New member building a Dehavilland Dove.

[remcosol]

And these are examples of the night lighting:

[remcosol]

It's been a year already!!!!!

A lot has been done the last year, altough not much is visible at this time........ It's all so time consuming.....

The power supply that supplies all the juice (26v ac/dc 26v 400hz and 115v 400hz) has been totally rebuild and will be tested soon. Finally the fuel levers and oilcooler switches have been fitted into the small throttle box. this was al lot of work!

Also the side panels have been fitted and connected. ( more panels will be build soon) Due to shortage of space the panels are installed higher than original

A very friendly friend has coverted a rpm gauge so it can bee used in fsx (couldn't use it in the original state)

And some warning lights have been installed (panel has to be painted and engraved).

Al lot of background work on rudders and yoke has been done and they now work ( they still need to be connected to the artificial feel) .

And a bunch of stuff that i probably forgot......

Here are some pictures and two small movies (sound is bad but it gives you an idea).

It shows the levers being installed . And the movies show the starting sequence , the side panels , rpm gauge , fuel pressure warning lights and fuel levers working.


internal connection of fuel levers and oil cooler levers:



front side:


backside:


connected together:




putting the front on:




it has to go inhere:





installed:








warning light panel: (9lights)



side panels:






And the 2 short clips:

http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02489.mp4

http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02490.mp4

[remcosol]

Time for a little update again in lo-res format ( i can't find my camera ....)

Now that the power supply is working correct again the instrument red lighting brightness is working correct. White lighting will also be installed:











Also the panel glareshield has been made and still has to be finished with buttons switches light etc.:





And another side project has been put back together again!!!!

It is a martin baker mk2 - 3ks/1 mk.4 ejection seat out of a vulcan bomber. We have had this seat for over 20 years now and had been in starage for a couple of years. It has now been put back together again!!

[remcosol]

Today i have been spray painting the glareshield panel lightning. For the engine instruments i will be using an original panel light system but for the basic six a had to make my own. Tomorrow some pictures will be posted.

[remcosol]

Here a little indication of what the glareshield lights look like:







The light for the engine instruments is an original lighting element :










What it will look like:

[remcosol]

Today i have made some small clips to show you a bit of what is working:

Edit: just click on the link, the clicking on the picture doesn't work for some reason

Battery on:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02639.mp4




Fuel selectors and cowlflaps:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02640.mp4


Fuel pumps:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02641.mp4


engine start:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02642.mp4


adjusting ADI:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02643.mp4


Flaps:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...MOV02644-2.mp4


A bit of throttle:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02645.mp4


Take off:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02646.mp4


Airwork:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02629.mp4


Approach:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02632.mp4


Landing:
http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=MOV02635.mp4


Just to give you an idea..
Edit: just click on the link, the clicking on the picture doesn't work for some reason

[wohnlich]

One reason to register at this board was to say how amazing your project is. I admire your an yor dad's skill and determination. Hats off!

[remcosol]

@ Wohnlich : thanks for the nice comment!!! Altough it is a lot of work i think my dad did the most work 20 years a go!

best regards Remco

[remcosol]

It is time for a little update again. Altough the altimeter still is not working a lot of other stuff has been done.

Mainly panel building and connecting them to flightsim (which was more work than expected....)

I've build the panels out of aluminium , spraypainted black and used photopaper (also spraypainted) for the "engraved" letters. The middle panel is backlighted , the outerpanels have got "floodlight" lighting on it.

The rightpanel with magneto's and starter switches on them:



nightlight:





To connect seperate magneto switches and starter switches to fsuipc is impossible for some reason.... i had to emulate keyboard keys to get it working correctly . Can also be done with a usb axes card.

The centerpanel with warning lights:



Backlighted (bad photo sorry):



The lefthand panel: with generator , battery isolation , autopilot and low fuel lights on it ( needs to have one more red cover in stead of orange for the gen2). The autopilot is heading and altitude hold only, which for some reason works incorrectly....





And some general pictures, as you can see it ist still only the panel and no windows etc. This will be done as last.

[remcosol]

The panel building continues,

Firstly i have connected the glareshield lights.They can also be dimmed:



(nice 70's picture) .

Then the fire and feather panel had to be build.:

For this i just use a 90 "bend" piece of aluminium and just some power tools to make it the size and shape i want ( a lot of work since i don't have professional tools):



Then test if all switches etc. fit:



Spray paint it with primer:



Then the color you want: (black in my case)



Get the old printer out and make the backplate with the letters etc. you want. Then spray paint bits of it and put it together:





It's not perfect but good enough for me!

And a little clip of what it looks like in the cruise phase:

http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...t=370b8a5e.mp4