Scotty, I need more power! – Powering Your Sim
Power. It’s the life-blood of any sim. Not enough and you’ll end up with random disconnects, brown-outs, and potentially damaged electronics. Put too much in and you’ll fry your electronics. Worst case, you’ll start a fire …
Chip On Board (COB) LED Light Strips – Perfect for MIP Lighting
Chip on Board (COB) LED Strips are perfect replacements for your traditional under-dash LED light strips …
Progress Update – January 2021
Here’s the latest updates on what I’ve been working on the last few months. It’s a lot! …
To See or Not to See – My Flight Simulator Visual Displays
Learn a little about various visual systems and how mine has grown through the years …
Take Your Seats! Building an Inexpensive J-Rail Alternative
Last Updated on April 12, 2020 As I’m putting my sim back together I decided it’s time to permanently mount my Weber pilot seats. I decided J-Rails were a bit too pricey/complex for me right now so I found a less expensive, yet innovative way to make something similar. The Seats …
A Clutching Situation
A complete rebuild of my old Revolution Sim Products throttle quadrant required an overhaul of the auto-throttle mechanism. I explain what I did and how I did it in this article …
Point Me in the Right Direction – Rudder Pedals
Last Updated on September 27, 2019 I have been lacking a couple of major components to mostly finish out the Captain side, one of which is a set of rudder pedals (the other being seats). I have a seat already, and I’m slowly getting around to refurbishing it, but I really …
Fun With 3D Printing!
Last Updated on September 27, 2019 I knew eventually I would want to make some parts for my sim, and perhaps try my hand at some simple prototyping projects, so I have been thinking about a 3D printer for some time now. Last time I looked (several years ago) they were …
737 Overhead Power Distribution Rewiring
Last Updated on September 27, 2019 Lately I have been in the process of disassembling the entire sim to paint the floor and shell, so while I had everything apart I decided to do some updates on my home-built overhead. Goals Goal #1 was to reduce the number of wires coming …
Paint, lots of paint!
Last Updated on September 27, 2019 After I finally finished the faux riveting of my sim base it was time to start painting everything. FYI, for this iteration of base I decided not to go with under-floor yokes for simplicity sake. I’ll be building a base v2.0 out of metal in …
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