ME109 Homebuilt Cockpit

[Moooby]

HMMMM!  now the instruments would be a bear to do, the cockpit however would not be hard to do at all, ok wouldnt be easy either, but theres a few things you can look into to make it even better.   about 7 years ago we lost a plane to a fire in our barn it was an Avid Aerobat  homebuilt  that was about 85% complete, now that im so deeply involved in flight sims I WISH I would have saved the front half of the airframe to build a SimPit. Check around your local airports and ask about scrap airframes etc etc  they will think your insane im sure : ) but I've seen  old junk AC at one of the local Airports before and it never hurts to ask.  If you have a decent garage and some tools (metal working) you could cut hack and grind your way to a nice foundation for a Sim pit, NOW, if you would want to get really nuts with this  you could probably  obtain some of those hydraulics all the young kids use on their cars, grab a PLC control system  and have a Simpit that moved as per X Y Z axis inputs : ) now that would be fun eh?  I sure wouldnt wanna pay for any PLC control system though : P   I do not have a Digital camera at the moment  but one thing I did  was build a pedestal for my Joystick so the Stick sits right between my legs  I then attached a Board to my chair and the throttle attaches to it, so I have a nice natural center stick mount and left handed throttle. I have some plans on building Prop Pitch throttle combo in the near future, and will post it herealso advise that you guys (if you dont already) buy the TrackIR system  it's outstanding for IL2 especially if you build yourself an active IR emitter(thats another story : P ) all

[TX-EcoDragon]

By george he is right!Back at Visalia (where I did my primary training) there is a Shrike Commander sitting there, just decomposing behind the fire dept. building. That might make a for a good bomber cockpit. Buying it would probably be the easy part, cutting it up and getting rid of the rest would be the pain in butt. . .It is worth a look if you really want to go nuts! Something better might be an RV series aircraft canopy, a long EZ/Berkut, an extra, a navion. . .or an ercoupe. actually an airworthy aercoupe can be found for about 8-10,000. . . there are probably many out there that have been scraped and would go for chump change (maybe 4 cougars)So I guess I am interested in your aviation history Mooby. . . mind filling me in??S!TX-EcoDragonB~

[Moooby]

Well..................... my aviation history has alot of un official parts to it : )My former step father was an aviation nut and thats how I got into it  in fact I would say thats what actually got me out of it too.....  I was working on my Private license and did  alot of flying in higher performance aircraft He owned an Aerospatiale Raleigh which was a Cool AC to fly it had leading edge slats like the 109 and was highly maneuverable and had low stall speed too  he also owned a Yak52 which is a very cool AirplaneI've only done your basic Aerobatic package Immelmans Hammerheads Split S Chandelles BUT  I knew right away that Cessnas and Pipers would never ever again satisfy me whatsoever     Now that im an adult (snicker) and have a career (big snicker) I plan on finishing my license getting my instrument rating  and going on for some aerobatic ratings  then buying myself a Pitts Special. Also considering a trip down to florida to fly the P51D, but  thats a hard sell to the wife hehe but on the other hand its something that i've been wanting to do all my life.  Also considered buying a Slower aerobatic rated AC  like the one I mentioned in the previous post something about STOL AC that's very pleasurable too, but I suppose I have quite awhile to think about it.

[Kirk]

Not such a lunatic idea building an me109. I built a Hurricane too!Fitted with smoke (fog) generators, seat bashers, lighting and video projectors, linked up for air to air combat!!!!Email me if interested.

[TX-Rahman]

Kirk,          I'm definately interested in what you have there!  Do you have plans that you went by or just drew them up as you went along??  Will email you soon!Regards,TX-RahmanBLUE 2

[Kirk]

Drew up my own plans. I have made a number of sims, including F16's Formula Ones etc.Picture shows Hurricane with Instrument panel visible, and big screen.

[Kirk]

By the way, tell me more about that USB device, Rahman. The Epic card is a bit archaic.

[TX-EcoDragon]

Pretty nice work there kirk! South Africa is a little too far for me to take a look in person though!!S!TX-EcoDragonCurrent mount: P-39 Q10Favorite Plane: BF109-G6A/Sand a bandit on my 6Most feared/resented FB addition: LA-7Characteristic noise during dive as reported by a third party witness: GGGGRRRRRRRBBBBBRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWK!!!