ddoth
04-24-2010, 02:18 AM
Gday all,
Signed up about a week ago, been looking around the place and it seems very informative.
I think Ill be sticking around here a while so thought I'd say hello :p
Bit about myself,
Names Daniel, I live in Australia (Perth) and have been into planes since I can remember.
Started flying at 12 but it was an hour or two a year so decided it wasn't worth it until I could pay for myself and do an hour every week/fortnight.
So with that, I asked for Flight Sim 2000 and since began the simming days.
I'm now 2 tests away (theory and prac) from obtaining my PPL in a 172, also will be able to fly the Eagle 150.
Always was mesmerised by people who make up life like cockpits but never had the skills, time, money or patience to attempt it.
I still don't have the skill or any real spare cash left over but its enough to get started.
Have been thinking about building a generic, but strong resemlance to a PC-12 / King Air and I will be starting small and ever so slowly adding to it.
First up will be a projector and a screen for the instruments, followed by a couple of switches for landing gears and have to somehow make something for flaps (3 way switch or rotary encoder perhaps ?).
Wouldn't mind building a radio stack purely to add to the realism of changing freqs, more so for additional realism and practise more than anything.
Cheers for a good forum (I'd put a thumbs up, but no icon for it)
Signed up about a week ago, been looking around the place and it seems very informative.
I think Ill be sticking around here a while so thought I'd say hello :p
Bit about myself,
Names Daniel, I live in Australia (Perth) and have been into planes since I can remember.
Started flying at 12 but it was an hour or two a year so decided it wasn't worth it until I could pay for myself and do an hour every week/fortnight.
So with that, I asked for Flight Sim 2000 and since began the simming days.
I'm now 2 tests away (theory and prac) from obtaining my PPL in a 172, also will be able to fly the Eagle 150.
Always was mesmerised by people who make up life like cockpits but never had the skills, time, money or patience to attempt it.
I still don't have the skill or any real spare cash left over but its enough to get started.
Have been thinking about building a generic, but strong resemlance to a PC-12 / King Air and I will be starting small and ever so slowly adding to it.
First up will be a projector and a screen for the instruments, followed by a couple of switches for landing gears and have to somehow make something for flaps (3 way switch or rotary encoder perhaps ?).
Wouldn't mind building a radio stack purely to add to the realism of changing freqs, more so for additional realism and practise more than anything.
Cheers for a good forum (I'd put a thumbs up, but no icon for it)