New here. Hello everyone

[monarch161]

I'm new to this forum and just thought I would introduce myself.

I'm a big flight sim fan, and probably like many of you, I have been for years ( since C64,Sinclair Spectrum days )

My project at the moment is the conversion of the nose section of Fokker F27 friendship G-CEXD into a home sim running FSX

I'm running the F27 model by William Bruijns with the panel by Fraser Mckay, though of course as things progress I will actually be using my own panel.

All the best, Dean

[Garry Russell]

Hello Dean

Welcome to the Forum

Sounds fascinating...would be great to see some pics sometime

ATB

Garry

[monarch161]

This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago. I'm working on calibration issues with the engine instruments at the moment.

http://simflight.fotopic.net/p49771131.html



Dean

[DaveB]

Hi Dean and welcome ;-)

Good luck with the project. Every boy should have his own flightdeck

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[DaveG]

Hi Dean, and welcome

Interesting project you have there.

[AndyMinx]

Hi Dean and welcome!

That looks an awesome project there. Are you using SimKits gauges?

Regards,

[Rick Piper]

Please tell me he lives really near to me ???

looks brilliant.(And expensive with those gauges!)

I almost bought a 748 cockpit recantly but couldn't arrord the divorce if i actually had it delivered

Regards
Rick

[Techy111]

Rick.....Buy it mate.......! ! !

I'll help with divorce costs if i can play with the 748 for a bit......

Tony

[Filonian]

Welcome Dean.

I am sure you will enjoy your stay here.

Graham

[monarch161]

Thanks for the warm welcomes from everybody.

I'm fortunate that my partner supports me with the simming , this is my second project the first was a Beechcraft Queenair, though she was a bit shocked at the size of the F27 nose when it arrived,and I did have to demolish the garage and build myself a timber "barn".

I am using Simkits instruments. I've designed my own faceplates using Coreldraw for the instruments that Simkits doesn't supply.

The surround sound system is fitted. At the moment I just have a monitor sitting on the coaming so that I can do testing, but basically the cockpit is "flyable" with the yokes and rudder pedals connected to a joystick board and the throttles connected to another joystick board.
When I sold the Queenair I kept the projector so I'll be using that on a custom 10' wide screen.

Dean