MTFDarkEagle's "pit"

[MTFDarkEagle]

Right flank nearly complete, just need to make finishing panels and paint it.

 

Hinge operational!

 

Front portion wrapped.

 

Can you tell what it is yet? :P

 

 

 

Test fit :)

 

 

Opens beautifully!

[Glider_UK]

Great work :thumbup:

 

Really coming along well, nice bit of woodwork.

 

Well done MTFdarks Dad :megalol:

[agrasyuk]

cool stuff!

 

how comfy is the posture however?. doesn't it feel like you reaching out to far to grab the stick?

[MTFDarkEagle]

cool stuff!

 

how comfy is the posture however?. doesn't it feel like you reaching out to far to grab the stick?

 

Posture is perfect for me.

[MTFDarkEagle]

Well... Here we have it, 99% complete. Just need to sort out details and it's finished (for now off course!! Muwhahahaha)!!

 

 

[Glider_UK]

Excellent, Well Done:thumbup:.

[Jeesus]

Very nice work!

[WildBillKelsoe]

awesome pit... congrats and thanks for sharing... just put photos when 100% done plz

[MTFDarkEagle]

awesome pit... congrats and thanks for sharing... just put photos when 100% done plz

 

Absolutely ;)

 

Stuff to finish:

 

- Keyboard mount

- Interior lining (might be a bigger project though)

- Stickers! :P

[MacFevre]

:thumbup: So how is it finally being able to be in a wrap around pit?

[MTFDarkEagle]

:thumbup: So how is it finally being able to be in a wrap around pit?

 

Superb!!! :D

[cichlidfan]

Outstanding Lukas!! :thumbup:

[MTFDarkEagle]

UPDATE TIME!!! :D

 

Having had TomDK's landing gear handle in my "cockpit-to-do-box" for a long time, I thought it would be a good time to utilize it.

 

And thus the following was created:

 

 

 

Added switches:

 

 

Completed gear handle module:

 

 

 

And the front panel with other buttons/switches/LED's:

 

[agrasyuk]

Annual update, huh? )

[MTFDarkEagle]

Annual update, huh? )

hehehe ;)

 

Well the rest of the time I'm very busy enjoying the rest of my cockpit :pilotfly::joystick:

[BIGNEWY]

Looking good tintin :thumbup:

[Mr_Burns]

I was trying to work out how I could incorporate a locking mechanism at the top and bottom of the movement - you sir have just cracked it!

 

So with the A-10 do you pull out the whole lever?

 

Im looking at a Typhoon one where there is a little flange under the knob you pull with two fingers.

 

Nice work.

[cichlidfan]

Nice bit of engineering there!! :thumbup:

[Tricky11]

looking good tintin

[Trubshaw]

Good progress TinTin...but will it turn you into an AWESOME pilot? :)

[TigersharkBAS]

Good progress TinTin...but will it turn you into an AWESOME pilot? :)

 

He'll be able to deploy gear like a muthaf***er! - Samuel L Jackson

[bnepethomas]

Nice work on the gear handles, I think I've have to borrow a couple of them :)

 

cheers

 

Peter

[BIGNEWY]

Good progress TinTin...but will it turn you into an AWESOME pilot? :)

 

steady Trubshaw! AWESOME ™

[Swaty]

Nice job!!

[MTFDarkEagle]

Thanks a lot guys :)

 

I was trying to work out how I could incorporate a locking mechanism at the top and bottom of the movement - you sir have just cracked it!

 

So with the A-10 do you pull out the whole lever?

 

Im looking at a Typhoon one where there is a little flange under the knob you pull with two fingers.

 

Nice work.

 

Yes this lever pulls out as is.

What you describe can be achieved by the same principle as mine but a little bit different:

 

 

Basically you need two shafts which fit into eachother perfectly.

Interesting sorting this stuff out :D

 

OT:

 

Panel fitted and working. Except the top locking switch isn't working for some reason... As it's a PITA to remove it from the cockpit (wired into the leo bodnar behind the " AHCP-XL") I'll lay it to rest for the day and sort it out at a later date..

The LED's are wired, all that's needed is to pull an ethernet cable from the gear panel to the phidgets board. Why do you ask?

The gear panel is on the LEFT of the cockpit and the phidgets is on the RIGHT of the cockpit. So as to not route three million wires through the cockpit I thought it would make more sense to pull ONE cable through. Looking through various cables the RJ45 cable made sense (I love planning ahead!) as it has 8 "cables". So back when I was building the complete cockpit I installed an RJ45 breakout board into the phidgets compartment, and now installed an RJ45 breakout board in the gear panel. All it needs now is a cable in between and it should work :)