Complete A-10C Cockpit Interest?

[7rooper]

Thank you for your quick reply!

But what does this price include? Controller board and Electronics, steppers, needles, gauges backgrounds, aluminum casing, front panel only?

Please let me know and I'll be ordering one as soon as they're available

[LynxDK]

Thank you for your quick reply!

But what does this price include? Controller board and Electronics, steppers, needles, gauges backgrounds, aluminum casing, front panel only?

Please let me know and I'll be ordering one as soon as they're available

 

This panel is made as an Overlay to Helios, so its only the frontpanel, with the screws, 3Dprinted Rings, and Lights, which are capable of housing a LED.

 

Its meant to be mounted ontop of your Computer Monitor running Helios software Gauges.

 

Im afraid if it was a real panel with steppers and needles, the Price would be much difrent. Alltho it would be cool to offer you Guys someday, for now, we do these. Its simply too much Work, and we have enough going on with all the Panels and the UFC atm.

 

Im sorry if i made the impression that it was real needle gauges, but the Pictures show the panel as it is. :)

 

So if you fx. have a monitor running Helios, with a wooden plate in front of it with drilled holes for each gauge, this thing will fit ontop, and make it look a Little more real. i hope you follow me. :)

[LynxDK]

Some Pictures of the MultiGauge Panel Overlay Prototype.

 

Dont mind the UHF Panel Color, that is definately not how the final color will be :), and the Contrast between the panel and the UHF engraving will be better.

 

 

 

 

 

Both Buttons on the Digital Clock Works, and the Rotary is an Encoder, with a push Function for Caging, so you can choose the knob with a "push to Cage" or "Pull to Cage".

[mikemadmax20]

Does your price quote (765DKK) for a complete overlay panel include the UFC? If not not, can you give a ballpark estimate for your anticipated P&P UFC as a stand alone. By the way, the pricing so far, even w/ pay pal shipping, is reasonable for me.

[LynxDK]

Does your price quote (765DKK) for a complete overlay panel include the UFC? If not not, can you give a ballpark estimate for your anticipated P&P UFC as a stand alone. By the way, the pricing so far, even w/ pay pal shipping, is reasonable for me.

 

The 765DKK + Paypal and shipping are for the Engine Overlay Panel alone.

 

The UFC is not included, and i cant yet tell you the Price on the UFC, because we havent got that far in the process yet.

 

I can promise you that the Price wont be as high as those you can find on the Commercial sites.

 

But there is many parts to this, the front and bottons that i have posted is only the start. Next is the PCB, that need to Work properly, with Backlighting. And then the Casing and the Arduino.

 

And this early in the Development i wont dare to make an estimate, because that could easily come back to me.

 

But as soon as i know, i will post it. That the best i can do for now.

I hope u understand :)

 

Best Regards.

[7rooper]

This panel is made as an Overlay to Helios, so its only the frontpanel, with the screws, 3Dprinted Rings, and Lights, which are capable of housing a LED.

 

Its meant to be mounted ontop of your Computer Monitor running Helios software Gauges.

 

Im afraid if it was a real panel with steppers and needles, the Price would be much difrent. Alltho it would be cool to offer you Guys someday, for now, we do these. Its simply too much Work, and we have enough going on with all the Panels and the UFC atm.

 

Im sorry if i made the impression that it was real needle gauges, but the Pictures show the panel as it is. :)

 

So if you fx. have a monitor running Helios, with a wooden plate in front of it with drilled holes for each gauge, this thing will fit ontop, and make it look a Little more real. i hope you follow me. :)

 

The price is fair to me as it is. I would like to order, asap, the Engine overlay and the Multigauge. However, I don't know what depth you talked about. My pit is based on Dimebug's plans:

https://app.box.com/s/fc2ad8s9wkx4iumr5onrqzs0jwubgx4l

[LynxDK]

Hit me a PM and we can talk.

