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Great pit Zoren! I think Extranajero has hit on a good idea regarding simpit entry. At 67, I'm in the same group. Here is my pit with my thoughts on entry. Take care Ed Entry for the young simpit pilot. For the more "mature" simpit pilot. For the "older simpit pilot. (me)

WarHog, thank you for the kind words! Your build was one that really pushed me over the edge to build my own pit. Space is tight as my "hangar" is my 11 X 12 foot office. At the moment my main screen is our old 46 inch TV that I added to the pit when we upgraded to a 65 inch TV. As you can see it is about 1/2 inch off the wall when centered on the pit. In this pic you can see the tight space. I use a TIR so I have pretty good visibility but down the road a larger screen may become available if the wife is not paying close attention. :music_whistling: Take care Ed

Regarding plans, I have been told that in about 2 weeks P51 plans will be available. I'll post here when I get a confirmation. Ed

DE, thank you for the kind words! Here are a few pics of it's current state after I added a Saitek radio panel. I have also added a Buttkicker to the seat and I'm in the process of extending a MS FFB stick with the grip from my original stick. Take care Ed

Hi Gary Thanks Gary! Glad to hear you are still working on your excellent P-51pit! That was truly the inspiration for my build. I have never made any vids of the pit in use but may in the future. I just need to figure out how to make one since I don't have a camera other than my iPhone. JG14_Smil and avidflyer Thank you for your kind words! avidflyer, I made the windshield frame using NAA blueprints that I purchased. They were not perfectly clear so I had to do some "guestimating". Spitty mentions Stangs fantastic prints but I don't think he still has them for sale. I glued two 1/2" pieces of MDF together to get a 1" core. I printed the plans I had at 100% then laid them on the MDF and cut to match. Then I added aluminum angle on both sides, notching it like Gary did for his frame to make the aluminum bend. This gives me a very rigid frame. When the other sections are added and anchored behind the MIP this is strong enough to use as a hand hold for pit entry and exit. Here are some pics that I hope explain what I built. Take care Ed

My aluminum is 1/8" and was not too difficult to bend. I drilled holes in 3/4" plywood and inserted round oak dowels then bent the aluminum around the dowels.

Looking great Bazooka! I got the round balls at Hobby Lobby and cut slots for the aluminum bar stock.

Fantastic!!!

Yep, exactly!

Thank you all for your kind comments. Bazooka, I used a standard 12 position rotary for the mixture. Playing with the anchor point locations on the mixture lever and arm on the rotary allowed me to have the points of the rotary match the lever position on the quadrant. The sliding pots are working great. So far I am only running the A2A Mustang, T-6 and C172 in FSX. When A2A upgrades the Mustang to 64bit for P3D I will make the move too. Also, I have had DCS for several years but have not yet installed it in my new flight PC. That will be the next challenge as I get familiar with the setup for DCS and program all of the controls. Thanks again everyone. Take care Ed

I have added throttle pics to my P-51D cockpit build thread. Take care Ed

Since there is a post specifically about a P-51 throttle I'll post all of the build pics from my throttle project. If there are questions, please ask. Ed The shafts for the throttle, prop and mixture were aluminum stock bent to shape. These are the 2 locking devices I made from raw materials. You will see the 3rd one on the completed unit at the end. It was a plastic knob that I filed and sanded to shape. And here is the sandwich with all of the parts temporarily held in place with a wing nut. The following pics will show the sandwich piece by piece. The first pic is the mounting base with a spacer then the throttle lever and another spacer. Here I have added the prop lever and another spacer. This is the mixture lever with a bracket and slot to attach the rod going to the rotary switch. And, another spacer. Test fit with prop and mixture knobs attached,face plate and all 3 locking devices . Throttle grip with PPT button. Here is the setup with the throttle and prop lever each connected to a slider pot with a steel rod. A steel rod runs from the mixture to a rotary switch which clicks through the 3 mix positions. Closeup of the 2 pots and rotary. Here is the WEP bracket made from aluminum angle. WEP with wire in place. The green lever switch is activated when the lever breaks through the wire for WEP. The red device is a cabinet door catch that gives me resistance and a click when I push through for WEP. And, the completed throttle.

Hello everyone I had intended to update my lost pics but have since found a fix for the Photobucket issue. I hope this helps. Since Photobucket started charging for hosting we have experienced a LOT of lost photos in forums everywhere. While on another hobby forum someone suggested a solution using extensions for Firefox and Chrome that allow the original photos to again be viewed. I use Firefox and added the extension and can now see the "lost" photos! Direct links to get extensions for Firefox and Chrome browsers to delete the PB ransom demand and restore the original image: Firefox extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... edded-fix/ Chrome extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... jjgj?hl=en This is a painless exercise, it simply adds an extension to the browser and doesn't alter anything in your account or computer registry.

Hello everyone Bazooka, thanks for the comment about my throttle. I have not updated my P-51 cockpit build to restore the pictures Photobucket killed because I thought most had found this solution I found on another forum. Take care Ed Since Photobucket started charging for hosting we have experienced a LOT of lost photos in forums everywhere. While on another hobby forum someone suggested a solution using extensions for Firefox and Chrome that allow the original photos to again be viewed. I use Firefox and added the extension and can now see the "lost" photos! Direct links to get extensions for Firefox and Chrome browsers to delete the PB ransom demand and restore the original image: Firefox extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/photobucket-embedded-fix/ Chrome extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/photobucket-embed-fix/naolkcpnnlofnnghnmfegnfnflicjjgj?hl=en This is a painless exercise, it simply adds an extension to the browser and doesn't alter anything in your account or computer registry.

Hi DE Thank you for your interest in my project! Since PB killed the availability of my pictures I have considered re-posting them using another hosting service but was not sure of the interest. My previous experience was woodworking and some plastic model building, nothing with metal, so my project caused me to learn how to shape metal in a very basic way. If I can do it, anyone can! I have learned a lot from other posters here and if my project can encourage someone else to take the plunge I will be glad to help. I have some down time coming up in a few weeks and will add some pictures. Thank you again Ed