This Is Unreal!!!

[AndyT]

The first time I flew with my guages working was a blast! I had wondered if it was really going to work and YES! It did!
Congrats! Keep it up and don't quit flying.

[mauriceb]

And now, you're going to be even more hooked on 'trivial details'. I know because even though I'm nowhere as addicted to details & fidelity of reproduction as you are, the closer you get to a 'real' filght deck, the closer you want to get even if you don't really believe that it is necessary for your flying enjoyment (like it is in my case).

My deepest sympathies & congratulations . Very nice work!

Maurice

[Tomlin]

Congrats Mike, it's looking great.

I too had a very similar experience this past weekend when I got the MIP stand moved into the house and did a test flight with the displays mounted on the stand and all lit up. Then I got the yoke mounted on a temp column/table just for convienience. It's a great feeling, to sit in front of your setup and be able to control stuff aint it?!

All the Best,

[Michael Carter]

You're probably right. But since you just don't see 727 home-grown simulators every day, I want it as correct as I can make it.

There are several things I'm glad I didn't do, and a few that I wish I could have afforded, and plenty still to do yet.

But at least the biggest hurdle has been crossed and I'm thankful for that.

I still have annunciators to wire and I'm still undecided about what cards to use. No one supports 24VDC except for one whose shipping I refuse to pay.

Another computer will probably be needed to drive the other monitor. This old dog can't take much more and frame rates are down with the addition of the instrument panel monitor. Besides, I want to add WX radar and a fourth monitor will be needed as well.

Radios need to be purchased or modified. Maybe this winter when there's two feet of snow on the ground I might try a mod on one of my Collins heads.
At least the Collins SP-50 auto pilot works.

Yep, still a lot to do.

[Michael Carter]

Congrats Mike, it's looking great.

I too had a very similar experience this past weekend when I got the MIP stand moved into the house and did a test flight with the displays mounted on the stand and all lit up. Then I got the yoke mounted on a temp column/table just for convienience. It's a great feeling, to sit in front of your setup and be able to control stuff aint it?!

All the Best,

It sure is. I kept looking up at the outside display out of habit looking for the instruments. They were right where they should have been.

And talk about visible! I can now see a one degree change on the HSI and RMI. Before, I never knew if I was actually flying a precise heading without the little pop-up flag to tell me.

[Matt Olieman]

Hi Mike, this sure brings back memories of my first flight, just makes me smile all over again

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

You ready for me to take a trip to see you?

[Geremy Britton]

Well done. I bet its a fantastic experiance. i was very happy just getting my throttle programmed and working. I best contain myself when i eventually get to your stage.

Congratulations,

Geremy

[David Rogers]

Awesome thread!

Isn't it just great to hear someone say that they're really enjoying the fruit of their labour. The sweat, the problems, the disappointments..... now the FUN!

You should be proud of what you have up to now - it looks awesome, puts us 'Glass Cockpitters' to shame! I love the 727 and the DF that you've based it on is one of my fave FS addons of all time. I just don't have the DIY experience to be able to take on a project like that, hence my nice easy Engravity MIP / CP MCP type 737 project (that's enough sweat and blood for me!).

So congrats and glad you enjoyed the first flight - would love to see more pics of your '27 (especially when you have a nice big projector / screens!).

[Michael Carter]

At first I didn't think it would be possible to use the DF727 for this sim. With some help from Paul Golding, several late nights and hair-pulling sessions, it's working.

In fact, since I've figured out what I'm doing, it's gotten a lot easier. I do wish the 'light' would come on like that more often!

Sky's the limit now.

[David Rogers]

How did you get the exterior view seperated from the panel ?

I might be going mad but I am sure that when I tried using the DF727 with multi monitors and tried to "undock" the exterior view, it was attached to the panel (ie... both the exterior view and the panel undocked as one item).

Does this ring a bell Mike or have I lost the plot ?

The flight dynamics of the DF727 are just the best ever... (I would say even more superior to Level D 767)..... you really feel you are steering a few hundred tonnes when you fly that model!