 

The depth i mean is the distance from the MIP Surface, where you Mount the gauge, to the Monitor you have behind. then i will print the gauge walls to the same depth, so you dont have to cut circular holes to all your gauges.

 

The Multigauge Panel isnt quite finished, and i havent calculated the prices yet either, but since there is alot of acrylic layers, like the real panel, that gives the cnc more Work.

Same with the paint, its not only 1 panel that need painted, its 7 panels, so that Again takes time.

 

But as i said before, ill do my best to keep the Price as low as possible, but this is Again one of the more complex Panels.

 

When we get to the RWR, ADI, HSI etc. the Price will be lower, since they are more simpel in build... im sorry that i started out with the complex and more expensive Overlay panels. :)

[LynxDK]

HSI Prototype.

 

[feefifofum]

Hey Lynx. Definitely curious about your UFC when you get to a place where you're ready to talk about price.

[LynxDK]

Ext. Stores Switch Guard Replica is now for sale.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2429153#post2429153

[LynxDK]

A Little Update for you Guys who are wondering what im doing.

 

Things are moving slow these days, due to shifting Work hours and Holidays. It will continue like that for a Little while still, but there will soon happen more.

 

For all of your Guys who are interested in the UFC, its one of the most complex instruments for the A-10C, but when we have it all done and all the problems have been sorted out, we also have the solution for the UFC, MFCD Bezels, and all of the other panels which have backlit pushbuttons, like countermeasure Panel.

 

Im also very close to present bezels like the allready shown HSI. Here we are talking about the ADI, RWR, VVI, Airspeed Indicator and Altimeter.

 

I would like to say that i have the rest of the MIP instrument Bezels and Panels worked out, but the truth is that i dont have the correct dimensions for most of it, and i would like to stay as close to the real dimensions as possible, so that if you get real instruments / panels, they will fit in the cockpit.

 

Im hoping to be able to obtain this information in the near future, but well see how that goes.

 

As you problaly allready have noticed, im trying to complete the MIP Bezels and Panels before heading on to the side panels.

 

Again, if you have questions, dont hesitate to write.

[TomOnSteam]

Just curious, why is your logo a hedgehog when your company name is lynx?

[LynxDK]

Good question.

 

The drawing is an old drawing i made, of a Lynx cub. My drawing might not look like a lynx, but i liked the look of it, and used it even tho it looked like the hedgehog from sony :P

 

The name Lynx however, is accually a funny story. I didnt chose the name because of the Animal or the Helicopter, its from my younger years, where my mon and dad had a summer residence, where there was this old toilet with a cistern on the wall. And on that handle where engraved Phoenix-Lynx.

 

I needed a web name at the time, and Lynx became mine, and have used it ever since.

Now the Cistern has been replaced, and i now have that handle hanging on my wall next to me, and im using it to hang my headphones from it.

 

True story, and no, it dosnt have anything to do with Planes or anything, but im pretty sure im not the only one outhere who has chosen their name from something similar. :)

Edited July 29, 2015 by LynxDK

[LynxDK]

A Little quick post.

 

 

 

 

Yellow stripes could be stickers. Dont have the Machinery to do stickers yet.

 

The pulling mechanism with switches are in Development. And of course they can be backlit.

Edited July 31, 2015 by LynxDK

[LynxDK]

Finally recieved the screws for DZUS.

 

They are 20mm M4 Screws, and is allready painted Black.

 

So now i can offer these to whoever might be interested. The DZUS Replica is 3D printed, therefore there can and will be small variations, which can when mounted look like weathering.

 

The Price will be 3,5 DKK pr. Complete DZUS with screw.

 

Pictures below: Sry about the reflecting light.

 

[LynxDK]

Before i leave for my 10 Day vacation tomorrow, i thought i would show you my Progress on my Glareshield Prototype. It still needs some small adjustments, but its not much.

 

Each Fire Pull Handles have a box screwed under the glareshield, with an installed microswitch.

