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Another one. 6 minutes, a beat up and a landing.

And to be a bit more tedious and boring - a take off. I've just notice that the instruments were very laggy. Maybe because I started up SimPanels before FSx. I think I might do this movie again, but it gives you the basic idea

Ok, so I went and had a little play yesterday arvo. This is "Start Up"

How does one upload a video (.mp4 file)? I did one of the start up so you could here the engine noise (music). Photobucket, my usual source for the picture in this thread will only handle photos, I think.

What's the name of the Greek paratrooper? Con Descending What's the name of the Greek bloke who always argued? Con Tensious

The three screens are now up and seem to be working, although Nvidia did one of their software updates and I had to completely re-define the screen set up. FSx still doesn't like the triple screen, and crashes if you try change any of the settings whilst in it. What I normally do is make all the changes, save them in small screen setting, and fly in large screen. Because Screen 1 is usually used by the Panel software and behind a mask, I have to use a split screen for the normal computer management type operations, and then setting it all to run from behind the sim.

G'day to you all, I am still around, and still working on the Spit. Family and heath have go in the way a bit. My son got married, my daughter has been posted back into the area (she is an officer in the Australian Army) and I had shoulder surgery, meaning that I was unable to work in the shop as much as I wanted to. Also meant I have been grounded since Oct 2016... I really need my flying fix and soon. So where were we? I made a representation of the big 'ol brass compass (either a P6 or a P8) that the Spit had mounted on the bulkhead under the instrument panel.

Good afternoon all, I see that I have not made a post since February, very slack and totally unacceptable! Unfortunately work has been workish, and during the winter the workshop was not a nice place to be in. What about the last 2 months of spring? You got me there, just slack! No more excuses. Here is where we are at the moment! The windscreen element took some fiddling and a couple of re-cuts of 3mm clear vinyl, and the aluminium flashing took some getting right, but it looks like it might do the job. Once it has a coat of paint (grey/green cammo) it should be OK. D

Brian, I had a look at SPAD a couple of weeks ago, but went the Lua route. Got a reply back from Rob at RealAir, who confirmed that I need to 'fly' one of the a/c that has a radio. RealAir presents several Mk IX with different liveries, if you want to use the radio for VATSIM etc, you have to use one that represents a restored a/c, and has a radio fitted. I'll be investigating all that this weekend. On second thoughts, maybe I should go fly a real aeroplane? It's 31 deg C here at the moment, and promises to be a bit hotter tomorrow (Sat 7 Feb) could be a bit bumpy, but should be worth the tr

Quick update time. Been painting, and tweeking the FSUICP4 settings and things are all starting to work. Only the one "horizon screen" in use at the moment, but there will be three in time. Still not covered the lower fuse yet, as I still need access to the wires and runs. On a couple of days though, that will be done, and I have to paint it inside. Contortion artist, sort back and barked shins and elbows. It really was a very small aeroplane! I am having an issue with getting the "radio" to work, and I have a feeling that is because RealAir didn't "fit" a radio to their Spit IX So

John, I am running a 5:1 surround sound for the engine and airframe sounds. I would like to use my headset for ATC/VATSIM etc. but I don't want to loose the fantastic sound of the Merlin over the 5:1. Is there any merit in installing a second sound card to the PC and setting FSX to use this card for ATC and the surround sound for the rest? Regards Steph

JG. Headsets and helmets are to be hung nonchalantly over the windscreen arch (TIC), along with your silk scarf. (Given me another idea - maybe some of that leatherette stuff to make a WWII style leather helmet complete with goggles?)

JG, I love that bang seat mate. I am thinking of how to do the seat on the Spit. I realised pretty early on that I would be unable to replicate the deep seat pan for the parachute (and then that would mean I would have to make a dummy parachute as well...there are some limits) so I opted for just a seat - the woofer for the 5:1 surround sound system is buried in the bottom of it. How did you do the upholstery? I am going to use a heavy drill in a sandy/brown or sage green (undecided at the moment) and need about 2-3" of high density foam. Any input from your side would be appreciated. St

Hi Steph. Great name you have there. Ozzie Steph.

