Second anniversary of my cockpit project – summary

Dear friends, At the end of 2014 there was second anniversary on my home cockpit project. From the beginning idea has changed few times. First, I only wanted to have throttle quadrant – but after I made it, I wanted to have more. In the meantime I moved to new flat, I also have learned a lot about many IT and […]

Interior trim – headlining

Hello. Please look at the next steps of my cockpit. I moved everything to my flat and put it to wardrobe room of size 2,6 meters x 1,9 meters. I made upper part of interior trim for visual effect and feeling more like in real cockpit of CRJ. How is it made? So the construction is made from PVC […]

Real Thtottle Quadrant from real Canadian R Jet – Completely new solution for my sim.

Dear Friends, I haven’t made any update for so long because of two reasons: first like always – a lot of work, second much more serious. Last week I had car accident (I was victim:)), a I’m on the sick leave – the worst thing is that I cannot seat or stand to long without strong […]

… a little bit more like a plane.

Hello, I thought, that it will be much nicer, if my cockpit would be put into cockpit shell. So I have started to building exterior layers from PVC. I assembled also right side window made by PMMA. In real CRJ, side cockpit windows are wider, but unfortunately I will not have enough space. Before: After: TODO: […]

…a lot of things are working:)

Dear All, Please find below some information about latest update:) My cockpit still stands in my sons Kindergarten – it is quite close to my home, so I can spend as many time as possible in there. Now most important systems are working properly (I didn’t slove output for korry swiches yet, but input is working very well): […]

Kindergarten simulation event, big progress in my project.

Dear Friend. Last time I have focuesd on moving my simulatior to my sons kindergarten – why? Because: Last time in my son’s kindergarden/school, teachers told to parents about changing education method (to Montesori method). This education method requires buyin a special education equipment for children and rebuilding rooms, which costs a lot of money. […]

Light panels, wires, korry switches – update

Dear All, Last few days I have got big motivation, so I lost last few nights to make some progress. I made next step in CDU – buttons, PCB, wires, panels – lighting and korry-switches. Please find below some new pictures:    

Done this weekend

Hi there, Progress from this weekend: 1. Cockpit shell – wooden frame,   2. Painting buttons for CDU     3. DmKeys8 – I/O card wires      4. Some hours of flying:) – testing new (second hand) wide screen projector     

CDU works – at last:)

Dear All, It’s time for small update:) Please find below some movie and pictures related to CDU development progress. I have assembled CDU for testing – of course buttons require “polishing” and painting – so top layer is protected by paper tape. Screen of CDU is visible on the laptop screen on the left (in […]