HOME COCKPIT from DIY to OEM
Found two original A320 overhead panels on ebay, 30VU (AIR COND) and 21VU (EVAC, EMER, GPWS, OXY, CALL,…). I guess some take words, Beyond Repair to seriously! Panels where completely broken with the intention of prevent further reuse in real
It’s been a long time since I made my last post on this blog. What can I say, I’ve been quite busy being a father of twins… Cockpit construction practically stopped at this point, there was no visible progress. However in
I got this original overhead rack and just had to try if my home made panels fit? To my surprise they fit almost perfectly, unfortunately not all fixing holes exactly align with DZUS rail holes. Anyway I still find this shape and dimension matching
For all current and future builders of the A320, on Mycockpit.org there is fantastic freeware software called JeeHellWare developed by Jean Luc. Latest version is A320 FMGS_B16.2 and is somewhat similar to payware AST or Magenta s/w. A320FMGS offers everything you need PFD, ND, SD, EWD,
You can find quite some offers for B737 interior liner replica packages and almost none for A320? And those you can find are barely similar to the original A320 liners! I guess if I want proper A320 liners I am on my own!
I wanted to see how it looks and feels if outside view is projected. I used a Triplehead2go and three borrowed projectors. It was really only a test, I didn’t bother with cables running across the outside view. I have to say it
One of important things for proper cockpit “flying illusion” is outside view. For the effect to work your outside view should be panoramic, preferably covering entire field of vision, 180° or even 225°. This can be achieved by using multiple projectors, larger
More for a test of dimensions I tried to make some of interior linings out of insulation foam boards called Styrodur. It’s easy to shape with knife or saw and can be nicely sanded to smooth surface. However this looks
It was time to start making sidestick side consoles. I got dimensions from pictures, here is a sketch if it helps. The top edges are rounded so height dimensions might have 0,5 cm error.I used plywood as always and lots
I am getting closer to finalise the overhead panels. As I have already mentioned, to get the final panel thickness of 5 mm I have to glue engraved 2 mm fronts to 3 mm clear layer and to another 4 mm
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