Saturday 25 February 2012

Parts Update 2...

A good few hours were spent in the garage today as me and dad knocked up a throttle box. The one that we had was built for a simulator, so the right hand side was slightly shy of the dzus rail, so after some precision and (skillful) cutting involving my dad and a grinder, we now have a throttle box worthy of a place inside the cockpit.

A few knobs and switches will still need to be added, but as long as there is a throttle box filling a once empty hole, I don’t mind waiting…

 I made the panel in college out of scrap aluminum, and then we spent today cutting out and drilling holes for the throttle lever and nozzle position lever. A door draft excluder from a local D.I.Y shop helped out as the brush dust guard.


 We still need to get the throttle grip tapped onto the shaft, as at the moment Its only held on by a thin piece of plastic.























Saturday 4 February 2012

Starfighter...

Was just going through some pictures from last year and came across this one of me checking out a Starfighter F104. 

What a piece of kit, you wouldn’t thing something with such small wings could fly! Brilliant!!

Parts Update...

Hi, just a quick parts update which have now supplied and fitted! Some hard graft involving my dad, Perspex and MDF took place to create a screen for the MFD surround which looks pretty cool, and again, some more non-Harrier hole fillers.

Not many more holes to fill now, possibly 4-5 fascias, and then we will have a near complete Harrier cockpit!

A stencil seat is possibly going to be the most expensive part, alongside a canopy, but for now the MK10B seat will still suffice (as we have said before, it will create a double talking point).