Tag Archives: Trail and error

  1. Yoke in for unscheduled maintenance

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    19. January 2025 by Peter

    Things are actually coming together rather nice. The MIP is wired up and I took the sim for a VATSIM-flight. …
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    Category: Building, Interface, Yoke | Tags: , , ,

  2. 7-segment displays

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    22. July 2024 by Peter

    This is a rather long and exhausting story about 7-segmens displays for my overhead. The overall issues are interfacing Arduino, …
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    Category: Building, Interface, Overhead | Tags: , , , , , ,

  3. Rivets – not nuts

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    10. July 2024 by Peter

    This is a shout out to Jimmy from Götenburg / Sweden. A fellow cockpit builder that visited me a few …
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    Category: Overhead, Pedestal | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  4. A new Yoke

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    17. December 2023 by Peter

    Finally – after waaaaay tooooo many years – I finally got started on making my now yoke. Turned out is …
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    Category: Building, Main Instrument Panel, Video, Yoke | Tags: , , , , ,

  5. FSC Throttle Kaputt?!?

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    30. November 2023 by Peter

    I thought it was just a matter of plug and play with my new throttle and then fly away. Well …
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    Category: Interface, Throttle, Video | Tags: , , ,

  6. Pull to turn switch

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    2. February 2023 by Peter

    In my remake of the Main Instrument Panel I have spent countless hours on making a “pull to turn” switch …
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    Category: 3d Print, Main Instrument Panel, STL, Video | Tags: , , ,

  7. Fail: Illuminated 3d-print

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    30. January 2023 by Peter

    For my new Auto brake switch I would like to experience with an illuminated knob. It is only the small …
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    Category: 3d Print, Building, Printing | Tags: , ,

  8. Plan for 2023

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    23. January 2023 by Peter

    If there’s one thing, I’m good at it is postponing and delaying projects. In an attempt to avoid this for …
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    Category: Bought, Building, Main Instrument Panel, Overhead, Pedestal, Planning, Structure, Video, Visuals | Tags: , , , , ,

  9. A good waste of €100?

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    18. November 2022 by Peter

    When you open buildaboeing.com the byline reads “A cockpit on a budget”. Well this thins was totally unnecessary and still …
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    Category: Bought, Main Instrument Panel | Tags: , ,

  10. Rewiring the Main Instrument Panel

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    30. October 2022 by Peter

    Rewiring the Main Instrument Panel is just taking forever! The whole project started because I switched from OpenCockpits MAsterCards to …
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    Category: Bought, Building, Interface, Main Instrument Panel, Structure, Video | Tags: , , , , , ,

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My name is Peter and I live in Denmark.
I am building the cockpit of a Boeing 737 in my basement using my limited skills and inspiration from fellow builders.
I post my progress on this blog and hope it can be an inspiration to others.

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