 

 

 

 

The seams on the top are to be hidden under the UFC Mounting plate, this one i Printed Fast, but it will be Aluminum for the end product.

And yes, i forgot the Screw holes for the plate on the Glareshield :doh:

 

 

Didnt have time to do the panels yet, but here a Picture of the the left panel directly from the cnc, with a fast setup with the switch guard.

 

Edited August 8, 2015 by LynxDK

[Hansolo]

Looking nice LynxDK. Have a very nice vacation :smilewink:

 

Cheers

Hans

[JCook]

Very nice work

[LynxDK]

Thank you guys.

 

If anyone is interested in The glare shield, i Will post prices and more pictures When i get home again.

 

But like everything else, I plan on selling it in pieces so people can buy some of it, or everything.

 

The whole thing is build up by several pieces, so it can ship easy, and also not that hard to put together. And when it's assembled, it's a very sturdy construction. It can be screwed onto the MIP with screws from behind, or also with 6 pieces of M8 Threaded rods, for further stiffness.

 

It's printed in 0,2mm for good quality, and to keep costs down, but the thickness of the top glareshield panel houses are 3mm thick.

 

What you see in the pictures, are 8 pieces, without the handles.

There's a Left base, left panel housing ontop of that. Right base with right panel house on top of that, and a center piece. Between them we have 3 boxes boltet underneath it all, where the handle switch mechanism is.

 

Those right and left panel houses can be bought alone, to screw in a existing cockpit, and the panel to fit inside those will be available to buy also. If people wanna make their own panel, I will provide the drawing for that.

As to give you guys a price idea, those 2 houses without panels, will be very close to 250 DDK. For both. Without PayPal fees.

 

The rest is hard to price, since it's still a prototype, and there is some things I need to change, to make it look better, and to make it cheaper for you guys.

 

The handles with Switch mechanism will also be available at a later point, but the backlighting in the handles are not fully done, but prices will follow when I get home again. As the panel houses, the pull handles can be used both with my glareshield, or as stand alone on an existing cockpit.

Edited August 13, 2015 by LynxDK

[LynxDK]

A new Update here from Denmark.

 

Airspeed Indicator Bezel:

 

 

With optional Glass:

 

 

And Vertical Velocity Indicator:

 

 

And also with Optional Glass:

 

 

The VVI are missing the "adjust" screw in lower left corner, it will be there, but the ones i ordered wasnt the ones i recieved :)

 

Both instrument will like all my bezels, be with a 3d printed inner tube, that goes to the monitors surface.

 

The RWR and the Altimeter are in the Works, but they have Rotary's, and there isnt much Space, so it takes a Little more time.

 

these will however soon be available.

Edited September 8, 2015 by LynxDK

[LynxDK]

Steer Switch Top is Ready.

 

 

 

Its 3D Printed and made for glueing on top of regular 6mm Toggle Switches.

 

Price will be 20 DKK.

Edited September 4, 2015 by LynxDK

[LynxDK]

Pitot Heat Switch Top Ready.

 

 

Its 3D Printed with Stainless Screw on top and made for glueing on top of regular 6mm Toggle Switches.

 

Price will be 25 DKK.

 

Better Pictures will follow.

Edited September 20, 2015 by LynxDK

[MTFDarkEagle]

Looking good man!

 

Hey just seen your pictures of the glareshield with firehandles!

That looks really good and I'm definitely interested in something like that :)

[LynxDK]

I still need some final dimensions, and some small adjustments before i can call the glareshield ready, it needs to fit the MIP, and the switch boxes for the handles also needs somefinal attention.

 

But we are getting closer :)

[LynxDK]

Manual Reversion Switch Top is Ready.

 

 

This one is 3D printed in Semi Transparent Red, but there will also be one in Dark red, Pictures comming later.

 

Price will be 20 DKK

Edited June 20, 2016 by LynxDK