"

[dodiano]

Amazing!!! Very nice simple setup congratulations my friend!!

[Sweetwater]

Dang, You 737 guys are always (almost) the most inventive... Nifty Idea and it looks great!!

Jeff

[BishBash]

Heres the most recent changes i have made,
1x efis737el
Fly engravitys captain panel
1 x stand built today (bq for mdf and ral7011 paint)

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/22.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/21.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/20.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/19.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/18.jpg

Thanks for looking, A long way to go yet.

CH yoke to be put on a column tommorow,maybe;-)

Regards

Steve

[Steve A]

You weren't wrong when you said you were all right with the old jigsaw Steve, That mip stand looks like a pro set up, Those Fly engravity panels are so nice.... one day for me i hope lol

[BishBash]

Thank Steve,
Im working and saving like mad for the centre panel next.

Yoke column almost finished, just need to hide the wiring a bit.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4356.jpg

And my £2.49 quartz clock from argos added too (idea from Ian,s website)
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4357.jpg

Fmc bay next few days..

Thanks for looking

Steve

[Matt Olieman]

WOW Steve, what was a "Simple Enhancement" turned out to be beautiful - complicated enhancement!!!! :) :) :)

Nice Job!!!!

[Sean Nixon]

Looking good Steve. Did you get sorted with your Captains panel?

[Joe Cygan]

Great Job! Very innovative.

[BishBash]

Thanks for all your comments,

Matt, Yes may need to change the thread title soon lol

@ Sean, ahh the penny drops on me, Thanks for your help that day!!
Basically the top plates no longer are pre drilled so i drilled myself after confirming with robert and stef at fly engravity.
Very pleased with the panel although its a bit lonely on its own, it may soon have a friend alongside it lol

Regards

Steve

[BishBash]

A few pictures of how yoke column was made:)

Materials = 1 x 3" soil pipe cut to required length
2 x 3" couplings (push fit to solvent weld)
5 x L brackets
A few wood screws and some nuts and bolts

The base is 18mm mdf with four spacers in each corner to lift it off floor a few mm for yoke wire to pass under
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4374.jpg

Attach one coupling to the base with wood screws and the nuts and bolts
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4366.jpg

For the top I didnt want to open my ch yoke and drill through it
voiding warrenty etc so i drew round the yoke onto an 18mm piece of mdf,cut this and repeated
and screwed these togetherleaving me with a 36mm yoke shaped base.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4372.jpg

Side view
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4373.jpg

Then i attached the other coupling to this
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4368.jpg

Drill a hole through the back of the top coupling and a hole through the mdf base to hide the wire,
cut pipe to required length,paint ral7011, Job done:D

Regards

Steve

[BishBash]

FMC Bay, throttle quadrant and radio stack
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4377.jpg

Throttles and radio stack are another poster laying around and make a
superb beer table en-route ;)

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4379.jpg

Current set up as of today
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4380.jpg

Engravity centre panel and mcp bracket are in Norwich but not being delivered till Monday:cry:
I will be setting up another pc then along with fsxpand i think,
Thanks for looking

Steve

[BishBash]

Engravity centre panel now in,mcp and efis where they should be and fsxpand for the eicas.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4397.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4395.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4394.jpg

I only wish I could do them the justice they deserve with a camera:roll:

Thanks to Sean & Ian for answering my questions over the past to get me here now:D

Regards

Steve

[Sean Nixon]

Looking great Steve. The photo's are really good, like the lighting in the last one.

Love the FS Mars scenery too!

[BishBash]

Thanks Sean,

The scenery lol all i had done was set up at EGLL 09L at dusk, fired her up and
started to take pics, Passion in the sky tonight, not for me the wifes gone to bed lol

Regards

Steve

[Sean Nixon]

the wifes gone to bed lol

What do you expect? Get that F/O panel ASAP. Then she's got no excuse!

[BishBash]

What do you expect? Get that F/O panel ASAP. Then she's got no excuse!

:);) Good thinking but im after fmc next me thinks

[Matt Olieman]

Looks fantastic Steve. I now you're enjoying every minute of it. :)

[BishBash]

A small update,
Now running three acer monitors with TH2GO at 5040x1050.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/TH2GO/IMG_4422.jpg
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/TH2GO/IMG_4428.jpg
And The Captain:D
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/TH2GO/IMG_4432.jpg
Regards

Steve

[Sean Nixon]

Looking great Steve. 4 stripes too! I'm impressed. ;)

[Anderson/SBSP]

Very nice!!!

[Nick1150]

Great job my friend ;)

Keep up the good work there captain !!!!

[BishBash]

Just a small update, FO Sacked due to economic climate:shock:
But the build must go on.
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4593.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4594.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4596.jpg

I will hopefully have the landing gear and all other switches announciators etc next month
and will start interfacing:) Never soldered an led in my life before so should be fun.

Thanks for looking

Steve

[BishBash]

Hi All,
Been a bit quiet lately,new job long hours etc.

I have made a start (1st attempt) at enclosing my sim ready for new overhead due very soon,
not an fds shell but something that suits needs and budget at mo.
Before painting
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4620.jpg
After painting
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4646.jpg
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4637.jpg
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu321/ukv1566/Cockpit/IMG_4638.jpg
regards

Steve

[Sweetwater]

Great stuff Steve! Please forgive me if you have already answered this... But... Where did you get the 737 Poster to begin with?

Thanks to you or anyone else might know a source for the poster..;-)

Your system looks Awesome!!

Jeff

[737dragon]

I like you shell ... is good

[BishBash]

Great stuff Steve! Please forgive me if you have already answered this... But... Where did you get the 737 Poster to begin with?

Thanks to you or anyone else might know a source for the poster..;-)

Your system looks Awesome!!

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,
I believe i got the poster from av training soloutuins,it was the half scale version.
http://www.avtrainingsolutions.com/xcart/product.php?productid=13&cat=1&page=1
Regards
Steve

[BishBash]

I like you shell ... is good
Thanks Oscar,
I need to put the door on,tidy up behind the mip electric wise and then on with the roof:D
Regards
Steve

[super2277]

Whear you get the drawnings of the mip?

[BishBash]

Whear you get the drawnings of the mip?

http://www.avtrainingsolutions.com/xcart/product.php?productid=13&cat=1&page=1

[super2277]

http://www.avtrainingsolutions.com/xcart/product.php?productid=13&cat=1&page=1

thx :) in the screen is thaht 18cm long and height?