PhilippN
09-03-2016, 12:17 PM
Hello everyone,
after showing it in some german forums, I decided to share it with you as well.
What this topic is about ? About a completely self-build Cessna Citation cockpit, which is work in progress.
The project began in the end of February and took until now about 400 – 500 hrs.
It all started with hours and hours of studying which type, what equipment and so on.
Thereafter I had to draw everything myself, as there is absolutly nothing you can base your work on.
This is a little overview of the drawings.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7352/26935840042_41a3aef893_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H3edPd)
Of course there are a lot more drawings, I'm having a folder full of them and a lot more saved on my computer.
What you can see here is a drawing in my CAM software. The sense of this software is to make a program for the cnc machine out of the drawing.
https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7570/26426593403_d3f29d91b0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GgecwK)
For everyone who is thinking about building: I used Polycarbonat for this project, which is a quite fantastic material!
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7191/26366130374_61b237eb8e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GaTiYJ)
For the project I have currently access to two cnc machines: One „small“ one, which is owned by a friend of mine in Berlin. That's this one:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7635/26698229200_d66ae35c3a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepoy)
And the „big“ one, which is mainly used to make the larger parts and panels.
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8587/28539711013_68dc9d8cc5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KtXtLZ)
This is one of the best moments: Getting your finished parts out of the machine!
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7026/26424789284_8f8bbaa529_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Gg4Xef)
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7575/26366131754_d346d920c7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GaTjow)
And then it was all about milling, milling and milling. This can be quite cool to watch, but if something does not work, it's pure stress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5NR3Days3s
One.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7302/26756395540_9f554800b8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GLnwdu)
Two
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7657/26698229130_533c854855_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepnm)
Three
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7709/26698229170_6d4701f3bf_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepo3)
Four
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7365/26698228980_f626d370d2_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepjL)
The fifth part is currently WIP, of which I have no picture.
Then the painting started, take care when painting Polycarbonat, it needs a special primer!
Priming:
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7384/26698229190_1680df78f7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepoo)
White is not what the citation looks like, so make it gray ;)
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7615/26769945694_96d959dc29_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GMyYcQ)
And this is when the wiring started:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7378/26770915833_e7840b6e92_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GMDWAn)
I know, there shouldnt be my Twix ??? ::)
https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7360/27306924571_c2bda93277_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HB28jk)
This is how it looked like after about 4 hrs. Nowadays it's about 30 to 40 metres cable only within this panel.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7281/27377549705_360b545948_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HHg6H4)
Engraving started. Something new for me, so it all started with a lot of tests. When the cnc machine was build, noone took it that precise. So it took me one day to make it as precise as 1/20 mm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qaa6jM8QMM
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7325/28000756146_5d84e86196_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JEkcgG)
And these are the moments, when you realize the whole work is worth it. When I first saw it, I was a kind of speechless ;)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8899/27671579144_9acb4ab1c7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Jaf5q9)
Started with making the plates behind the plates. Its all about backlightning, instruments and so on.
https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7759/27688251423_b9aec49818_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JbHwve)
First test ;)
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8762/28304091325_cc74eaea73_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K88Sfz)
And this is how it looked like after about 6 months :D Quite awesome to see, and the first time I was absolutlely speechless. Never thought it would look like this.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8874/28275762056_91af8baf9a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K5CEWU)
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8847/28309977035_cc780d3386_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K8E2Sk)
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8543/27759411593_3309430362_c.jpg (http://[URL="https://flic.kr/p/Ji1eWH%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8543/27759411593_3309430362_c.jpg%5B/img%5D%5B/url")
Most of the pictures here were just made with my mobile phone, so I'm sorry for the bad quality.
Regards
Philipp
after showing it in some german forums, I decided to share it with you as well.
What this topic is about ? About a completely self-build Cessna Citation cockpit, which is work in progress.
The project began in the end of February and took until now about 400 – 500 hrs.
It all started with hours and hours of studying which type, what equipment and so on.
Thereafter I had to draw everything myself, as there is absolutly nothing you can base your work on.
This is a little overview of the drawings.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7352/26935840042_41a3aef893_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/H3edPd)
Of course there are a lot more drawings, I'm having a folder full of them and a lot more saved on my computer.
What you can see here is a drawing in my CAM software. The sense of this software is to make a program for the cnc machine out of the drawing.
https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7570/26426593403_d3f29d91b0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GgecwK)
For everyone who is thinking about building: I used Polycarbonat for this project, which is a quite fantastic material!
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7191/26366130374_61b237eb8e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GaTiYJ)
For the project I have currently access to two cnc machines: One „small“ one, which is owned by a friend of mine in Berlin. That's this one:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7635/26698229200_d66ae35c3a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepoy)
And the „big“ one, which is mainly used to make the larger parts and panels.
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8587/28539711013_68dc9d8cc5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KtXtLZ)
This is one of the best moments: Getting your finished parts out of the machine!
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7026/26424789284_8f8bbaa529_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Gg4Xef)
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7575/26366131754_d346d920c7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GaTjow)
And then it was all about milling, milling and milling. This can be quite cool to watch, but if something does not work, it's pure stress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5NR3Days3s
One.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7302/26756395540_9f554800b8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GLnwdu)
Two
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7657/26698229130_533c854855_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepnm)
Three
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7709/26698229170_6d4701f3bf_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepo3)
Four
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7365/26698228980_f626d370d2_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepjL)
The fifth part is currently WIP, of which I have no picture.
Then the painting started, take care when painting Polycarbonat, it needs a special primer!
Priming:
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7384/26698229190_1680df78f7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFepoo)
White is not what the citation looks like, so make it gray ;)
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7615/26769945694_96d959dc29_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GMyYcQ)
And this is when the wiring started:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7378/26770915833_e7840b6e92_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GMDWAn)
I know, there shouldnt be my Twix ??? ::)
https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7360/27306924571_c2bda93277_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HB28jk)
This is how it looked like after about 4 hrs. Nowadays it's about 30 to 40 metres cable only within this panel.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7281/27377549705_360b545948_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HHg6H4)
Engraving started. Something new for me, so it all started with a lot of tests. When the cnc machine was build, noone took it that precise. So it took me one day to make it as precise as 1/20 mm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qaa6jM8QMM
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7325/28000756146_5d84e86196_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JEkcgG)
And these are the moments, when you realize the whole work is worth it. When I first saw it, I was a kind of speechless ;)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8899/27671579144_9acb4ab1c7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Jaf5q9)
Started with making the plates behind the plates. Its all about backlightning, instruments and so on.
https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7759/27688251423_b9aec49818_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JbHwve)
First test ;)
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8762/28304091325_cc74eaea73_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K88Sfz)
And this is how it looked like after about 6 months :D Quite awesome to see, and the first time I was absolutlely speechless. Never thought it would look like this.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8874/28275762056_91af8baf9a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K5CEWU)
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8847/28309977035_cc780d3386_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K8E2Sk)
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8543/27759411593_3309430362_c.jpg (http://[URL="https://flic.kr/p/Ji1eWH%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8543/27759411593_3309430362_c.jpg%5B/img%5D%5B/url")
Most of the pictures here were just made with my mobile phone, so I'm sorry for the bad quality.
Regards
Philipp