Direwolf5

Honeywell acquired Clarostat, search there.

#55272 Louisiana

Here is the correct link to the virtual cockpit, the other one did not work. http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/072/A-10A%20Cockpit.html http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/072/A-10A%20Cockpit.html Direwolf5

Some of the guys on the ViperPits forums were using converted CPAP machines to send air to their oxygen masks. Unfortunately e-Bay now prohibits the re-sale of them due to the manufactures suing them. :mad: The cheapest I could find was $288.15 at http://www.cpap.com/cpap-machines-all.php?priceRange=400#1:::400:price:20: , of course you still have to get a helmet and mask.

The guys at ViperPits.org made a ARC-164 with led displays, I do not remember if the had any drawings available but you can check with them. Direwolf5

Deadman when I lost my 1TB hard drive last Aug I lost all of my research cockpit pictures. However, the differences were in the border that surrounds the alphabet and number portions of the faceplate. On the first it did not extend to the Y and Z keys like in the first version of DCS A-10C, the second had it extended to enclose Y and Z keys, the third added a separate border around the PG-UP PG-DN and + - rockers. the fourth added one around the DIM-BRT rocker and finally the last was in an article on the AF times page about an airman that won an award for saving the Air Force money by figuring out how to rebuild the CDU keyboard instead of tossing it, the one they showed was thinner and used copper dome switches like you might find in a cell phone. He found a supplier for the copper pieces and they would just cut out the bad one with a razor knife and attach a new one using clear tape. Direwolf5 P.S where do you find the drawings? all I could find were old Mil-Specs, now that they switched to SAE Standards you have to buy a membership to look at them.

:thumbup: Thick8, it looks fine, remember there are minor variations in panel layouts due to manufacturer preferences. MIL-Spec only tells you the maximum and minimum sizes for the panels along with button and marking sizes the rest is up to the manufacturer I have seen cockpit photos from real A-10Cs with at least five different CDU layouts. So, as long as your Base Plate is 5.75" wide and your Face Plate is 1/16"smaller on each side, and the distance between the centers of the top and bottom DZUS locations are 1.125" smaller than the panel height and the others are on a .375 spacing, then your panel is MIL-Spec compliant. Direwolf5 P.S Here is a link to my entire MIL-Spec collection in my dropbox these should help you out. https://www.dropbox.com/s/u4bvg63f3rtuxr7/Mil%20Specs.rar

Well I spent the last few days in SolidWorks and here is the result. CDU Light Plate Keys Display and Cover I will upload Detailed Drawings in a few days. Direwolf5

Thick8 that is very close :thumbup: here is a picture of a real CDU unfortunately it is at an angle and is missing the screen cover but you can see the spacing of the buttons and the panel thickness. In the layout you found you can see the cover. I measured the CDU and I get 20 DZUS high = 7.5 inches. Now if can only get someone to manufacture a 10 x 24 LCD of the correct size we would be set. Direwolf5

Here you go, I searched using AN/ARC 86 Size and found this page: http://www.sea-avionics.com/lc/cart.php?target=productDetails&model=RT-1300/ARC-186+V&substring&mode=research From Measuring the fold-out image in my copy of TO 1A-10C-1 and scaling the width to height I get 2.25 for the panel height. Deadman can confirm the measurement as he has the real panels. So it would be the 3rd entry in the list. Also you can estimate panel heights by looking at how many DZUS fasteners high they are then multiplying by 0.375, for example the radio is 6 DZUS high x 0.375 = 2.25 inches. Direwolf5

Custard I have been collecting information for years, and working in SolidWorks to design my panels. There is a lot of good information available if you take the time to search for it. I design the panel and the populate it with generic hardware, then when I have bought a part I update it with a model of the new part. Here are some renders of the CMSP I am working on, I plan to run it using Arduinos. I am waiting on the display to arrive, then I will start cutting, and building. Direwolf5

Rats I was only half right :doh: Direwolf5

Ah Ha! :D I was right, the 1TL62-7 is the fire discharge switch and the seat adjustment switch. I knew I had seen them in a picture before. :book: Direwolf5

Deadman I think you are correct, from looking at the only cockpit picture that survived my hard drive crash. The 1TL62-7 looks like the seat adjust switch, and from looking at the illustrations in my copy of the latest manual T.O. 1A-10C-1,Dated 10 November 2008, Change 10, 2 April 2012, I think the second would be for the Pitot Heat switch on the environmental panel. However I have seen pictures where the Pitot switch has a square head on it. Direwolf5

I was hoping one of them would check out your build thread and offer to help. :smilewink: