 Here's a
view of the bottom-half of the Flight Engineer's panel, with the
incadescent, "puck" lighting turned on. These are inexpensive
cabinet-style add-on lights you can get from most any home improvement
store. |
 Here's
looking up at the new lighting for the Flight Engineer's panel. The
flourescent lighting is just another add-on light secured with velcro.
You can see the puck lights off to the side. Neat thing about the
puck lights is that they have a 4-position dimmer switch, good for night
flights! |
 Here's
our first candidate for interfacing the actual switches to MS Flight Sim.
We're using a new interface from
Integrated Flight Systems, and we're very excited about the potential!
These are the Engine Start switches for the B727. |
 Here's
why I love this simulator... realistic switch guards, now open to reveal
the actual Engine Start switches. |
 In
addition to the switches themselves, we'll also be using the IFS
integration to light up the Engine Start lamps as well. |
 Here's
one of the next major projects: the throttle quadrant. It
weighs a ton, and we're going to take our time to try and figure out how
much hardware we need, and how much we can discard, like the heavy DC
motor at the bottom of the enclosure. |
 Another
picture of the throttle. We'll need to repair the lever for engine
#1, the reversal level has become disengaged from the main engine
throttle. Also, a good view of the linkages we hope to use to tie in
the throttle movements back to the flight sim control. |
 Here's
the back side of the quadrant, showing the big trim wheel, mic, and
intercom handset. |
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