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Jun 8^th, 2007 at 7:31am

An-225 Ex Member

But I'm starting to plan...for an XB-70 Valkyrie simpit. A FULL SIZE replica of the forward nose (going all the way down to the canards), is going to be called for pretty soon. Roll Eyes

Anyway, I was just wondering, what sites and products should I check out in order to help get me started on this project? Thanks in advance!

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Reply #1 - Jun 8^th, 2007 at 7:53am

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Welcome to the nutthouse Cheesy

As far as gauges I would look into Fsxpand, Its inexpensive plus you can customize the layout for such a unique deck. Of course FSUIPC from Peter Dowson is a must. your gonna need to get some monitors for your avionics, I did some ebay and I currently have 4 12.1" monitors for cheap. Your gonna need multiple PC's for the elements. All Electronics will help with switches, wire, connectors etc etc. JBaymore swears by Hagstrom cards for interfacing hardware.

The list goes on and on, not to plug my site but I have a few links in the Hardware and Software sections that could help:
http://homebuilt-cockpit.masternerd.com

Sounds likeit would be a cool pit! Good Luck

John

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Reply #2 - Jun 8^th, 2007 at 7:53am

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An-225,

First of all....... welcome to the insanity! Wink

I'd seriously suggest taking a moment, brewing yourself up a nice pot of tea, and spending time reading most all of the postings here in this forum. There is a wealth of knowledge (often learned from the school of "hard knocks") located here.

Take a look at the "Resources" sticky at the top of the forum and follow the links to get an idea of "what is out there".

Then spend a lot of time PLANNING and asking questions before you EVER set saw to wood, soldering iron to wire, or credit card to hardware or software vendor.

And get a second or third job! Grin

best,

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

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Reply #3 - Jun 8^th, 2007 at 7:59am

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Oh yeah plan plan plan! still Planning Shocked

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Reply #4 - Jun 8^th, 2007 at 9:32am

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So far it doesn't seem any harder than a regular simpit - due to the low amount of info on the gauges used by the XB-70, I get lucky, and only have to focus on the 'dashboard', which only contains basic gauges - altimeter, attitude indicator and other things... Tongue

The rest of the space will be taken up by necessities - cup holders, coffee makers, leg-warmer-stashers etc. Wink

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Reply #5 - Jun 8^th, 2007 at 11:29pm

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This would be of interest to you...

http://cgi.ebay.com/North-American-XB-70A-Valkyrie-Cockpit-Photo_W0QQitemZ220118...

How are you going to create the pod-seats that it had?

The Sim Console..."outside the box", within a box http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u185/gokhotit/th_sim.jpg

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Reply #6 - Jun 8^th, 2007 at 11:42pm

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Thanks for that photo. Wink

To be honest, I'm not sure that I will recreate the pod seats. It will be semi-realistic. I probably won't model everything the real thing had - just enough to give it a Valkyrie feel.

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