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Sep 10^th, 2004 at 1:07pm

watteville Offline
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Hello, I am about to finish the construction of a small combat flight simulator cockpit inspired by WW2 fighters.

My approach to this is to create a finished object from "wingtip" to "wingtip" and from nose to tail.

I decided to make the fuselage of my Simpit elliptical and out of metal. It has 2 short stubby wings and skids.

This is the third Simpit I have built and it will be ready in about 2 months.

This is what it looks like in my New York studio right now. It is upside down and I just finished polishing its belly.

I will post more pictures and construction details as I go along. untill the first fligt.

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Reply #1 - Sep 10^th, 2004 at 10:41pm

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Hi Watteville
That look fantastic. Glad to hear from yet another ww2 simpit builder , we are starting to get a few of them on this Forum now.
I can't wait to see more pics of your pit , it looks like it is very well built and the metal work looks surperb.

cheers
chuckcrc

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Reply #2 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 12:50am

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Watteville,

Hi and welcome to SimV and the "Homebuild Forum".

Nice looking work there. Clearly your have some metalworking skills. That mig/tig tack welded or riveted or what? What kind of metal? How thick? What is the underlying framework?

I noticed the word "studio" in your post. Being a visual artist myself...... I tend to notice that word. Wondering if we share some "professional background". Or if you mean a "studio apartment" type living situation.

Please keep us all posted here on your ongoing work on the project.

best,

....................john

My studio also doubles as my simpit construction hanger.

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Reply #3 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 8:11am

watteville Offline
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September 11, 2004 ( A sad day here)

Thank you for your kind words, I took more pictures and I hope you will get a better feel of this thing

Here is the Simpit on its wings/legs, from 3/4 back, the door is closed. It is perfectly
cylindrical in section and elliptical in plan/elevation. The structure is 3/8 x 3/4 Poplar
longerons on 3/4" Plywood frames the aluminium plares are riveted directly to the wood. I
still have a few aluminium plates to install on the left. The rectangular hole on the left will
be the opening for loading CD's it will open like an airbrake. My son calls this machine the
Rocketship, I just call it the Rocket.

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Reply #4 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 3:09am

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Wow Dude! That's a piece of art in itself, can't wait to see the finished pit! Shocked

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Reply #5 - Sep 29^th, 2004 at 3:37pm

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Reply #6 - Oct 6^th, 2004 at 8:50pm