Simviation Forum - Dave "Funhouse" Spitfire Project...

	Search the archive:

Simviation Main Site | Site Search | Upload Images

Simviation Forum › Computer Hardware & Software Forum › HomeBuild Cockpits › Dave "Funhouse" Spitfire Project...

(Moderators: Mitch., Fly2e, ozzy72, beaky, Clipper, JBaymore, Bob70, BigTruck)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

Send Topic

Print

Dave "Funhouse" Spitfire Project... (Read 6843 times)

Oct 2^nd, 2004 at 9:02pm

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Hello chaps,
my first post here, good to see some other WW2 pits are being constructed. I'm in the process building a Spitfire MkV cockpit section, along with another guy. I am doing the fab work , the other guy is working on the pit interface system . i have a small website detailing the construction progress if anyones interested.
http://www.simhardware.org/

Good to be here chaps,
all the best
Dave

« Last Edit: Dec 15^th, 2004 at 8:55pm by Fly2e »

IP Logged

Reply #1 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 5:13am

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

Dave that is INCREDIBLE work!!!
I'll be keeping an eye on your site for regular updates...

Ozzy Wink

Wink

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

IP Logged

Reply #2 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 6:37am

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Hi Ozzy,
thanks for the kind words. It's been a steep learning curve on the sheet metalwork side of the project, but a great experience.

Thanks
Dave

IP Logged

Reply #3 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 8:46am

JBaymore Offline
Global Moderator
Under the curse of the
hombuilt cockpit!

Gender:
Posts: 10261

Dave,

Totally amazing approach to the project! Most of us tend to use easy to form wood to try to simulate all the metal parts. It never looks quite "real", and the moving levers and such never feel quite real. You stuff looks like you are fabricating the real aircraft from a kit Wink

Wink

.

I am very impressed with your craftsmanship Shocked

Shocked

. Nice job.

Hey..... now that Ozzy has spotted you... he'll probably ask you to build a simpit for him too. When you quote the price for him, please remember that you will have some extra major design headaches in dealing with his pit.

And I am not quite sure how you will figure out how to mount it all upside down on the ceiling Wink

Wink

Wink

.

Seriously.... welcome to the "Homebuild Cockpits Forum" here on SimV. I think a lot of people will be following your project. In addition to updating your own website......... please pop some info and pictures here occasionally.

best,

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

Intel i7 960 quad 3.2G LGA 1366, Asus P6X58D Premium, 750W Corsair, 6 gig 1600 DDR3, Spinpoint 1TB 7200 HD, Caviar 500G 7200 HD, GTX275 1280M, Logitec Z640, Win7 Pro 64b, CH Products yoke, pedals + throttle quad, simpit

IP Logged

Reply #4 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 8:50am

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Hello John,
thanks for the welcome and the kind words. Ozzy has already been in contact Grin

Grin

. I'd be happy to post some photos,if that's ok.

All the best

Dave

IP Logged

Reply #5 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 8:56am

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

Dave. I just happened to spot this thread. I've only had a quick look at your website & all I can say is WOW.........! Shocked

Shocked

If you want my honest opinion you're wasting your time with simpits. I don't know what you do for a living but your skills would be very useful & much appreciated in the warbird restoration business, building & restoring real aircraft. This is outstanding work by anyone's standards.

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

IP Logged

Reply #6 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 9:14am

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Thanks for the positive feedback on the project, though my thanks must go to my wife, not many woman out there that would put up with 8 feet of spitfire cockpit in the spare room.
Believe me guys, there are people out there with far more skill than i'll ever have.
A few photos of parts for the project,

all the best

Dave

« Last Edit: Oct 10^th, 2005 at 8:23pm by funhouse »

IP Logged

Reply #7 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 9:47am

JBaymore Offline
Global Moderator
Under the curse of the
hombuilt cockpit!

Gender:
Posts: 10261

Dave,

Thanks for the new pictures of the pit here. The more I see... the more astounded I get Shocked

Shocked

Shocked

Shocked

.

Hagar is right..... you likely could turn your hobby into a profession.

