Found this on youtube. A ramp start of a SU25 simpit. Its French so I don't follow everything he says. But that setup has some potential

Tip for everybody in the future, do not show off your new pit in your bathrobe

I don't know, I was too busy looking at the amazing switch panel he had going on to notice the hairy legs peeking out from... umm, I mean...

Yeah, don't wear a bathrobe while showing off your pit on YouTube! LOL

You really want him to show his pit without a bathrobe?

Okay, I guess the rule is always show off your pit wearing pants. The only dangly bits in the pit should be the seatbelts.

What size Levis should I get for my Aker-Barnes?

I guess that is between you and your tailor

A minor update....

My original throttle quad had a continuous label, for the markings on the side plates.
I never really liked it much. It worked... but it looked a little too cheesy.





So, I decided to make some metal replacements.
I cut down some thin galv sheet metal, rolled it and formed on a scrap piece of MDF, painted it black, and used smaller labels for the markings.
I also drilled for some small rivets, to help hold it on and define the zones.





I"m much happier, with this result!

A bigger update....

I just finished the MISC panel, too. (If you look back to the first page, it's the big gray block, on the left side.)

All the functions of the software have already been assigned to existing panels. All that was left was to bring power into the pit.
I needed a panel to control the new ventilation system, the cockpit's interior lights, and bring AC in for the MFDs and the indicator's power supplies.

note: I used banana jacks and plugs, for connections this time.
One, because I felt more comfortable with a heavier connector for 110vac. Two, because I had a bunch of new ones laying around already.


FRONT VIEW




SIDE VIEW




BACK VIEW




INSTALLED




That's all for now.

In the immortal words of Strong Bad... "Holy Craaap!"

Very nice Grizzly.