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Nov 16th, 2009 at 11:16pm

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Things seem a little slow in this forum, but that's understandable since this isn't a builders site. I enjoy reading and responding to many of the topics here and like it very much here. Especially the Real Aviation and Aircraft forums.

Here's a little something I put together over the last five years in this hobby. I get a lot of enjoyment from this 727 and it's as close as I'll ever come to sitting in one again.

This is a Lufthansa 727-230, D-ABHI, that was retired or sold long ago. I don't know if it is the exact Lufthansa configuration, but it's close enough for me.


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I uploaded for you, but I had to leave a few as links to keep from going over the 600k thread limit.  These are too nice to not be here.  Wink

Thanks again for sharing them.

-Shane




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Reply #1 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 10:41am

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Shocked Sweet setup you've got there! Cheesy
 
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Reply #2 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 10:57am

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Shocked Shocked WOW Shocked Shocked

Can you give some detail about how you went about it, building, parts, $$$$$ and time scale?

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Reply #3 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 11:22am

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It was an accident. Grin

I started with a couple of panels I built for the desktop and that led to an overhead. Then I wanted a throttle so I built that. Not being satisfied, I built the control stand to mount it on. Then I wanted a yoke to ditch the desktop toys.

Then I needed a chair...

And I got tired of looking at a 19" monitor so I needed an instrument panel...you can see where it led.

This whole this has snowballed over the last five years. I had never intended to build a flight simulator. What I mean is, I didn't sit down one day and say, Yep, I'm gonna build a 727 flight simulator.

After installing the instrument panel I knew it was too late to turn back so I built the rest of it. It's only a 3/4 shell though as there is a chimney in the way of the FO's side.

Most of the home-made panels have been replaced with Boeing made or contracted panels in the overhead, forward equipment rack and center control stand. The instrument panel and yoke is from a retired 727.

I guess I have around $7K including computers and monitors. Maybe more, maybe less. I'd really rather not know.

Four computers run the simulator and all of the monitors. It's interfaced using input cards from several vendors and FSUIPC.
 
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Reply #4 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 12:02pm

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SHEESH!!!!...all I got to say if you didnt have the monitors there and never said that it was a home built thing I would have thought it was a real aircraft that you owned...nice work, I definatly am wanting to try and built a pit of my own...just dont now where the best route to start with is...plus I still need to figure what types of planes im gonna be using with it...hehe


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Reply #5 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 6:51pm

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Good lord man!!  Shocked Shocked Shocked

Outstanding work on this! You say you made that throttle?  Shocked

Wait till John sees this!  Grin  Wink



As real as it gets indeed.  Cool

 
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Reply #6 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 6:56pm

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Yep, every piece except the knobs, go-around paddles, and Korry indicators.

A friend of mine turned the knobs from Delrin on a lathe.
 
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Reply #7 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 7:06pm

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Impressive to the max.  Cool


How much of it is functional in the sim?
 
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Reply #8 - Nov 17th, 2009 at 7:20pm

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It would be easier to list what is not.

Flight Recorder
CVR
WX Radar (coming soon)
Trip Encoder
Comm Radios (coming soon)
Transponder  (coming soon)
Flap position indicators (never happen, monitor obstruction)
Stall Warning Test (works, disabled)
GPWS Test
Flight Control Position Test (working, disabled)
Passenger Address System
AP Servo Elevator System Select
O2 System (maybe coming soon)
Pnuematic Brake
Instrument Comparitor (right side of cockpit is missing)
 
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Reply #9 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 8:11am

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BSW727,

Welcome to the pit builders section of SimV.  Can't wait to see what the verbage is talking about.

Photos are not loading today... so I can't take a look now....... but I'll be back.  Wink

best,

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

PS:  Aha.... the photos are on a Phtobucket account.  BSW....... can you please upload them to the SimV server?
 
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Reply #10 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 9:01am

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Let me know if you've had a look at them yet. I'm going to remove them at the end of the day.

I have re-sized them and attempted to upload them to this server, but the resolution is still making them three to four times the byte size allowed.

Reducing to smaller size looses too much detail. I'd just as soon remove them to comply with the rules.
 
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Reply #11 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 9:52am

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Wow

That's a cool cockpit!  Nice work.
 
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Reply #12 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 10:39am

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BSW727 wrote on Nov 18th, 2009 at 9:01am:
Let me know if you've had a look at them yet. I'm going to remove them at the end of the day.

I have re-sized them and attempted to upload them to this server, but the resolution is still making them three to four times the byte size allowed.

Reducing to smaller size looses too much detail. I'd just as soon remove them to comply with the rules.



Problem solved.  Wink    ^ ^ ^
 
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Reply #13 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 11:47am

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BSW727 wrote on Nov 18th, 2009 at 9:01am:
Let me know if you've had a look at them yet. I'm going to remove them at the end of the day.

I have re-sized them and attempted to upload them to this server, but the resolution is still making them three to four times the byte size allowed.

Reducing to smaller size looses too much detail. I'd just as soon remove them to comply with the rules.



Yea I have a few images I wanna upload real bad but every time i reduce the size and try to upload I get one or more of the mentioned issues (IE loss of quality or size limit exceeded) and i've done just about every thing i can think of in short of saving in a different format which also tends to loose the quality Sad
 
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Reply #14 - Nov 18th, 2009 at 12:29pm

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jaime wrote on Nov 18th, 2009 at 11:47am:
BSW727 wrote on Nov 18th, 2009 at 9:01am:
Let me know if you've had a look at them yet. I'm going to remove them at the end of the day.

I have re-sized them and attempted to upload them to this server, but the resolution is still making them three to four times the byte size allowed.

Reducing to smaller size looses too much detail. I'd just as soon remove them to comply with the rules.



Yea I have a few images I wanna upload real bad but every time i reduce the size and try to upload I get one or more of the mentioned issues (IE loss of quality or size limit exceeded) and i've done just about every thing i can think of in short of saving in a different format which also tends to loose the quality Sad

The rules are the same for everyone. Most of BSW727's images were actually within forum limits.
 
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