Where did you learn metal fabrication? You obviously have access to some good tools..... some of the heavier metal work looks like it came from a CNC machine.

best,

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

Intel i7 960 quad 3.2G LGA 1366, Asus P6X58D Premium, 750W Corsair, 6 gig 1600 DDR3, Spinpoint 1TB 7200 HD, Caviar 500G 7200 HD, GTX275 1280M, Logitec Z640, Win7 Pro 64b, CH Products yoke, pedals + throttle quad, simpit

IP Logged

Reply #8 - Oct 3^rd, 2004 at 10:35am

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Hi John,
I'm a toolmaker by trade, the sheet metalwork is "on the job traning" i learned when building the cockpit. I am lucky enough to have my own small workshop at home, but none of the parts are made on CNC machines and most are just simple fabrication work using basic hand tools . The cockpit frames are made from .040" (1 mm) bending quility sheet aluminum, and then bent round full size MDF formers using very basic hand tools,i.e soft face mallet, some "G" cramps to hold the sheet in place while its being worked.
There is a small "how to" on my website regarding the sheet metal forming http://www.simhardware.org/page9.html. I am certainly no expert on sheetmetal work, and the method used is simple but worked ok.
Dave

IP Logged

Reply #9 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 8:01am

chuckcrc Offline
Colonel
Simpit builder
Australia

Gender:
Posts: 170

Dave
I've just been to your site and I'm blown way !!!
Your simpit is an outstanding piece of work, fantastic !!
The workmanship is INCREDIBLE, BRILLANT !!
A Spitfire simpit is always something I've dreamed about but the problems with forming the canopy etc was too difficult for me to overcome so I settled on something a bit easier.
Do you have full scale plans ?
I think you need to keep going , you know - add some wings a tail and a motor and fly that sucker !!
Seriously though ,that is absolutely outstanding work , please keep us updated and thanks very much for sharing your work with us.

All the best
chuckcrc

IP Logged

Reply #10 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 9:42am

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Hi Chuckcrc,
thanks for taking time to visit the site and for the comments.
After some long evenings spent looking for useful info for the project, i found a company that sells copies of the original factroy drawings. Better still, the company will e mail the requested drawing ( usually the same day, depending on the time of order) You can request hard copies, but these are slightly more expensive. Guess thats a rather long winded way of saying yes to your question regarding plans Wink

Wink

.
The Canopy will certainly be a challenge, I'm going to use 1/4" thick MAKROLON (Polycarbonate) it has excellent bending qualities and can be hot or cold formed to very tight radii.
Thanks again for all the positive feedback and the interest shown
Dave

IP Logged

Reply #11 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 11:10am

JBaymore Offline
Global Moderator
Under the curse of the
hombuilt cockpit!

Gender:
Posts: 10261

Dave,

A polycarb canopy!! OK... the truth here....... you actually are going to FLY that thing, aren't you ? You just haven't figured out how to tell your wife about it. Wink

Wink

best,

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

Intel i7 960 quad 3.2G LGA 1366, Asus P6X58D Premium, 750W Corsair, 6 gig 1600 DDR3, Spinpoint 1TB 7200 HD, Caviar 500G 7200 HD, GTX275 1280M, Logitec Z640, Win7 Pro 64b, CH Products yoke, pedals + throttle quad, simpit

IP Logged

Reply #12 - Oct 4^th, 2004 at 11:23am

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Hi John,
Dam !, No fooling you guy's i guess. Just hope i can hide the plans for the Merlin from the real boss Wink

Wink

.

A few more pic's of some of the completed parts,
Frame 5
Compass bracket
And the Throttle

Dave

« Last Edit: Oct 10^th, 2005 at 8:24pm by funhouse »

IP Logged

Reply #13 - Oct 6^th, 2004 at 3:14pm

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Some of the latest work on the project, gunsight/dimming screen mount and the front end of the Kigas primer pump.

Dave

« Last Edit: Oct 10^th, 2005 at 8:24pm by funhouse »

IP Logged

Reply #14 - Oct 6^th, 2004 at 8:48pm

Flt.Lt.Andrew Ex Member

That is amazing...my mum wouldn't let me do that....
The detail... I think you should give t to a resoration group as Hagar says...
*stres in wonderment*

A.

IP Logged

Reply #15 - Oct 7^th, 2004 at 6:13am

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

Gosh Dave you have been busy Shocked

Shocked

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

IP Logged

Reply #16 - Oct 7^th, 2004 at 10:16am

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Finished the Kigas primer pump today, and made some good progress on the gunsight.

