AusMumbles

@Woody81 PFA ACM Panel Files that I've made up. They fit the 737DIYSim Korry switches perfectly. I'm still trying to find a small screen a sketch to make the skidball work. Let me know if you come across anything. Cheers, Mumbles ACM Housing V0.stl Backplate 3mm.svg Bracket L V0.stl Bracket R V0.stl Front Plate 2mm.svg

Easy, I've still got the sketchup 17 to svg plug in on my main PC. I'll see if I can make a zip with all the bits this weekend coming for you.

@Ltdan853 will they take SVG at the CNC joint? @Hagen I'll post em Sunday my man. Away from the PC for work.

@BULLITT83 Dude!!! That's looking incredible! I'm so glad that my plans have worked for someone else. Suggestion for you, use AR like the warthog project so you don't need to take the canopy off and you can look around. I just got my Pico 4 Ultra delivered today. I'll post some shots soon with it working. https://youtu.be/8r8AUljZXo0?feature=shared What paint scheme are you going to paint on it? Your VDI and HSD buckets look great btw.

That switch is about 1000% nicer than mine. I'll take 2! Got the screens exporting this afternoon.

Hey @Hagen, If you mean the 3d models for all the parts then yeah they will. @Ltdan853 has been my testing offsider to make sure they work on other people's setups. The amount of work on the pits this year has been incredible. Everyone's pit is look amazing.

Heya Gents, Quick update from me. My HSD is fully functional using an Arduino Leonardo. The ACM Panel housing and acrylic came up really well with my custom Korry Switches from 737DIY Sim. (They are excellent parts). I'm just tinkering with the VDI before I release the lot. I'm not happy with the left and right indicator housing and wire routing holes on my current design. Cheers, Mumbles

@Hagen Ahh copy. I can the offsets under the switches in the model now that you pointed it out. For anyone that wants a pre-fabricated solenoid switch, Im just about to purchase some 2 and 3 Pos Magnetically Held Switches from Flitepal. I'll let you know what I think when I get them. https://flitepal.cm/

@Hagen, Love your work mate, welcome to the nut house of Turkey pit builders. 2x questions for you. 1. Can you post the 5 row switch you used? I think @LASoonerused the generic stuff on ebay but it was too short. 2. If you are up to it, could you please post a copy of the 3d model here, it would be greatly appreciated when you are happy with them. Keep up the good work.

Yeah man, have a look at this. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/258171-f-14b-with-sparrowhawk-hud/page/5/#findComment-5574488

Hahha, not idea what you are on about....

@Ltdan853, What's your end game here mate? (Full pit, desktop sim etc). If it's a full pit your best bet is to take @Jar72 .svg files converted from my sketchup model (built from Heatblur's/Cobra's 3D scans and have them CNCed. That will give you the guts of the cockpit frame that Jar, @BULLITT83 and myself are all all using. I've got a bunch of stuff (stl's) to upload shortly for the ACM panel, VDI, HSD, left and right instrument buckets and mounting brackets etc to fill out the put with 3d printed parts that have been installed in mine over the last few days. The link that @Elo posted will do a good percentage of your panels as well. Cheers, Mumbles.

@Jar72 thanks for putting that svg up man! Your pit is coming very along nicely. I've made a bit more progress with my 3d models for the front panel. The VDI, HSD and ACM panel have all come up rather well. I'll push the draft .stl files up in the next week or so once I've got the rest of the kinks out. Cheers, Mumbles

I can convert it to SVG if that helps at all. Pretty sure you could just print it out in tiles that way.

@BULLITT83 that is looking phenomenal mate! I'm pretty sure it was in the last .skp I uploaded. I'll have a quick check for you now. (https://forum.dcs.world/topic/141193-f-14-cockpit-and-instrument-dimensions/?do=findComment&comment=5296407) - pretty sure it's in here. I cut out two of them with some offcuts layed in as stand-offs to make it four pieces thick, then glued it together. I then just wraped it in 2 or 3mm mdf I cut into a strip, then glued it on as per the last photo you posted of mine. Cheers, Mumbles

Heya Gents, Quick and dirty pics of the HSD. Still WIP. I'm quite happy with the little HDG/BRT type indicators. They backlit quite well. I've still got to cut a 3mm clear screen protector (current one is 1mm) and put the pots in. Good pick for the screen @Elo. What pots did you end up using? Cheers, Mumbles

Quick progress update, VDI and HSD prototypes pretty much work. (Minor refinements in pot hole sizing, mounting etc) to come. Intrum VKB stick is in as well. Has anyone from the cockpit building community managed to make a ribbon guage yet? Same same with the fuel guages odo style counter. I'm a bit stumped on how to effectively achieve it at the moment

