Feed Posted April 17, 2011 Author Posted April 17, 2011 Okay, resurrecting this from page 6 with an update. The fuel panel is in place, but there will be no close-up of that bad boy right now - I screwed up the engraving pretty bad, and it'll have to be re-done at some point. Throttle is mounted, and the panels are coming together ... slowly. There's still not a switch or button here that actually does anything. My intention is to paint (which means taking the thing apart) before I wire it up. ... and one with the keyboard drawer stowed:
hassata Posted April 17, 2011 Posted April 17, 2011 Amazing stuff. Do you plan on center-mounting the stick? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Feed Posted April 17, 2011 Author Posted April 17, 2011 No, the stick will stay on the side. I'd toyed with the idea of having either mount available, but since I still use the computer for more conventional tasks, I chose to keep the stick out of the way to the side. Changing between two different mounts would put undue wear on that connector, and I'd probably choose to do it very infrequently. Even the keyboard drawer rarely gets stowed out of sight.
pitbldr Posted April 17, 2011 Posted April 17, 2011 That looks great Feed! I like the simple design for the side consoles! I like it so much, I may have to re-think my design. :D I tend to overdo my first attempts and while I like my current design, I can already see it being an issue if (when) I need to make adjustments/repairs. Mind if I steal parts of your design?? :music_whistling: What's that you have cut out on the lower monitor... the one with the guages?
Feed Posted April 18, 2011 Author Posted April 18, 2011 Beg, borrow, steal as much as you like. This is very much a work in progress, as I figure out what I'm doing. The 'instrument panel' is simply a layer of acrylic cut to resemble the front panel - Helios runs the gauges underneath. Matching the gauges to the physical cutouts was fun, but totally worth it. It really helps you 'forget' that it's just another monitor back there, since the only light bleed comes from the instrument faces. There's a couple frames of ABS around the main instruments for a bit more 3-D appearance. The MFD bezels are secured to that panel, which means nothing actually stuck to the monitor; the whole face can just be lifted off.
pitbldr Posted April 18, 2011 Posted April 18, 2011 Thanks! :D Very clever idea on the guage panel. I've not decided yet how'll I being doing mine. I'm using Helios as well, so I'll need a monitor, but I am also hoping to have two smaller monitors for the MFD's. Oh... awesome work on the keyboard drawer too! I did not even notice that the first time!
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