Dave

« Last Edit: Oct 10^th, 2005 at 8:25pm by funhouse »

IP Logged

Reply #17 - Oct 7^th, 2004 at 11:20am

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

Dave do you live in your workshop or something? Grin

Grin

Grin

Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

IP Logged

Reply #18 - Oct 7^th, 2004 at 11:24am

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Hi Ozzy,
most of the time yes, still at least my wife knows where i am Grin

Grin

,

Dave

IP Logged

Reply #19 - Oct 7^th, 2004 at 12:13pm

C Offline
Colonel
Earth

Posts: 13144

All I can say is:

1) Wow...

2) When are you going to build the rest of the aeroplane...

3) Can I have one (er, when I've paid off the student loan, er, finally settled in one house, and had a pay rise)???

Wink

Grin

Charlie

IP Logged

Reply #20 - Oct 7^th, 2004 at 12:22pm

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

I used to overhaul Kigas pumps. Yours looks better than the original ever did. I wouldn't be surprised if it works. Shocked

Shocked

I was serious about aircraft restoration work. Your project doesn't look much different to what these guys are doing. http://www.russellw.com/planes/ryan/cowling.htm

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

IP Logged

Reply #21 - Oct 7^th, 2004 at 12:22pm

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Hi Charlie,
the most expensive items for the project were the gauges, the sheet aluminium is £28 UK per 8' X 4' sheet.
But the largest investment is time. I have just over 400 hours on the project so far, and probably the same again on research .

Dave

IP Logged

Reply #22 - Oct 7^th, 2004 at 12:35pm

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Hagar,
thanks for the kind words, but i am not in the same league as the guys in the link. The sheet metalwork i had to pick up as i went along. I'm re making the pilots seat from sheet ali, and now have to learn how to do wired edges.

« Last Edit: Oct 10^th, 2004 at 7:57pm by funhouse »

IP Logged

Reply #23 - Oct 8^th, 2004 at 6:07am

C Offline
Colonel
Earth

Posts: 13144

Quote:

But the largest investment is time. I have just over 400 hours on the project so far, and probably the same again on research .

I can imagine...

Anyway, keep up the good work, I llok forward to seeing the finished cockpit.

Cheers

Charlie

IP Logged

Reply #24 - Oct 9^th, 2004 at 5:19pm

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Another part to cross off the build list, the early type gunsight.
I have afew problems with the reflected image as can be seen Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

, Oh well back to the drawing board.
Dave

« Last Edit: Oct 10^th, 2005 at 8:25pm by funhouse »

IP Logged

Reply #25 - Oct 10^th, 2004 at 2:38am

Flt.Lt.Andrew Ex Member

amazing!
What about the little adjusty thingy.... Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

Thats *drools*

A.

IP Logged

Reply #26 - Oct 29^th, 2004 at 6:50pm

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Some good news on the gunsight image problem, I managed to find some beamsplitter glass. The beamsplitter works great and only $20 including shipping to the UK from the USA Grin

Grin

.
Other work completed on the project includes the B/P pilots screen frame and I've almost completed the new build pilots seat.

Dave

IP Logged

Reply #27 - Oct 30^th, 2004 at 7:36am

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

I can't wait to see the new pics Dave Wink

Wink

Mark

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

IP Logged

Reply #28 - Nov 4^th, 2004 at 5:19pm

Simbuilder Offline
1st Lieutenant
I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 2

Three words:

OH MY GOD !!!

Been at your site and it is an absolutely amazing piece of work!

Chapeau !!!

IP Logged

Reply #29 - Nov 5^th, 2004 at 12:08am

Flt.Lt.Andrew Ex Member

Dude, I'm doing metal work in dt and I'm worse at it than a dead monkey. You however seem to have the right DNA.
Do not waste your talent.
Make the whole plane.

A,

IP Logged

Reply #30 - Nov 5^th, 2004 at 10:29am

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Quote:

Dude, I'm doing metal work in dt and I'm worse at it than a dead monkey.
A,

Hi Flt.Lt. Andrew,
Stick at the metal work you will get better. I never did any sheet metal work till i started the Spitfire Project, and had a few disapointments myself with some of the stuff.

