CRJ 200 at home - progress of my project

[Lechtej]

Dear All,

From December 2012 I'm working on CRJ-200 home cockpit.

At the begining I would have only throttle quadrant, but during my work on it, I decided to build something more.

My cockpit is in fact low-cost project, it means, that most things are hand-made.

My project based on:
X-plane 10+
CRJ-200 by J.Rollon - (great plane!!)
XHSI (in the future I would like to customize it a little bit for CRJ) or I try to ask my coleaques to write new soft for it,
input hardware - hand-made: Mjoy16 and Mjoy encoders - in next month I will have three new input plates - DMkeys8 by DAMOS (more in Google :) )
output hardware - hand-made: SimOUT XL (Polish project for Simbuilders);
and temporarly: Saitek Pro flight equipment.

In the next steps, I would like to build:
synchronizes Yoke colums;
seats for captain and F/O with buttkickers (or subwoofers) inside
More work on panels and hardware
CDU - in progress

Now I'm working on Autopilot Panel and CDU.

I have my blog in Wordpress about this project - I put there description about every updates in my cockpit.
crj200athome | How to make own home cockpit (http://crj200athome.wordpress.com/)
Here You can find link to gallery - many photos:) Gallery | crj200athome (http://crj200athome.wordpress.com/gallery)

I made also short movie on Youtube from, but last time I made a lot.
crj 200 home cockpit - KSFO approach and landing - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6oBPNA7SmA)

I hope, that I can use some of Your knwledge to my project, and I'm sure, that I can help in many issues I solved yet.

[Avro748]

All I can say is... wow. I only have one panel, and the output's aren't even finished yet. I've already spent about $110. How much has this cost you so far?

[Geremy Britton]

That's a very interesting build, keep up the excellent work and it's great to see an unusual aircraft cockpit.
Best Regards

[Lechtej]

Hello.


All I can say is... wow. I only have one panel, and the output's aren't even finished yet. I've already spent about $110. How much has this cost you so far?

So from the beginning:

Frame, walls etc. about 130 Euro
Foamed PVC (painted to grey and formed parts) 50 Euro
Electronic parts (DIY) 75 Euro
Existing switches. encoders, and other staff not more than 50 Euro
Screens - monitors (second hand) include CDU (2x LCD 15", 1xLCD 17", 1x LCD 5,6") 60 Euro
26 Panels from Plexiglas 80 Euro include cutting, engraving and paint
Other parts from Plexiglas (like CDU x 2, screen frames and other which I haven't shown yet) 25 Euro
Construction foam + paint + glue + screws and metal parts - not more than 100 Euro together.

TOTAL: 570 Euro.
Additionally
Tools about 100 Euro.
Projector (also used, after 470 hours of service) Optoma EX551 - 195 Euro

Saitek equipment in fact is temporary - before I have started to build cockpit, I bought new: Yoke with quadrant, rudder pedals, A/P panel and switch panel - Together on Polish market there were about 450-500 Euro. In the future I would like to sell it.

Computer - I have quite powerful laptop, which I bought a half a year before I started to build cockpit - about 1000 Euro

And of course X-plane and CRJ-200 by J.Rollon costs.

Best regards
Leszek

[Lechtej]

Hello.
Last time I had mot much time, but I made some progress.
I have rebuild idea of Panels - firs layer is not Plexi, but engraving laminat.
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I have made also next steps of CDU and I found solutions how to use orginal buttos of corry switches.
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Everything related to progress of my project is on my blog, so enjoy:)

[gokhotit]

I am a real life CRJ Mechanic. I am working closely with a guy in England who is also doing a CRJ200. You should check it out.
crjsim | A site dedicated to CRJ200/ 700 Home Cockpits and wider knowledge of the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet family of aircraft. Andy and Lutz wish you a warm welcome and we hope you find the site informative and interesting. If you are buildin (http://www.xplanecrj.com)

[Lechtej]

Hello, I made some update of my sim - unfirtunately I spent a lot of time abroad, so I haven't too much time to make everything what I want.

Full progress You can find on my blog - I made rest of panels, also solve issue related to korry switches:) Below links to some pictures.




I am a real life CRJ Mechanic. I am working closely with a guy in England who is also doing a CRJ200. You should check it out.
crjsim | A site dedicated to CRJ200/ 700 Home Cockpits and wider knowledge of the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet family of aircraft. Andy and Lutz wish you a warm welcome and we hope you find the site informative and interesting. If you are buildin (http://www.xplanecrj.com/)

Thank You Gokhotit; of course I know very well this website, and I have also some contact with it's author. This is great site made by grat man!

It is very good to know, that You are real CRJ Mechanic - I hope I could use Your expirience in near future;)??

http://crj200athome.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/img_5387.jpg
http://crj200athome.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/img_5395.jpg
http://crj200athome.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/img_5389.jpg

Best regards
Leszek

[Lechtej]

Dear All,

As usual there were not enough time to make significant progress, because of my work abroad, but I've started to develop some glass cockpit software for CRJ.

Now my and my colleague from IT have prepared some POC - some IT code, xml's and PNG files.

Goal is to build user friendly software, easy to edit for CRJ builders or even for other not very common planes.

Please find below link to my blog, where You can find some screenshots and picture:http://crj200athome.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/software-for-glass-cocpit-project/

Enjoy
Leszek

[Lechtej]

Hello,

I made some progrees in my CRJ cockpit application development.
More You can find at my blog (like always:))
http://crj200athome.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/software-for-glass-cockpit-update-communicates-with-x-plane-via-udp/

I also made short movie how does it work: http://youtu.be/P-7hlpygiwg
...and of course please find below some pictures :)

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[Lechtej]

Hello
In the Eastern I made some CDU progress - like always not enough time:(
In the meantime I made some movie - enjoy: http://youtu.be/MZF0F5chdaQ
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[Lechtej]

Dear All,
Please find below my latest update - more in my blog:
CDU Next steps: <!-- m -->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QHmxbrp6A<!-- m -->
Cockpit frame + platform update
DmKeys8 - Input hardware update - DmKeys8 by Damos (<!-- m -->https://sites.google.com/site/damosmpds/home<!-- m -->)
Wires
Korryswitches - lights
Enjoy:
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[Lechtej]

Dear Friend.
Last time I have focuesd on moving my simulatior to my sons kindergarten – why? Because:
Last time in my son’s kindergarden/school, teachers told to parents about changing education method (to Montesori method).
This education method requires buyin a special education equipment for children and rebuilding rooms, which costs a lot of money.
In my head appeared idea about organising charity event for parents, grandparents and some other guests, to collect some part of money. I thought about moving my cockpit into Kindergarten for event time, and I made it.
IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT OUR CHARITY ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT ME: (http://crj200athome.wordpress.com/contact/))
Today there was firs test flights, because in the meantime I spend a lot of time made for moving all staff to another location and I made a lot of changes in wires and big progress related to avionics.
Some new movies You can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwWtetIo8uY

[Lechtej]

Next steps:
1. I have started to build cockpit shell,


2. CDU is working nice and looks nice:)

Enjoy)

[xplanematt]

X-Plane 10, represent! :) Shell looks great, and NICE video! You have made some awesome progress. I bet you also just became the coolest dad at your son's kindergarten. :)

[Lechtej]

Hello,
I haven't updated my progress for so long, but it doesn't mean that I didn't make nothing at all.

First - I moved whole cockpit to my flat, to wardrobe room (2,6x1,9m).
Second - I made next step in building yoke columns.
Third - I made part of interior - headlining

Please, find below some pictures:



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