Lars

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Oops, That is true Clay. That is why I ask for feedback so I can correct foults like that. I will fix asap.

Looks very good Clay. Im going offshore for 5 days. Will release the rest of the panels when I come home in about 9 days. Thank you for the picture. ( holes for switches are made for honeywell btw)

I designed my panels as a one piece acrylic plate and one backplate. But it should be no problem to make a DXF. file of the acrylic back. Can someone try it out and upload a picture ? Would be nice to see the result, still waiting on my CNC from chiiiiiiiiina... Complete EXT INT Light panel.rar

I get alot of questions about releasing my panels in DXF. format. Having a hard time converting them to DXF in inventor, but is this something you guys can work with? EXT INT LIGHT ACRYL DXF.rar

The font is wrong on all the panels. :/ And the cdu is not ready. Stil some work to be done.

Some feedback guys? Can you find any of these panels useful?

To the ED team: Would have been very interesting to know what you think our impression of 1.5 will be before we test it out.

Panels alpha release Give some of them a try, and report back. -Lars ASSEMBLY.rar Single panels.rar

Sign me up for it Deadman.

Thank you for asking! Im in Poland installing a ROV system on a ship atm. I will be back home in about a week. I can inform you that the panels are all done, and I will release the plans when I come back home. Sorry for the delay.

Left and right console will be released tomorrow. Hope someone will make some use of them. Lets call it an "alpha" and I will continue to improve the panels with the feedback I get. I will make a new thread with all the panels seperated. Environment movie.rar

I am going to use my 6dof motion platform combined with Valve VR/OR thats for sure. That was the point for building it. The time will show how well it will function with my a10c pit and racing sim. I guess with allot og training you will remember the layout of your switches etc, and can focus on flying.

Thank you very much for the photos! 146.4056mm are the length of the real backplate. All my panels are 146.05mm How big of a problem is this for you guys? I dont think it should be a big problem?... Its not a big problem for me to change this if wanted.

I know what you talk about. But I think it will be very hard to match every switch etc. to match what you see in the VR. Anyway if you want 1:1 of the real cockpit you should maybe wait for Deadmans build. What I am trying to do is to make as close to 1:1 panels that is possible for me to do with the information I got. Im happy with the ressult so far. All the panels are now done, and only need some tuning. And after release I will continue update the panels with the feedback I get from you guys.

Thank you very much for the good words and your constructive critic of my panels. Im building my panels in Metric, so I guess there will be some small +- in the dimensions. Dzus hole spacing is off in both horizontal and in the vertical. from the edge of the panel. holes are approx size for real Dzus, Will you use Dzus connectors or replicas? The plan is to use real Dzus connectors for my build. If I move the Dzus holes from the bottom and one Dzus up It dosent look even close to the real panel, same from top to one Dzus down… Switch mounting holes size is incorrect, no anti torque holes for the switches. Yes I will fix this. I will adjust the anti torque after the Honeywell data sheet because that’s the switches I am going to use. I was unsure what hole size to use in the backplate/back of topplate and acryl plate. Im still unsure. So if you or someone else want to share the accurate size it would be very apriciated. In the mean while I will use the following dimensions on the holes. Oval : H: 15.24 mm B: 7.62 mm Round Acryl : 12.7 backlight : 16 Rotary : 10.16 Over all panel length off. You must be right since you’re sitting on this panel. I tought I had the panels dimensions all figured out. Backplate with = 146.05mm Hight = adjusted after how many Dzus. Acryl plate = backplate -0.8mm in all direction. (Are you 100% sure you didn’t measure from the inner chamfer?) No holes for the indicators In the Backplate? I am not sure how I will make the indicators. So I have put that on a hold for now. Light plate single indicator hole and double indicator hole to small. Thank you very much, I will try to adjust them to a more accurate size. Font is incorrect ( I know you know it) Yes I know. For some reason Inventor wont extrude the ms font because of a font loop. No lay out for back lighting. This is WIP on all panels, And I think I got a really nice way to do this with white acrylic. Doing some testing at home and it looks promising. No lay out for the yellow and NVIS striping. It should be? There is an extruded 0.1mm line on the panel. The thought about this is that they will be hand painted or sprayed on with stencil. the second panel I took a quick look at is the Antenna select panel Dzus placement is incorrect. I tought this panel was 5 Dzus heights (height back plate = 47,625 mm ) over all length incorrect Backplate or the acrylic one? Hole lay out for the pre 210 radio is incorrect That is 100% true, I only got pictures to make these references, doing the best I can with what I got. I will do some more study of the pictures I collected of the panel and try to adjust them to a more accurate placement. hole size for the light plate is incorrect. This I need to find out the right dimensions for. Switch labeling incorrect ( You know this) I should have picket this up earlier. Light plate back nut relief cuts to small. This will be adjusted to fit with Honeywell switches. All of this is just little stuff and not a complete list. Your major problem is your over all lay out and lack of any space between the panels. All of your Dzus rails are installed back ward. I had no Idea. I just used the Rails for reference to see if the panels collided in the collision model. (And they did not) But it’s true that there is no space between the back plates. I will look into this. you dont have consistence toggle switch hole sizes. This will be fixed. It looks good for a start but it wont function well if your going to use Dzus rail. Or a replica lay out As it is right now with just a short check your panels would not fit in the consoles. I have no Idea what to do about that. I thought using the panel Dzus standard they would fit the console. I am sure with a review of some information you can straighten all of this out and more quite easily. Keep up the good work DM. Again Thanks for the constructive critique and feedback.

Missing some panels, details and fine tuning. Have a look guys! Feedback is much appreciated to make the panels as good as possible for "everyone" to enjoy. (The file is stp. and to view it I think http://stpviewer.com/ (not tested) should work) -Lars ASSEMBLY.rar

Yes I am. :) Im going to build the a10c cockpit for my self and tought I would share the panels with you guys.

Getting closer!

Thanks for the nice words. I must say, this would not be posible for me to do without all the information on this forum.

Thanks to Deadman we will all have a more accurat environment panel. He gave me the information needed for me to find out that my environmentpanel was one Dzus hight to short. Thank you very much for your help. -Lars

Guys. I am having problem with the Environment panel. There is just something way off here... Am I one Dzus hight off or is the hight accurate ? -Lars

There is an easy answer to that Deadman. I am "designing" my panels using the Dzus standard to get the accurate panel dimension, and for the hole and text placement etc. im using the best pictures and information found on the internet. I must have been blindfolded and took a fast turn just copying the text from the best picture I found, and did not check this any further. Luckily this will be easy to correct. -Lars

I dont mind at all.

Thank you so much for the heads up.