Thanks heaps dude. I've ordered the majority of the stuff to make the laserwing FFB DIY base. https://www.laserwing.com/miniffb I'm currently working up a design to allow the roll of the stick to be independent from the pitch like the real jet. That's gunna take me a hot minute to finish/get right so I've got a VKB Gunfighter IV and F-14 Stick with 200mm extension inbound this week as the 12-18 month intrum solution. Tbh I have no idea bout how I'm going to tackle the glare shield, best guess 3d print it in 3-4 bits and then glue them together. Mumbles

@Elo ya big stud! That looks incredible man. Thanks for the link to the screen, I'll be buying that in a minute. @ITR1102 found the link to those screens dude. It's from a company called tailorpixels. Really easy to deal with. Order both the screen and the control board. It took about a week and a half from ordering to delivery https://tailorpixels.com/product/7-6-inch-lcd-800x800-high-brightness-mipi-with-touch-and-hdmi-option/ @LASooner are you files still up somewhere to download? I'll post my VDI and HSD models shortly, just cleaning up some little errors in the mounting blocks etc in them atm. Cheers, Mumbles

Heya Peeps, Got a bit more done today on the right instrument panel housing and frame. It's starting to actually look kinda cool. (I know the sticks wrong, yet to order a VKB stick).

G'day everyone! Hope you are all keeping well. I've finally had some time to get back into Tomcat development. I'm working on the right instrument panel housing at the moment. I picked up an ALR-67 from flight sim pro. It's really nicely made by the Gents who put it together. https://flightsim.pro/ols/products/rwr-azimuth-indicator-alr-67-us-navy I managed to find a 5x5 inch screen for the VDI, but still coming up short on a 6.5x5 inch screen for the HSD. I've swapped out my old rudder pedals for some TPRs as well. If someone has one handy, can they please chuck up the dimensions of the canopy jettison handle. Cheers, Mumbles

@Trainman what sort of CNC do you have access to? Depending on what CNC you are working with will depend on the file you need. For my Maslow, I converted the SVGs to gcode specifically for the Maslow, then cut them out. You are probably best off going to the shop that's going to cut it for you, and see what they need file wise. They should probably take SVGs or DXF files at a guess. @BULLITT83 That's looking fantastic dude! You happy with it so far? @Jar72 Thanks for putting those together my man. Owe you one. I haven't had a chance to do a lot with mine recently, but should crack out the laser cutter shorty to start doing some basic panel work. Cheers, Mumbles

@Elo, Your panels looks sweet man! The canopy bow was a bit of a pain in the ass tbh. The main part of the bow is two panels, laminated with spacers made from spare ply in-between. I then skinned it with 3mm MDF. I'll shoot you some better shots of it when I get home. The front section is both an upper and a lower glued together. I then cut two spare strips of 3mm MDF off and then skined the beveled edge on the outside. Good luck with the qualifying exam mother goose, I'm sure you will crush it.

Heya Gents, Long time no post. @Elo Here you go brother, as promised the front seat .skp plans. My cockpit has used all these files to build the frame and it's come together exceptionally well for a hobbyist level product. I do stress though, that it's only as good as my skill with both CAD and fabrication. This is my first big project and has been a massive learning curve. I've included the rough hack at the back seat based on the 303E blueprints and some best guess work based on the design in the front seat. Until I get both the time and better references its going to have to be best guess. I promise I will still get around to converting these to SVG's to make them easier to cut out but I'm exceptionally time poor at the moment. However it's still very easy to do within SketchUp. I've used the plugin called FaceSVG (https://github.com/marvingreenberg/FaceSVG/releases) that makes it exceptionally easy to pull the part out and convert it to an SVG. Converting it to G-Code is fairly straightforward from there and has been easy enough using my Maslow CNC to cut most of the parts out (It's just as easy to do on an Jiggy, just print the panels out tape it to the timber). Notes on the model: 1. I'm still working out the best way to mount the instrument panels in the left and right, if you are going to build this cockpit I'd recommend you figure out both a mounting config and a wiring lume housing etc to allow you to run them. (When I come up with something better I'll mod the plans). 2. The skin on the outside was just a few massive sheets of 3mm MDF wrapped and then attached with button heads screws. The upper skin around the canopy bow was the most difficult and was just done with a pencil, some artistic licence and a lot of small cuts and patience on one side till it fit then just traced it out to make a second copy. 3. The boarding step works ok but isn't the most elegant thing in the world. I eventually want to make a 3d printed plug or something to make it flush when its closed but isn't a priority at the moment. In saying all this, even sitting in it in VR it feels amazing. Everything is where it should be, you might just need to setup the default head position in game a touch to fit your sitting height etc. (I just sit forward about 1-2 inches and then recentre it, when the neck of the pilot model matches mine it feels great). The work on the throttle's are looking amazing, I'll can't wait to put one in my cockpit. Cheers, Mumbles F-14AB Plans Sep 23.skp

@Elo Sorry about the delay my man. The day job has keep me very busy for the last few months. I'll push a new edit to this post tonight but I'm slowly getting there with the plans etc.