Dear Bill, Jan, Trev, or other R4D gurus: Well, it has been a long winter in the wilds of Traverse City, perfect for some twin engine winter flying. "Briefing Time" has been a delight. Many thanks to all who contributed to her. With way too much time on my hands during the cold weather, a little gremlin in my head started whispering that it was time to build a home cockpit. Mot just any home cockpit, mind you, but a R4D, complete with "steam" gauges, custom built yokes, etc. Yes, I hear you laughing. But when the simulated sky calls, where would you rather sit to hear those P+Ws, other than in a real one? Besides, since I cannot go to Kitty Hawk, why not celebrate the Centennial of Flight in the most important aircraft of all time? What I would like is an approximate distance of the width of the cockpit at shoulder height, and the approximate distance of the pilot to the instument panel. I have been to most of the sites we all know about, but these dimensions have eluded me. Any help would be kindly appreciated.

If someone else doesn't answer you first, I'll try to remember to take those measurements for you next time I'm in the cockpit. It is suprisingly cozy up there, though. Good luck with the project.Bill Rambow MAAM-SIM - Rambow, Visser, Banting, Young, Womack, and Hamblyhttp://www.fssupport.com/maam_sim/maamsim_logo.gif

Thanks Bill. I've peeked into the Kalamazoo Aviation Museum's Douglas, and it looks small for such a large aircraft. I know most general aviation planes are in the 40 to 50 inch range. One reason that I want to build a Gooney is I don't think it would take much more effort or space than any gen. av. plane. I just need a "baseline" to start this project. I'm no rocket scientist, so please do not spend much of your time measuring. "Close to" or "about" in this case is quite good enough. Thank You

Hi,Take a look overhere. This guy is nearly raedy with building a DC3 cockpit. Maybe you get your dimensions overhere:http://users.belgacom.net/DC3project/hm