The guys and I are pretty proud of this section lately. Hard to get the picture really with my camera but this Overhead is lit up with all the white backing sheet in place as well as some Green in the right areas. Looks like it should. I think if I could get the camera set properly I could show the lighting better. I will shortly.The Firewarning annunciators are shown with a bit of a glow. Those are available through the new page at www.flightdecksolutions.com. We are starting to add more parts over there and the newer accessories are available through that site.

We added a Glara top piece as well as some paint to close things in abit. The EFIS panel is functioning via theinterface and really adds a lot to the flying experience.

Again, I apologize for the quality. Has to be seen. We are starting to dial in the lighting up in this area. We took the same approach that Robert Fischer took with his Overhead. Rope Light. This is decorative light used on the exterior of your house at Christmas time typically. I think we paid $10us or so for the entire overhead! Worked very well.

Here is the RMP/ACP combination with some of the new KEYS I am starting to offer. These keys come unassembled, the builder glues together two or three layers of laser engraved parts and places them on inexpensive momentary switches. This is a VERY cost effective way to outfit your panels and they can be backlit! More on this soon at the www.flightdecksolutions.com page (Accessories). We will be able to supply in about a week. Sam V located some really nice Knobs that we will luse to replace these ones on the ACP.

Steve and I had some friends over to try out the sim with our latest setup. This pic is dark but you can see the forward scenery view, Project Magenta, Lit up NOVA Glare parts etc.

PC lined up an beginning the take off roll. The interface we are building is 1/3 installed and controlling the EFIS/FCU portions of the sim. LED displays are the next step followed by the rotary inputs. We will be bringing this to Frankfurt to show our fellow builder/friends our approach to this vital part of the project. See Achim's page or the www.flightdecksolutions.com page for more info.

 

Jonathan from Project Magenta sent us some update shots of his project. Looks fantastic. The NOVA Overhead, MAin/Glare and MIPS are combined with a PFC pedestal unit.

Closeup of the NOVA NG Overhead. Jonathan has done a stellar job on this. Nice to see it all lit up. I have a few new accessory parts to show off soon that might add to this! Jonathan's sim can be seen on the www.projectmagenta.com webpage. Worth looking around on this page. Tons of resources! Thanks Jonathan!

Here is a great shot (Quite artistic I thought!) showing a sim being put together in the US by my builder/friend JerryB. Jerry is building an A320 and moving along pretty quickly. Here he checks the backlighting capability of the NOVA panels.

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Jerry's monitor can be seen in behind the 3D MIPs. The sideways monitor in the middle is great. Achim is doing this as well and I will follow suit shortly. I think this is the best option. Stanby Gauges are possible in this setup. Typically they are a real challenge.

Jerry's overhead section taking shape. The plexi backers are in plave and some of the NOVA panels are bolted in. Need to get some hardware going on . Soon enough! Thanks Jerry! We will put a page up for Jerry's project so that we can keep folks updated on his progress.