Dave

IP Logged

Reply #31 - Nov 6^th, 2004 at 12:22am

Flt.Lt.Andrew Ex Member

thanks

Grin

A.

IP Logged

Reply #32 - Dec 15^th, 2004 at 8:52pm

Fly2e Offline
Global Moderator
It's 5 O'clock Somewhere!
KFRG

Gender:
Posts: 199132

To see what Dave is up to next, click on Link!!

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=homebuild;action=display;n...

Intel Core i7 Extreme Processor 965, 4.2GHz/8MB L3 Cache, Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Intel X58 Chipset Cross
Fire & SLI Supported, Mushkin Redline 6GB (3X2GB) Memory, eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, Vista 64.

IP Logged

Reply #33 - Jan 13^th, 2005 at 8:59pm

JBaymore Offline
Global Moderator
Under the curse of the
hombuilt cockpit!

Gender:
Posts: 10261

And Dave's astounding construction work continues......... check this link:

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=homebuild;action=display;n...

best,

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

Intel i7 960 quad 3.2G LGA 1366, Asus P6X58D Premium, 750W Corsair, 6 gig 1600 DDR3, Spinpoint 1TB 7200 HD, Caviar 500G 7200 HD, GTX275 1280M, Logitec Z640, Win7 Pro 64b, CH Products yoke, pedals + throttle quad, simpit

IP Logged

Reply #34 - Jan 21^st, 2005 at 5:21pm

_Ixe_Zitin Ex Member

i admire your work, i will like to do that work and have my proper spitfire, i cant because teh age and the money, but can you send me the maps of the anatomy of the plane?? much thanks

IP Logged

Reply #35 - Jan 29^th, 2005 at 5:39am

Flt.Lt.Andrew Ex Member

If you look on his site...there a plans link....

A.

IP Logged

Reply #36 - Mar 17^th, 2005 at 4:53pm

beaky Offline
Global Moderator
Uhhhh.... yup!
Newark, NJ USA

Gender:
Posts: 14187

With the quality of work I see here, you may as well build the whole airframe, and an engine to boot! Fantastic. How much will you charge to let poor desk- simmers like us just sit in it when it's done? Grin

Grin

IP Logged

Reply #37 - Mar 17^th, 2005 at 6:29pm

funhouse Offline
Colonel
UK

Gender:
Posts: 77

Quote:

How much will you charge to let poor desk- simmers like us just sit in it when it's done? Grin

Grin

If you figure the price of the airfair and the accommodation is worth it, no charge sir.
Thanks for the interest.
Dave

IP Logged

Reply #38 - Mar 18^th, 2005 at 9:23pm

beaky Offline
Global Moderator
Uhhhh.... yup!
Newark, NJ USA

Gender:
Posts: 14187

Quote:

If you figure the price of the airfair and the accommodation is worth it, no charge sir.
Thanks for the interest.
Dave

Okay... how about actually using it?
Y'know, I'll best Microsoft would pay you to tour with that rig, to airshows and computer gaming conventions...

IP Logged

Reply #39 - Mar 19^th, 2005 at 12:42pm

Woodlouse2002 Offline
Colonel
I like jam.
Cornwall, England

Gender:
Posts: 12574

Quote:

Okay... how about actually using it?
Y'know, I'll best Microsoft would pay you to tour with that rig, to airshows and computer gaming conventions...

If he was using an MS sim in it... Tongue

Tongue

Grin

Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!

IP Logged

Reply #40 - Mar 19^th, 2005 at 5:32pm

beaky Offline
Global Moderator
Uhhhh.... yup!
Newark, NJ USA

Gender:
Posts: 14187

Oh? What's he using.... (whispered)...ubisoft?

IP Logged

Reply #41 - Mar 21^st, 2005 at 5:47am

Flt.Lt.Andrew Ex Member

Oh my....did I hear....ubisoft does a better combat sim that makes more sense?

A.

IP Logged

Reply #42 - Mar 21^st, 2005 at 6:24pm

Woodlouse2002 Offline
Colonel
I like jam.
Cornwall, England

Gender:
Posts: 12574

Not Ubisoft either.

Rowans Battle of Britain. Shocked

Shocked

Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!

