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.