A couple of shots to show the trim controls for the port lower cockpit wall, and the back shows the potentiometers. You can see the light green/blue the inside of the cockpit will be painted. A fairly crappy shot of the dummy instrument on the dash (memo to self - might take that photo again). I will always have oxygen and brake pressure!

Someone posted this on Facebook recently. I would love to know who did it, I think it is absolutely beautiful. I love the way the skin is not perfect, but you can see the stress "tin canning" in some places. I think this is a touched up photo, still glorious.

The real aircraft has a fuel primer that squirts raw fuel into the cylinders for start up (if you get it wrong, it produces the most spectacular stack fire!). In a simulator, you always get start, but I needed a way of controlling the volume for the 5:1 surround speaker set. Instead of a push/pull, I made the primer handle a turn knob and a 12mm aluminum shaft with a Velcro connector to the volume knob on the speaker. Problem solved!

Good evening all, I have been a slack, lazy bum over the last couple of weeks. I found that I had made a complete mess of the port upper cockpit wall, above the fuselage datum line and decided to rip it out and do it again. I was mildly surprised just how easily it all came off! I got a case of CBF ("Couldn't Be F*#@ed") for a couple of days then had a stern talk to myself, pulled myself towards myself and got back into it. The basic trouble was the cockpit door that I made way back in the beginning. It was the right size but the wrong curve, and that threw me out. It has now been consig

Mr Bodnar's clever gadgets now in their house, and mounted to the rear bulkhead. Ready to start connecting up all these wires from the various controls, and these aren't all of them either!

A very merry Christmas to all of you on Mutley's Hangar, may all your gauges be in the green! Speaking of gauges...a major milestone has been achieved! I fired up the computer in the chassis for the first time after spending hours (and a failed first attempt) getting the instrument panel mask looking the way I wanted it to. Using SimPanels Panel Builder, and their Spitfire module, this is what the pilot will see. Unfortunately because I am limited to a 22" flat panel screen, the panel is actually slightly smaller than real (for the purists divide all real dimensions by 1.25). I fairly

Thanks guys for your feed back. @Hifly - We were looking at buying a kit a/c, but it worked out about 5 times more expensive. At least with a sim cockpit I can do what I like and not have a Light Aircraft Mechanical Engineer (LAME - I kid you not, that is what they are called here in Oz) tell me that I did not comply with Reg x Para y, Section 9.....blah blah. @John. You get used to the skewers after time!

I couldn't wait to put some paint on to see what the effect would be. The easiest to correct if I mucked it up is the top part of the control column. This is the finished result:- and this is a photo of the real thing: What do you guys think? For various reasons I elected not to include the gun button. (I don't have a war to fight). I also changed the location of the rotor to forward of the column, as we don't have hydraulic cables for the brakes and I wanted the linkage for the potentiometer to be away from the pilot.

Thanks Brett. My brother is a grammar and spelling Nazi (G'day Robbo) and takes real issue with any Oz slang or 'Murican spelling. Lives in good ol' mud island (UK) and speaks the Queens English, albeit with a Rhodesian accent. Needles if you want, I'll leave a couple of spelling mistakes in the next posts for you to moderate. Right! Enough of this...back to the workshop. I want to re-look/design the rudder potentiometer linkage. It was the last one done, and I must have been getting tired. I looked at it again this morning and shuddered.

G'day Quickmarch, Thanks for the heads up to Britfrog's post. Brilliant! I'll remember to keep the headset lead away from the blow down bottle (I will probably put one in - just for realism). I was pleased when he said he flew that a/c the next day, with a new prop. Needles, it is going to be skinned with 3mm marine ply (with a couple of access panels) to give it some strength. You can see the beginnings in the left background in the photo of the control column/brake lever. (PS - as you are a moderator, are you able to correct the spelling mistake in the title of this thread. My brother poin

A few more hours in the workshop doing the linkages for the controls. The brake handle has been pressed into service from an old motor cycle my son used to ride many years ago. I am seriously hoping that once a couple of coats of undercoat and paint, these will start looking at lot less like bits of wood cobbled together. Right under the rudder controls lives the elevator actuator, doesn't look much does it? Took about 2 1/2 hours to get right though. The issues with the computer seems to have been sorted out. Would appear to have been caused but an update of th