IP Logged

Reply #43 - Mar 22^nd, 2005 at 1:57am

Flt.Lt.Andrew Ex Member

Thats right it is Rowans eh.....I wonder how the actual cockpit itself is progressing....

A.

IP Logged

Reply #44 - May 19^th, 2005 at 6:09am

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

Pop over to Daves website for more info Wink

Wink

I am sending him some stuff for the next few parts just as soon as I get ICQ running properly again Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

IP Logged

Reply #45 - May 28^th, 2005 at 6:31pm

Airbus_eurofighter Offline
Colonel
Why payware if you have
freeware?

Posts: 283

Hi! Hard and good proyect Shocked

Shocked

Where do you get the blueprints??

I was searching for them since 6 months!!!

Zitin

Spitfire dreamer&&&& &&&&Im Who is trying to learn to overlock, to learn photoshop, to learn AFCAD, Jac's paintshop pro, Gmax... No time enough Sad

Sad

IP Logged

Reply #46 - May 30^th, 2005 at 2:13pm

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

Zitin if you want plans you have 2 options, either the RAF Museum at Hendon, they have nearly all the Supermarine sheets you'll need, but it will cost a fair penny.
Or if you just want some CDs of the MkV plans then contact the guys over at the Y2K Spitfire project in Canada, Harold will be glad to sell you the CDs, and the money goes to helping put Y2K back in the air Wink

Wink

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

IP Logged

Reply #47 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 9:56pm

turbo_skylane Offline
Colonel

Posts: 259

how much is this gonna cost?

Intel Q6600 @ 2.40GHz&&Crappy Asus OEM motherboard&&Noisy Seagate 320GB.&&BFG GeForce 8600GT OC 512mb&&Samsung 2GB system memory&&&&

IP Logged

Reply #48 - Dec 30^th, 2005 at 9:19am

Alphajet_Enthusiast Offline
Colonel
Belgae Gallorum Fortissimi

Gender:
Posts: 3144

Absolutely brilliant, I agree with the others that you should just put an engine in and take her up for real! Shocked

Shocked

This is an unprecedented level of craftmanship in my books, the detail that went into your work!

Fantastic wok, its hard to described how awed I am. Keep it up!

PS You've put in a hydraulic tank? Come on, you are planning to one day take her up for real! Wink

Wink

Macbook Pro | Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT | 2GB Ram | 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard

IP Logged

Reply #49 - Jan 21^st, 2006 at 7:18pm

SkyNoz Offline
Colonel
Project Kfir!

Gender:
Posts: 1720

Very nice work. Grin

Grin

Project Kfir!&&&&My Gmax page&&Aircraft modeler/Aircarft painter&&&&Aye the key!&&[GeneralEngineData]&&//0=Piston, 1=Jet, 2=None, 3=Helo-Turbine, 4=Rocket, 5=Turboprop

IP Logged

Reply #50 - Mar 15^th, 2006 at 1:37pm

Delta_ Offline
Colonel
Woah!
London, UK

Gender:
Posts: 2032

Wow... stunning... Shocked

Shocked

My system:Intel Q6600@3.6GHz, Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2-6400 (4-4-4-12-1T) , Sapphire 7850 OC 2BG 920/5000, X-Fi Fatality, Corsair AX 750, 7 Pro x64

IP Logged

Reply #51 - Sep 23^rd, 2006 at 10:09am

supersabre79 Offline
Colonel
"Spatium Superanus Palatinus"
VENEZUELA

Gender:
Posts: 211

gosh! NOW THIS IS A COCKPIT FOR JESUS CHRIST!!!well don let me in on that cockpit y would probably wont come out never .. soo cool man that's the way proyects has to Be done...

* goes out runnig to see if the airbase will sell a piece of an f-5

CLAUDIO SANCHEZ / HANGARCEROUNO

IP Logged

Reply #52 - Oct 17^th, 2006 at 4:29pm

pepper_airborne Offline
Colonel
Voorhout - The Netherlands

Posts: 2390

If you can build this then why dont you build the real thing, all it should do is take a little bit more time. Cheesy

Cheesy

Looking fantastic there, il surely watch this closely.

http://white-line.org/&&;

IP Logged

Reply #53 - Feb 12^th, 2008 at 9:42am

Wing Nut Offline
Colonel
Hoy-Hoy!

