Archive for June, 2010

Overhead Finished!

Posted by Matt On June - 23 - 2010

I still have to backlight it but the FlyEngravity Overhead with the FDS InterfaceIT card is pretty much finished! A LOT of High Quality Photos are available via the link below the movie!

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B737NG Elec Cab Sys Units Installed

Posted by Matt On June - 20 - 2010

The FDS B737NG Elec Cab Sys units arrived a couple weeks ago, but I only now have got them installed. Here’s a couple picts and a video!

Fourth Panel pmsystems logic test

Posted by Matt On June - 17 - 2010

With the fourth panel wired up I ran a quick test to make sure some of the pmsystems logic is working properly. (This video will attempt to play in HTML5. If your browser, iPhone/iPad supports it. If not, it will default to a Flash player)

Fourth Panel Wired Up

Posted by Matt On June - 17 - 2010

Sand that Plastic

Posted by Matt On June - 6 - 2010

This is a good builders tip. But I never really came into using it until I started on annunciators. Anyhow, flat smooth plastic has a very hard time bonding to other flat smooth plastic when you try to glue it. Even crazy glue. So use a little sand paper and rough up the plastic on both gluing surfaces (as seen in this photo) to give the glue something to grip onto.

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