Special thanks to Craig Murray for the CRJ Flightdeck pic above

CRJ Flightdeck Package Info

The Bombardier CRJ is a Canadian built aircraft type that has received acceptance worldwide with numerous airlines. Typically this type serves in the "Regional" mode and is heavily utilized by airlines like Lufthansa, Lauda, Comair (Delta Connector) as well as Air Canada.

From a kit standpoint it offers some real benefits such as smaller size, lowered cost and simple Glare/AP switches. The Yoke may pose a problem for some though commercial versions are available. Kevin Saker has detailed building your own Yoke at www.flightsim.com in the "How To" section. Worth a look. Mike Lehkamp has also managed to create a realistic looking yoke on his 767 Project.

The CRJ is great for those not wanting to have several monitors. One single 17" monitor will easily cover the PFD/ND displays. A small 14 or 15" monitor can take care of one of the Center Displays.

Over the last month we have taken great strides in getting the CRJ kit together. Thanks to my pilot friends JM & RL for the major boost they gave this project. Thanks to M Peterson for his input/documentation and to our prototyper Mark T. Thanks as well to Scott and Kye who prototyped the original Standard Series CRJ kit.

Below you will see the parts and pieces that make up the bulk of the CRJ kit.

The CRJ Pedestal is a busy area with as many panels as the A320 if not more..

 

Here is a shot of Scott Napier's prototype pedestal.

The overhead was the first part completed and looks great. We even include the "Drop Down" section seen in the real CRJ.

 

(Please note that we leave on the plastic covering sheet on panels to protect them. this may cause them to appear different in color. All MIPs are color matched to the NOVA parts!)

Here is the Captains side of the main/glare package. Naturally the full panel is included in the kit but this gives you an idea on how things will look. The side panels are quite different than what we typically see in the Boeing and Airbus style flightdecks but should be no problem. We have information on the side areas as well as the pedestal CRJ below.

Here is the dimensional data for the pedestal:

This pricing grid details the kit parts in sections allowing builders to purchase in steps. All the parts and pieces are available in groups or separately.

DELIVERIES AVAILABLE IN November, 2001

	3D NOVA	Nova	Plexi Backers
3D MIPs	$150
Glare		$100	$50
Pedestal		$300	$100
Overhead		$200	$75
Total:			$975

(Pricing in US dollars)