Gender:
Posts: 14173

Just making sure this stays current! I like the idea of renting the thing out to MS when it's done for promotion. Great stuff!

HP p7-1300w
AMD Athlon II X4 650 Quad-core 3.2 Ghz
23" HP Widescreen monitor/19" Dell monitor
Windows 7 Home Premium
16 Gb DDR3 PC10600 Ram
1 Gb GeForce GTX 550Ti video card
1 TB RAID Drives

If you want to see the most beautiful girl in the world, CLICK HERE!

IP Logged

Reply #54 - Feb 21^st, 2008 at 8:17pm

EchoLdrWolf Offline
Colonel
J-3 Cub Pilot
Newton, N.J.

Gender:
Posts: 484

Now that's a homebuilt cockpit. It'd probably be easier to just build the whole plan to practice in (then just be able to plug it in to FS and fly there for pratice). Still... amazing!! That will be a very realistic sim for you. Microsofr would probably pay you a lot to display that for people.

<center> </center>

IP Logged

Reply #55 - Aug 17^th, 2008 at 7:56am

nicolivory Offline
2nd Lieutenant
Hello!
Normandy, France

Gender:
Posts: 1

Bonjour All !

Any updates or news about this project ?
Dave, if you read this, could you get in touch with me ?

Best Regards

IP Logged

Reply #56 - Aug 25^th, 2008 at 3:26pm

Groundbound1 Offline
Colonel
No, I don't work for Mythbusters...
Michigan, USA

Gender:
Posts: 1745

INCREDIBLE! Why not just keep going, and skip the sim altogether!?! Shocked

Shocked

Specs: Asus Crosshair nForce 590 SLI,
AMD Athlon X2 6400+ w/ZeroTherm BTF90,
4GB G.Skill PI Series DDR2-800,
Sapphire HD4870 512MB,
PC P&C 750 Quad, in a CoolerMaster HAF932

IP Logged

Reply #57 - Apr 24^th, 2009 at 2:40pm

Matt Thomas Offline
Colonel
Happy Landings!

Posts: 13

This is an astounding project. I hope the effort is still alive, the website
http://www.simhardware.org/page2.html shows no updates for over 18 months.

Matt Thomas&&Kansas City

IP Logged

Reply #58 - Apr 24^th, 2009 at 6:15pm

HarvesteR Offline
Colonel
F/A-18 HARV Almost
has my name on it!
Mexico, DF :D

Gender:
Posts: 707

Yeah, I wonder what happened there... this thread was started in '04 Huh

Huh

The site hasn't changed much from what I remembered from the first time I saw it... The last update is from '07

I hope he hasn't abandoned the idea... he put so much work into it...

Cheers

Cheesy

NEW PC SPECS: Intel Core i7 920 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 PC12800 RAM- Intel DX58SO Mobo - Geforce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 - 3x LG1952h LCDs through Matrox's TH2Go - 640GB Seagate Barracuda 7200Rpm - 200GB Maxtor 7200Rpm - Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Keyboard - 5.1 Surround and a Saitek X52 Pro and Pro Flight Rudder Pedals -- Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64

My 8800 GTX has at last retired... may it rest in peace in GPU heaven.

IP Logged

Reply #59 - Apr 28^th, 2009 at 8:15am

ozzy72 Offline
Global Moderator
Pretty scary huh?
Madsville

Gender:
Posts: 37122

Dave had to take a break for personal reasons Wink

Wink

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

IP Logged

Reply #60 - Dec 14^th, 2009 at 5:00am

Jarod Offline
Lieutenant Colonel
I Like Flight Simulation!

Posts: 7

Wowww!! I am impressed! I have seen some nice build mustang controls made by simcontrol. And my favorite helicopter build sim is http://www.computerrepairs.ca/Simulator.htm

But your work with building it and using alu - whowwww!!

Continue the great work. I just started my own micro heli sim. That is a more low cost / small space project!

http://myhelicoptersimulator.com/

IP Logged

Pages: 1

Send Topic

Print

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Top of this page

Simviation Forum » Powered by YaBB 2.5 AE!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2010. All Rights Reserved.

Valid XHTML

Valid CSS

Powered by Perl

Source Forge