Tag Archives: Trail and error

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. A boring post on a boring topic

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    30. August 2022 by Peter

    I am rewiring. It’s not very exciting and it is very time-consuming… At this point my cockpit is 9 years …
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  7. Apparently not that toast after all

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    3. August 2022 by Peter

    Last week we came home from a weeks vacation in Tuscany and one of my computers had died while we …
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  8. It is toast

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    27. July 2022 by Peter

    My computer that runs Prosim and all additional programs is toast! Radio silence for a few months. We went to …
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  9. Panic! Better get some work done.

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    15. February 2022 by Peter

    A good friend called me last week. An old friend called me a week ago asking if they could come …
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  10. Update to the annunciations

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    6. January 2022 by Peter

    I just wrote how the backlightning is visible through my annunciators. So I looked in my daughters room for some …
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About BuildaBoeing

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.